Posted by Bill Litwin on Tue, Aug 03, 2010 @ 09:33 AM
Although it seems like the BP well is finally under control and no longer leaking into the gulf, there is still a massive task ahead to clean up the oil that has washed into the shallow water regions along the Gulf. Guardian's exclusive "Blanket-Boom" products are specifically designed to absorb and permanently contain the thin film of oil that always remains even after the skimmers are done. SheenGuard blanket- booms have a much larger surface area for absorbtion than round booms. In fact on a per foot calculation, a 24" section will have the same surface area as 8, 24" sections of 5" sorbent booms at a cost of about $2.00 per foot, about 28% cost saving. More importantly, SheenGuard blanket booms are filled with PetroGuard D that permanently solidifies the oil and will not allow the oil to leach or leak back into the water. They can be left in place for long periods of time where sheens are present.
Pillows are clipped together to form the blanket and is the ideal situation for backwater areas.Contact Guardian Environmental Technologies at info@guardianenvironmental.com or call 860 350 2200.
Posted by Bill Litwin on Mon, May 03, 2010 @ 09:48 AM
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!
Please watch the video demonstration at:
http://www.guardianenvironmental.com/video1/