덴마크 회사인 LiqTech International에 제안에 따라서 사우디의 수전력부는 지하수에 적용하기 위해 세라믹재질의 평평한 시트 멤브레인을 채택했다. LiqTech사는 또한 남중국해에 대규모 기름 생산 시스템 발주를 예상한다.

5월 15일 회사의 처음 1분기의 결과를 발표했다. CEO Finn Helmer은 " LiqTech사의 평평한 시트 멤브레인에 대한 사우디의 관심은 첫 1분기 동안 증가했다"고 밝혔다.

The Saudi Arabian Ministery of Water & Electricity has announced that ceramic flat-sheet membranes are the technology of choice for groundwater applications, according to Danish company LiqTech International. The company is also expecting orders for large oil production systems in the South China Sea.

Announcing the company's first quarter results on 15 May 2014, CEO Finn Helmer said that Saudi Arabia's interest in LiqTech flat sheet membranes increased in the first quarter of 2014.

Speaking about LiqTech's quarterly performance, Helmer said, "Our sales of liquid membrane filters were up 28% in the first quarter this year compared to last year; the highest quarterly sales of liquid membranes since the beginning of 2012."

"We have seen significant progress in some of our market development activities," Helmer added. "FMC (the oil equipment and services company) is developing, as planned, their prototype fracking system, and we expect to have the production release before year-end 2014. Given the production release this year, we expect that the first LiqTech liquid membranes will be delivered in third quarter."

"In China, the test in the South China Sea went so well that we will be invited to submit two tenders over the next six months for large production systems," Helmer continued.

LiqTech has also seen "good interest" in market areas such as algae concentration, industrial wastewater, pretreatment for reverse-osmosis filtration, and scrubber water.

[출처 = Desalination & Water Reuse/ 2014년 5월 20일]