Your current oil sheen solution may not be as cheap as you think. Frequently when products are chosen for spill control, plant maintenance and oil sheen problems the decision is made based on what is super cheap. Your current solution for a variety of reactive chemical spills may not be as cheap as you think. […]
How important is a good pillow? We have all heard about pillow talk right? In this instance we are talking about pillows for rainbows and oil sheens. When it comes to the right pillow to remove floating oil and sheens, having the perfect pillow is important to the overall well being of your company. Did […]
Innovation = change When one of our customers first tested PetroGuard for chlorosilane spill control in 1997 they concluded that PetroGuard efficiently absorbed and encapsulated the hazardous chemicals. Because of that test, PetroGuard today is the only material recommended for use in their silanes department’s maintenance operations for disposal of liquid drains from lines and […]
Where the #$%&@#* did you put that PetroGuard? Too often specialty products are kept in locked closets. However, when you need to respond to a spill quickly it isn’t always that easy to pull out that drum or spill kit from the locked closet. It’s not always easy to predict where that leak might occur, […]
Are you fed up with what you are using for releases and spill control? How do you prevent releases and spills from effecting the environment? Most of our customers have come to us are because they are fed up with what they have been using for spill control. Often times the same old “solutions” become […]
When my doctor’s office called this morning to cancel my routine appointment because their office was flooded, it got me wondering how on earth will they clean up that type of mess. This got me thinking about my customers, especially those who manufacture solvents, oils and things like kerosene. If this were to happen in […]
Recently a new customer came to us to ask whether we could help him with his industrial tank cleaning project. This was a particularly complicated project because his tanks held titanium tetrachloride (TiCl4), otherwise known as “tickle”, a highly reactive and potentially dangerous chemical. We related to him that our company has been providing a […]
The Observer 19th Aug 2013 “CHEMICALS used for cleaning up oil spills that have been linked to deaths in the United States are still being stored in Gladstone (Australia). It follows the use of the agent Corexit 9527 in the emergency response to the Shen Neng 1 oil spill in the Great Barrier Reef off […]
(Pittsburgh Business Times) Fracking and drilling in the US has added to disposable income for all Americans, directly and indirectly. According to a new report, household disposable income was up an average of $1,200 last year due to increased natural gas use, lowering the cost of energy bills and other goods and services. Researchers […]
Guardian Environmental Technologies is pleased to announce that a provisional patent has been granted for its newest solidification products SludgeGuard. SludgeGuard and was developed to meet a demand in the drilling and fracking industries for an economical alternative to sawdust or kiln dust. The advantage of using SludgeGuard to solidify oil and fracking waste sludge […]