As you can see, after processing the sand was clean. It even still contained most of the indigenous (beneficial) bacteria that is part of the soil in that area. In one pass there was only 4000 parts per million or four-tenths of one percent total remaining hydrocarbons. A second pass or rinse stage would have taken the total remaining hydrocarbons down close to the limits of detection.
This is the recovered oil from the sand in the first photo. It was a usable crude product suitable for returning to the inventory for refinery feedstock. A key benefit of our process is that it recovers the oil in a usable state so that it does not contaminate landfills. Below is a picture of the pilot plant that was constructed to clean the sand. The enzyme/protein solution is non toxic and animal friendly. Advances to the design of the plan have been made since this project to make it scalable and portable.
Keep up the good work, we need a "real" solution to this problem, not just more words from BP.
ReplyDeleteWhat will be done with the oil that washes ashore and is collected? Is anyone else proposing plans to get rid of the massive amounts of toxic waste that are being and will be removed from our beaches, wetlands, and coastal areas? How can we help you to receive the support you need to institute the use of this necessary technology?
ReplyDeleteTaking the refuse to a containment area for staging for an available technology, hopefully ours, is the smart move. Taking it to a landfill is a horrible idea, especially in coastal areas where the first aquifer is relatively close to ground level. As the bacteria in the landfill begin to "gasify" the tar the first aquifer begins to be contaminated with "BTEX" or Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene and Xylene. If anyone should learn from past mistakes it should be the State of Louisiana, this very example happened from a tank spill from Mobil Storage tanks. There are other issues with the water (aquifers) as well, the other PNAs and PAH or Polynucleatic and Polyaromatic hydrocarbons can be of extreme concern.
ReplyDeleteSo in answer to your question we should build containment areas with sand or earth where we triple line them with plastic and construct lined perimeter berms as a safety measure until the oil can be recovered and the sand cleaned to a new benchmark for "resort quality sand". This Blog said it first! No one else has gotten past "OMG, whatever are we going to do", "OMG this is horrible".
They should be saying "OMG, Let's clean this up!"
Keep up the good work and hope and pray that this will be seen as a viable means of cleaning up the awful mess.
ReplyDeleteWe have personally seen this process clean oil from sand. It works! We have known Bill since the early 1980's, and knew his Dad, Dr. Richardson. This Gulf oil disaster is going to affect all of us, not just those on the coast.
ReplyDeleteI want to thank everyone who has posted a comment. I appreciate your support more than you know. Getting this to commercialization again was my Dad's dream. I hope that I am able to bring it to fruition for everyones sake.
ReplyDeleteBill, If ever there was a time for this technology to shine, the time is NOW!!! I know there are many coming out of the woodwork with their own solutions and many may be needed however this has been PROVEN and needs to be implemented ASAP. I hope and pray this gets demonstrated to the right people.......all it will take is ONE demo site and you should have all the finanicing you need for these mobile cleaners. Do you have any idea what the cost would be for a small demo site perhaps in front of a resort hotel?
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Chris C.
You are Soooo right Chris. We would probably stay out of sight of the resort and stage the contaminated sand at a more appropriate location as not to disturb the tourists or detrct from the resort ambiance. The commercial scale pilot is looking like about $30 - $40 dollars per ton for just the equipment and enzyme /protein formulation. There are many associated costs that are being worked on. We are planning a table top video for sometime next week.
ReplyDeleteBTW coral sand and sugar sand comes out so pristine that it looks so pure!
ReplyDeleteI also have seen this process seperate all the oil from tarsand. The sand was pristine; no oil residue at all. BP and/or our federal government would be foolish not to give a real hard look at your technology.
ReplyDeleteWe need more people to petition BP and the EPA. If BP and the EPA are pestered with requests for this technology we have a much better chance of getting started in cleaning this mess up.
ReplyDeleteWe are due to receive samples of the actual sand contaminated with oil. When we do we will demonstrate by using a video to show just how quickly and easily we can clean the sand with our technology.
