PetroGuard Solidifying Absorbent Not Being Used. Why?

PetroGuard is probably one of the easiest and quickest EPA approved solutions to at least part of the problem. Oil that has made its way into the calmer inland waters and shore areas could be easily and quickly treated with PetroGuard which would instantly absorb and solidify any oil it comes in contact with. Why is solidification important? Because once absorbed, the oil becomes a solid rubber matrix that will never again release oil, even under pressure. See our video of how PetroGuard quickly and permanently turns crude oil into a manageable solid. This solidified oil can then be collected and disposed of safely and cheaply. Why will BP not pay attention?

ABC News Again Puts Out Erroneous Information

Today Dianne Sawyer had a segment about alternative technologies for dealing with the floating oil in the gulf. After showing some new equipment for skimming oil, they talked about "solidifiers', and that although they worked, it would cost "hundreds of billions of dollars" to use this technology. That of course is nonsense and comes from a reliably unreliable source, ABC News. The use of a polymeric solidifying absorbents like PetroGuard would in fact save huge amounts of money from lower man-hour expenditures, absence of requiring sophisticated equipment to distribute the product, the ease of collecting the solidified oil, the protection of wildlife (treated oil won't pollute) and most importantly, the fact that it ACTUALLY WORKS. These facts seem to elude the media and BP as well. Watch a video demonstration of how PetroGuard really works.

Guardian Environmental Technologies offers SheenGuard blanket-booms, a product that has been in production for over 10 years. The shape of these booms and the fact that they are filled with PetroGuard makes them the ideal product to actually pick up the floating oil, not just move it around. The segments are clipped together to form a chain of any desired length. A great and proven product and one that is being totally ignored by BP and the Coast Guard.

Oil Spill Solidifier

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 THERE IS A SOLUTION TO THE GULF OIL SPILL

Guardian Environmental Technologies offers an immediate solution to the Gulf oil spill that would save hundreds of thousands of dollars, reduce the cleanup time and help save the  precious fishing grounds along the coast. PetroGuard is a polymeric oil spill solidifier that is applied directly to the oil floating on the surface. The oil is instantly solidified and remains floating until it is scooped up and removed. The resulting floating matrix is will not contaminate anything it touches. It can be safely handled and will not release the captured oil in the way conventional absorbents do. If the solidified oil washes up on the beach it will not harm the environment and can be easily collected and disposed of. PetroGuard has a 400% by weight absorption capability meaning one gallon of PetroGuard will absorb and lock up about 4 gallons of oil.

Anyone having a contact with BP one of the regulatory agencies should be contacted to alert them about this technology.

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Are alternative oil spill cleanup technologies being ignored??

 

 

 

 

Because of the intense pressure of the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf, Government agencies are apparently operating without a clear plan. BP appears to be in control of the process of evaluating offers from small companies for their particular technologies. But the companies that are in this boat are trying all means to cut through the bureacracies to get our ideas in front of the right people. There is a wealth of entrepreneurial talent out there. Somebody needs to take notice.

Our offer of PetroGuard solidifying absorbent could make a significant contribution in the efforts to clean up the oil spill.

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Oil Spill Cleanup Alternative Technology

The recent and ongoing disaster in the Gulf of Mexico has demonstrated the limitations of responding to this kind of an oil spill. Unfortunately those responsible have been overwhelmed and continue to employ the old technology they have been using for decades showing a mindset to not even consider a possible better solutions that would prevent some of the undesired results being experienced now.

Using an oil spill solidifying agent such as PetroGuard (the original product of this sort) would allow responders to actually remove oil from the surface of the water in three easy steps: application, collection and removal.

PetroGuard is a dry, white granular high capacity instant solidifying absorbent. PetroGuard is used to immobilize liquid hydrocarbon and chlorocarbon spills on land or water to a recoverable solid, with minimal overall volumetric increase. The most unique and important characteristic of PetroGuard is that once absorbed, liquids will not be released, even under pressure.  This means that even if the solified matrix comes in contact with anything, it will not contaminate or release oil. The image below is the ideal area to use PetroGuard to absorb and solidify the floating oil. Even if the solidified matrix drifts to the shoreline, it will not contaminate anything while waiting to be removed. Removal is as simple as collecting the solid (no oil drips) and bagging it, for transfer to a collection site.

Disposal of the solidified oil by incineration has the double positive effect of use in cogeneration plants as a blending fuel to create energy. Make it work for us!

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PetroGuard and Fire Fighting Foam

Emergency spill response to reactive or other hazardous and explosive liquid spills creates a situation that must be responded to quickly and easily. PetroGuard solidifying hyper-immobilizing absorbent is the ideal product to use with vapor suppressing foam products. Most water based foams will initiate a cloud of acid vapor when applied to reactive chemicals. This can be avoided if the spilled chemical is first treated with PetroGuard and then blanketed with Universal Gold. The PetroGuard will instantly solidify the liquid chemical or other hydrocarbon locking the material at the molecular level without creating a chemical reaction, because the process is physical not chemical.

National Fire Protection Association NFPA 11 Standard for Low, Medium, High expansion foams, Chapter 5, Section 5.2.4.3.1 " Water-soluble and certain flammable and combustible liquids and polar solvents that are destructive to regular (non alcohol-resistant) foams shall use alcohol-resistant foams."

