Oil & gas
Microbial control without adding more chemistry.
Produced water, injection water, gas storage and RNG all fight the same microbes. Cognituv treats water and gas streams in line and monitors the dose continuously.
What’s at stake
The problems we hear most.
SRB drive souring and corrosion
Sulfate-reducing and acid-producing bacteria generate H₂S, speed up corrosion and plug wells.
Biofilm restricts flow
Slimes and microbial buildup in piping, storage and injection wells reduce deliverability and raise maintenance.
Chemical programs carry hazards
Biocides cost money, expose crews and leave by-products to manage.
Testing is periodic
Conditions change between samples, so problems surface late.
Where Cognituv fits
What we’d install, and where.
Facility types
What changes from one facility type to the next.
What we look at first, the systems we usually find, the codes and standards to check and where we’d start. Codes and standards are listed for reference: a listing isn’t a compliance finding, and doesn’t mean any product, Cognituv’s included, is certified to one.
Biogas and RNG production facility
Landfill, dairy and wastewater biogas upgraded to renewable natural gas, with its own treatment stages and delivery point.
Includes: Landfill-gas upgrading · Dairy or agricultural biogas · Wastewater-derived biogas
- We look at
- Microbial activity in the gas stream
- Gas quality at the delivery point
- Pressure and flow trends
- Typical systems
- Gas processing and upgrading equipment · Compression · Interconnect
- Codes and standards
- IBC groups to screen
- F-1 (Factory: moderate hazard) · H (High hazard)
- Where we’d start
- Premium Polisher · Cognituv Connect
Gas gathering, processing and transmission
Gas gathering systems, processing plants and transmission pipelines, with the compressor stations along them.
Includes: Gathering system · Gas processing plant · Transmission pipeline
- We look at
- Microbially influenced corrosion
- Biocide programs and their handling
- Integrity data between pigging runs
- Typical systems
- Pipelines · Compressor stations · Separation and dehydration
- Codes and standards
- Where we’d start
- Premium Polisher · Cognituv Connect
Underground gas storage
Storage wells, the reservoir and the surface facilities that inject and withdraw gas through the season.
Includes: Storage well · Surface well equipment
- We look at
- Souring and corrosion in storage wells
- Water handled with the gas
- Pressure and flow trends
- Typical systems
- Storage wells · Surface piping · Injection and withdrawal compression
- Codes and standards
- Where we’d start
- Premium Polisher · Water Treatment · Cognituv Connect
Identify · Apply · Verify™
How a project runs.
Identify
Gas and water quality, flow and microbial testing set the baseline for each stream.
Apply
UV-C sized to the stream and flow, integrated with your existing equipment.
Verify
Continuous dose monitoring and water-quality data in Cognituv Connect, alongside your lab results.
Where we work: Gas storage fields, RNG upgrading plants, Produced-water handling, Injection and disposal wells, Pipelines and compressor stations and Process water.
Codes and standards
The references to check, each linked to its publisher.
The list comes from Cognituv’s facility and code library, reviewed September 2026. Publication isn’t adoption: whether a document applies, and which edition, depends on your jurisdiction, its amendments and your project, and the authority having jurisdiction decides. A listing isn’t a compliance finding for your facility, and doesn’t mean any product, Cognituv’s included, is certified to it.
49 CFR 192Federal regulation
Transportation of Natural and Other Gas by Pipeline: Minimum Federal Safety Standards, 49 CFR Part 192
Minimum federal safety standards for gas pipelines; coverage depends on the operator and what the facility does.
Listed for: Biogas and RNG production facility, Gas gathering, processing and transmission, Underground gas storage
API RP 1173Recommended practice
API Recommended Practice 1173, Pipeline Safety Management Systems
A safety management system framework for pipeline operators.
Listed for: Biogas and RNG production facility, Gas gathering, processing and transmission
See what the data says about your facility.
Start with a no-cost assessment: a call with an engineer and a written recommendation. When you want the data first, Cognituv Connect measures your own equipment, scoped and quoted for your site.