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Treating Heavy Oil Wastewater for Beneficial Use by Integrated Technology of 　　[a] Dongxing Oil Production Factory， Shengli Oilfield Company， Dongying， China. 　　* Corresponding author. 　　Received 23 February 2013； accepted 28 March 2013 　　Abstract 　　Heavy oil exploitation wastewater is characterized by its high concentration of emulsified oil， high salinity， high temperature and complex chemical components. This paper discuss a successful pilot-scale demonstration application of a unique technology integrating heat exchanger， gas floatation， biological contact oxygen， filtration， ultra-filtration， reverse osmosis at Chenzhuang oilfield. The scale of the process was about 360 m3/d， and the performance of the treatment process， the effectiveness of the technology for removal of oil and for controlling RO membranes fouling， and the economic effect are also discussed. Operation results show that the biological contact oxidation--ultra filtration process can reduce the oil contents to less than 0.5 mg/L and TDS to less than 3. The conductivity of RO effluent is below 456 μS?cm-1， the treated water can meet the required standard for steam-injected boiler， and it can also be used to prepare polymer solution for viscosity keeping. 　　Key words： Heavy oil wastewater； Biological contact oxygen； RO； Steam boiler； Polymer solution 　　INTRODUCTION 　　The 373 block of Chenzhuang oilfield is heavy oil reservoir of Guantao formation， which is exploited by method of steam stimulation. Large amount of unwanted oil wastewater is produced during oil extraction， which has to be discharged or ineffectively re-injected （Pak Mohammadi， 2008； Ma et al.， 2012）. Furthermore， plenty of fresh water is used to feed steam boiler. It is imperative to find out proper wastewater treating and recycling methods to make sure the regular production of oilfield with the advantages of high economic profits and low environmental pollution （Kharaka et al.， 1998）. 　　Reverse osmosis technology has