Many of our customers are successfully using PetroGuard and foam this way when responding to reactive chemical spills, and have made it part of their company response plans. EHS professionals and response personnel are encouraged to consider this combination as a way to simplify spill response methods and prevent or minimize accidental release of toxic vapors.

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Don't just absorb spills - PetroGuard them!

When responding to hazardous chemical and oil spills, using conventional absorbents just doesn't do the trick. PetroGuard on the other hand will lock up the spill, prevent further migration, drastically reduce or eliminate vapor production and allow you to pick up the chemical or oil easily and quickly as solid. This holds true for a water or land environment. Cost to absorb and solidify a gallon of hazardous liquid chemical is about $3.50.

Disposal is cheap and safe, costing an average of about $375 for a 55 gallon drum  of treated chemicals weighing approximately 400 lbs. Incineration is the recommended way since it is cleaner and more environmentally friendly than landfilling.

PetroGuard your spills, don't just absorb them!

What is really the right way to clean up an oil spill?

There really is an environmentally friendly way to quickly respond to a spill on water that will truly clean up the mess, protect the environment and above all, save everybody a great deal of money: the owners of the spill, the responders, the state and the federal government and above all, the taxpayer.

Futile Attempt to Clean Oil Spill

This futile effort could have been avoided had they used Advanced Absorption Technology. PetroGuard polymeric hyper-immobilizing oil spill solidifying absorbent demonstrates all the benefits that conventional products simply cannot achieve. The most important attribute of this type of oil spill absorbent is the complete removal of any oil sheen or rainbow. Skimmers, conventional booms, pads and pillows can never achieve this level of removal. That means more time spent, additional expense and then there is no guarantee that the job will be done properly. Because using PetroGuard is a simple process; apply the granule to the floating oil, then skim it off the water surface for collection and disposal. Because the collected oil has now been transformed into a floating solid that will not contaminate anything it comes in contact with and cannot re-release the oil, it is considered one of the most environmentally friendly products available. PetroGuard is completely non-toxic and can safely be used on any body of fresh or salt water.

EPA review completed November 6, 2008 indicates that PetroLite meets the definition of a "sorbent" as specified in Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations of the National Contingency Plan and as such can be used by responders as an authorized oil spill cleanup product. PetroLite  consists solely of the materials listed in section 300.915(g)(1) of the NCP.

Port Arthur Oil Spill

The Port Arthur Texas oil spill cleanup operations are being carried out in the traditional method of using containment booms and oil skimmers. While this is an accepted methodology, there is a technology available that would greatly enhance the cleanup results and truly remove the floating oil and sheens from the water surface without the use of surfactants (detergents). This technique is classified as "Advanced Absorption Technology" and the commercial product that is most appropriate is PetroLite for oil spills. Containment booms and skimmers are not 100% effective in capturing floating oil. Alternatively, PetroLite will instantly immobilize and solidify any floating oil that is comes in contact with. Any further ecological damage is thereby prevented, cleanup operations are greatly simplified and associated cost savings become very apparent. PetroLite is listed by the USEPA as appropriate for use on water or land. Cleanup contractors and the U.S. Coast Guard and the Texas General Land Office should have a keen interest in this technology. 

For more information, contact Guardian Environmental Technologies here. 

 

View video demonstration of PetroLite used on crude oil spills on water.

Explosive vapor suppression

VAPOR SUPPRESSED SOLIDIFIED CHLOROSILANE TREATED WITH PETROGUARD

Common mineral based absorbents commonly known as kitty litter are used extensively throughout industry. Many companies that work with flammable and reactive chemicals sadly still depend on these mineral absorbents to clean up spills around a plant because they are cheap and abundant. Nearly all conventional sorbents will re-release vapors from absorbed flammable liquids such as solvents, making for a hazardous situation when in close proximity to electrical panels and other sources of sparks creating a fire hazard. 

Only one type of sorbent has proved to be completely effective in suppressing or eliminating vapor production and those are the family of polymeric absorbing solidifiers. Not all polymeric solidifiers are the same and only one or two stand out as being truly effective. Of those that are available on the marketplace, the one that has the most and longest proven record of success with these types of flammables and reactive chemicals is PetroGuard.

How PetroGuard works is of prime importance. PetroGuard's capacity depends upon the active material to selectively absorb molecules with suitable solubility characteristics, directly into its internal structure. This allows the polymer to absorb very large quantities of molecules. Molecules are partitioned into the polymeric regions of the medium, with exceptional affinity for non-polar organic compounds. Once deactivation has taken place, PetroGuard will form an interlocking network matrix with a rubber-like consistency.

Example organics absorbed and immobilized:

Chlorosilanes and related chemicals diesel and fuel oils
Silicone oils, Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons
Chlorinated hydrocarbons, Ethyl acetate
Trichloroethylene, Crude oil
Methylene chloride, Naphtha
Carbon tetrachloride, Methyl ethyl ketone
Titanium tetrachloride, Styrene
Acetone, Vinyl chloride

Case Study: flammable solvents and reactive chemicals

Download our Case Study about the extensive testing that was done on PetroGuard and reactive and flammable chemicals at Witco a plant in West Virginia.

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