petroleum contamination testing Articles
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Site Description – Crude Oil Contamination from Oil Fields
Site Location: Offshore oilrig in Gulf of Mexico Site Description: The sludge produced from an offshore oil well drilling operation was temporarily stored on a barge. The sludge was then transferred onshore for disposal at Class #1 landfill. The waste material was composed of approximately 60% oil, 20% solids and 20% water Starting Contamination Levels: The average Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons ...
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Bioremediation of hydrocarbon impacted soils - Marchbanks, Dundee
Client: Dundee City Council Objective: Bioremediation of hydrocarbon contaminated soils to achieve compliance with the Waste Acceptance Criteria (WAC) for Mineral Oil (C10 – C40); with the intention of re-using the soils to Riverside Recycling Centre to be used as a capping layer. Challenge: Approximately 2,800 m3 of hydrocarbon impacted soil was stockpiled at the rear of Marchbanks ...
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Surface Decontamination of Hydrocarbon Petroleum Distillates (Kerosene) by DeconGel 1101 and 1102
Abstract Surface decontamination efficacy determination of DeconGel™ 1101 and 1102 on stainless steel, aluminum, and concrete surfaces contaminated with Hydrocarbon Petroleum Distillates (kerosene) was performed with GC/MS (Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry) according to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SW-846 Methods: 3500C (sampling) and 8270C (analysis). Hazardous Materials ...
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Types of bioremediation and their modes of action
An Urgent Call for Change in U.S. Oil Spill Response With Bioremediation Agent Type EA* bearing out as a workable first response alternative to the use of chemical dispersants, contrasting evidence has become even clearer that dispersant use has been a huge failure. Dispersants have proven to be an inadequate response method with more and more studies showing an end point of enormous natural ...
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