floating skimmer Articles
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Ohio environmental service company skims oils and ends up skimming costs
For Bluffton Aeration Service Inc. (BASI), purchasing an oil skimmer was more than a cost-effective method for recovering waste oil – it has been invaluable in reducing costs, generating revenue, and attracting new customers. BASI, located in Bluffton, Ohio, is a growing environmental service company that serves a variety of markets, ranging from industrial to municipal and residential. Terry ...
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How Effective Oil Skimming Cuts Maintenance Costs and Machine Downtime
Editor’s Note: This post was originally published in 2013 and has been updated for comprehensiveness. Metaldyne Corp.’s Hatebur Operations in Royal Oak, Mich., produces driveline and transmission components at a rate of 120 parts per minute. To keep pace with demand, the plant can’t afford extended downtime because of inefficient equipment. Unfortunately for Metaldyne, ...
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How Tube Skimmers Can Turn Waste Oil into New Revenue
Editor’s Note: This post was originally published in 2013 and has been updated for comprehensiveness. When your company considers investing in an oil skimmer, profitability may be an unlikely motive. But here at Oil Skimmers, more customers are telling us they’ve boosted their profits and saved money after they implemented our tube skimmers. Some of these companies are ...
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Oil Skimmers Helps Major Global Energy Project Meet Tough Environmental Standards
Oil Skimmers, Inc., a 40-year-old provider of customized floating tube oil skimmers, recently completed one of the largest and most complex orders of the year in its industry, supplying one of the world’s most significant energy projects located in the Pacific Rim. Oil Skimmers was chosen to supply 23 Model 6V oil skimming systems for a large international oil and gas company that has ...
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Oil and Gas Boom Fuels Need for Effective Wastewater Treatment
The U.S. oil and gas industry is king again. The U.S. will overtake Russia as the world’s top oil and gas producer by the end of 2013, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported on Oct. 3. (http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=13251) Oil and gas production in the U.S. has soared in recent years with the expansion of hydraulic fracturing. Since 2008, U.S. petroleum ...
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Benefits of Lamor brush skimmers over other type of recovery devices
Mechanical containment and recovery is the most commonly used oil spill response option. It generally requires no permissions or permits, can be used for all oil types, works in nearly all weather conditions and doesn’t add nor introduce anything to the environment. When evaluating a recovery device such as a skimmer, there are several primary types that are available, including weir, ...
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Waste oil recovery turns cost to profit - Case study
Ohio Environmental firm uses Oil Skimmers Inc. solution to convert forge’s oily wastewater into an earnings asset and adds to its portfolio of services For Bluffton Aeration Service Inc. (BASI), purchasing an oil skimmer was more than a cost-effective method for recovering waste oil – it has been invaluable in reducing costs, generating revenue, and attracting new customers. BASI, ...
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Oil skimming allows Re-Use of Resources – Reprinted from Modern application news - Case study
An automotive supplier discovers that oil skimming of lubricating oil from coolant water allows easy re-use of each. Metaldyne Corporation’s Driveline and Transmission Group (Royal Oak, MI) operates Hatebur AMP 30, AMP 50, and AMP 70 fully automated, horizontal hot-forming machines to produce driveline and transmission components. These machines produce near-net components from bar stock ...
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Super-duty tube type oil skimmer delivers instant ROI for salt water disposal facility
Salt water is a byproduct of oil and natural gas extraction. Typically, the salt water contains residual oil. For companies involved in the disposal of salt water, removing the residual oil from the water offers potentially significant economic benefit. One salt water disposal facility successfully used a Model 6V Brill® oil skimmer with the free floating collector tube, from Oil Skimmers, ...
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In the Hydraulic Fracturing Wastewater Disposal Business? Oil Skimming is for You
Recently, an increasing number of companies in the oil and gas industry’s hydraulic fracturing wastewater disposal business have found employing efficient, low-maintenance oil skimming technology can bring sustained improvements to their bottom lines. We’re talking added monthly profits of $3,000 to $18,000. Sound appealing? Wastewater disposal companies in Texas, West Virginia ...
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As Fracking Booms, Oil Skimming Solutions in Wastewater Management Prove a Key Piece of the Puzzle
“Fracking.” We are all familiar with the term in one way or another as it’s been one of the most discussed and debated media topics as of late. From articles and news segments with titles such as Fracking Draws Support From Unions As Jobs Flourish, Worrying Environmentalists to A Real American Story: Why the Fracking Revolution Happened Here, the “fracking” or ...
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How One Mining Company Solved Its Oil Removal Problem with the Tube Skimmer
Editor’s Note: This post was originally published in 2015 and has been updated for comprehensiveness. Do you have an oil removal problem? You’re not alone, and there is a steadfast solution. Read on to see how one mining and tunneling company solved its oil issues— within five hours of installing a new solution. A North American company that constructs sanitary and ...
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Environmentally friendly cogeneration plant saves time and money with Oil Skimmer
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Performance Track Program is a prestigious program that recognizes the accomplishments of manufacturing facilities that lead the way for improving their facilities’ environmental performance (i.e. reduce air emissions and consumption of water). Brooklyn Navy Yard Cogeneration Partners L.P. is an elite member of this program. They have been recognized for ...
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1 Multi-Billion dollar energy project, 23 Custom oil skimmers, 120 days
How Did We Do It? Service The sales, engineering and operations teams at Oil Skimmers, Inc. all worked together to devise a customized solution that met the customer’s stringent commercial and technical requirements. With Oil Skimmers, Inc., customers are not only guaranteed the very best in oil skimming technology, they are also provided superior customer service. When possible, we ...
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Railroad Fueling
Small Spills = Large Problems: A Look into Fueling Best Practices for the Railroad Industry Fact – fuel contains toxic substances. Thus, fuel spills can have a decidedly negative impact on the environment. Specifically, with regard to diesel fuel use in the transportation industry, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has strict regulations in place to help prevent the ...
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Oil Skimmers Help Chemical Plants Meet Clean Water Act Requirements
Chemical plants that manufacture or otherwise process chemicals (on a large-scale) face unique challenges when it comes to wastewater management. While the equipment, technology and processes used at chemical plants varies, the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Water Act requires plants to meet certain performance standards aimed at water pollution prevention and treatment. ...
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7 Questions To Ask Your Oil Skimming Vendor
So, you’re thinking about installing an oil skimmer to remove oil from water in your application. What more should you know before deciding which skimmer manufacturer or vendor to use? As with any technology, quality of equipment, level of service, capabilities, and expertise vary greatly among vendors. Hence the importance of choosing the right provider. If you have a shortlist of ...
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