Abstract :
Increment of oil production causes an increase in Produced water waste. The water produced must comply with government regulations and should not be directly in the environment or re-injected into the reservoir if it contains Oil Content, Total Dissolved Oil, pH and Turbidity which are not in accordance with PERMEN LH No. 19 of 2010. Now, one of the how to separate water production from oil content, chemicals and other impurities is by filtration or scenery. In general, in the petroleum industry, filtration is carried out using walnut shell media. In this study, activated carbon from oil palm shells using the physico-chemical method with activator