The use of modern, state of the art waste oil sludge treatment equipment allows large financial gains to be made on sludge treatment contracts when equipment purchase and operating costs are offset against the value of the recovered oil. These advantages are now well proven in the UK where all refinery crude oil storage tank cleaning projects now include a sludge treatment/oil recovery phase. The system has been used by BP, Texaco, Esso and Shell as well as many other companies at their refineries.

Typically, waste crude oil from lagoons and tanks can contain between 70% and 90% hydrocarbons, and the hydrocarbon content in storage tanks is typically 90%

Bluewater Energy Consultants Limited can facilitate full turnkey solutions whereby 95% of hydrocarbons in the sludge is recovered. In real terms, based on an average of 80% oil content of which 95% can be recovered and a conversion rate of 6 barrels/cubic metre, each cubic metre will contain 4.5 barrels of recoverable, refinery re-usable oil.

Bluewater Energy Consultants Limited offer:

• Crude Oil Tank De-sludging
• Product Tank De-sludging
• Lagoon/Pit De-sludging
• Sludge Processing
• Equipment manufacture and supply
• Fixed installations
• Thermal Desorption
• Contaminated Land/Pits
• Drill Cuttings
• Training and Consultancy