ReplyDeleteHey Bill,
ReplyDeleteHope all is well..love the idea and wish you the best of luck with all the clean up. I am sure you and the technology you have is the best match for this massive clean up. Lets get our shores cleaned up so we can enjoy our up coming summer or summers!!
Why has the Coast Guard stopped Governor Jindel from using barges to recover and contain oil from around the Louisiana coastline? Why aren't they focusing on the proper types of booms for specific uses, boom deployment configurations and the proper contaiment boom strategies for the containment of the various stages that the oil is in from the condition of the oil at the source of the leak, the condition of the oil at the surface and the condition of the oil over time as the salt water oxidizes the oil and the various stages the oil goes through after it hits the beaches. There will be specific changes in things such as API gravity, content of gaes and aromatics how they oxidize and change as chemically. Then the transition of the oil as it oxidizes in the salt water into a tarry substance on the exposed surfaces and begins to drop from the surface and float around subsurface as the specific gravity changes. Where are these studies? Burning the aromatics off automatically releases huge amounts of carbon dioxide and other noxious gases (10 mile Burn Box)into the atmospher and leaves a tarry residual that diappears beneath the surface of the water forming things like the one-ton tar ball that hit the beach in Pensacola. This is the biggest comedy of errors and poor judgement I have ever experienced, including the Exxon Valdez spill.
ReplyDeleteThank you biosciguy, Sounds like this is the "very best solution". This is BRILLIANT!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat an incredibly smart idea an innovation. Save the beaches,save the animals, save the ocean and let's save The USA.
sun-moon
we need a solution and need one fast
ReplyDeleteArham this is the solution literally. Our aqueous solution comprised of environment enhancing enzymes\proteins in concert with the proper mining equipment (dozers, bucket loaders, scrapers) with LGP (low ground pressure) to accumulate and stage the material for processing through conventional drilling mud solids control equipment (readily available for rent/lease arrangements) we can cleanup what is now contaminated and what will continue to be contaminated for quite some time. We can clean and recover the oil from the material that has already been collected reclaiming both the sand AND the oil.If they continue to haul it off for disposal where will we get new sand to replace it?
ReplyDeleteWe want to THANK EVERYONE for the Follow and the Comments.
ReplyDeleteWooooo Hooooo!!!! We just received the first samples from the beach and we are woking on the formulation! Video soon....
ReplyDeleteI praY THAT YOU Have the solution...Ship it to the white house, maybe they will actually put it to use..
ReplyDeleteThis looks really promising, can't wait to see the video of the test!
ReplyDelete-Tony
Looks like we are going to publish some pictures (with some explanation of the samples) first while we are working on the video.
ReplyDeleteThank you for this wonderful and exciting technology! Splendid. Woooo Hoooo is right, can't wait for the vid! Now to get the petrolheads who caused this mess to use it. Blessings, biosciguy.
ReplyDeleteMy association with the late Dr. Keith Richardson and his son, Bill Richardson, has spanned a twenty-five year period. During this time frame, I have periodically assisted and promoted with both Richardsons, the enzyme protein formula from environmental clean-up of oil, break-out of oil from tar sands (New Mexico & Canada), break-out of oil from Asphalite in Argentina, and cleaning of coal tailings from environmentally sensitive areas in Pennsylvania. In each case, a pilot plant was constructed and the 'process' utilizing the enzyme protein formula was demonstrated to perform even better than expected. Unfortunately, the major oil companies attempted to 'reverse engineer' the formula, greedy investors attempted to take over the management, and lastly a company that had everything to gain elected to take all the profits and leave Bill holding the bag. Fortunately, through all these endeavors Bill has maintained ownership of the formula,through providence, and this enzyme protein formula can now be utilized to clean up the largest environmental disaster ever brought on by mankind. Please write your congressmen, legislators, oil company executives, lobbyists, anyone that can help get this 'solution' in front of the right folks. The same barriers put up against the water clean-up process promoted by Kevin Costner are the same barriers the Richardson's have encountered for the last twenty plus years. This process can be easily demonstrated. Please assist Bill with getting an audience with the right people.
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