Installation and testing of an automated device (BQ Online) on a fresh water supply tank

The study documents the installation and testing of an automated device on a fresh water supply tank on an oil production site. The device was operated three month and was successful in measuring the presence of high bacteria loads and the effect of biocide application and depletion. The device successfully conducted the bacteria assay and uploaded the data through a dedicated cell phone interface to an online display.

Written by: Dr. James Fajt (SLB), Maria Cristina Aguirre (SLB), John Strain (SLB), Morten Miller (BactiQuant), Aurelija Steffensen (BactiQuant)
Paper presented at the AMPP Annual Conference + Expo, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, April 2025.
Paper Number: AMPP-C2025-00007
Published: April 6, 2025