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. […]
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 […]
A 2011 report from Pennsylvania Fracking stated “disposal of water can be expensive, with some contractors charging $8 to dispose of each 42-gallon barrel. Disposal can also be time consuming, especially in some remote areas of Pennsylvania, where waste water must be transported via truck to Ohio due to a lack of injection wells in […]
Transporting large loads of liquid waste on the open road can be a frustrating operation, when only open box trailers are available to do the job without “Smokey” slapping a fine on you. Finding an economical way to solidify or stabilize the liquid waste that is produced by hydraulic fracturing and drilling is often an […]
(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 […]
(AP) PITTSBURGH – A landmark federal study on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, shows no evidence that chemicals from the natural gas drilling process moved up to contaminate drinking water aquifers at a western Pennsylvania drilling site, the Department of Energy told The Associated Press. After a year of monitoring, the researchers found that the chemical-laced […]