Designing a Solution that delivers

I was at a trial once in Aberdeen where our chemistry was used to treat some particularly difficult oil drilling waste. The results were not good to put it mildly. We knew the chemistry worked as we had done the initial assessment. We also knew the equipment was fine.

The problem of course was that the process was not well designed. The wrong equipment was being used with our chemistry. Equipment used for solids control was being pushed into a waste treatment role with a totally new type of chemistry and so the engineers onsite went with what they knew. Not a good day at the office!

However, the fastest and best learning comes from getting things wrong and within a few days we turned things around. An important lesson to take on board. It is crucial to design the right process including waste handling on-site, equipment included, skills required and managing and disposing of output materials and all this while taking into account the location (remote site in Africa, next to a refinery, offshore Canada?).

Many of our clients are companies that have invested in waste processes and equipment unsuitable for the waste being treated or not capable of meeting the expected and required outputs. Our job is to help and try to augment or adapt the process in place so performance can be improved using our unique chemistry. In many cases this can be done with fairly limited changes. In some situations, the process in place is wholly unsuitable and a new process needs to be put in place.

Design is not just the decision on whether a decanter centrifuge is needed. Design includes the establishment of a treatment plan, a site plan and that key understanding of what needs to be achieved by the client.

As a company we have found our unique place in the oil waste treatment industry by specialising in designing and delivering the right solutions all based around that amazing chemical technology that separates out oil slops and oil sludge.