McLaren/Hart Inc’s Success with Hydraulic Oil Removal
McLaren/Hart, Inc., a full-service environmental engineering company with offices across the United States, found themselves tasked with a challenge. They needed to bring a cost-effective solution for the automation and recovery of a heavy gear oil / quench oil from the subsurface of an automotive manufacturing facility. After evaluating several active recovery systems that could meet the free-product recovery objectives at the site, Adrian Bilger of the Albany, New York office, selected the Abanaki PetroXtractor oil skimmer.
Two PetroXtractors were installed as replacements for passive recovery systems in operation at the site’s recovery wells. Not only did the units automate recovery efforts, they also proved to be cost effective and more efficient than the labor-intensive passive recovery system of previous operation. Installation of the
two units, including setup and adjustments, was completed in approximately four hours’ time, which helped to minimize overall project costs.
“During a preliminary test at one of the wells, the PetroXtractor recovered three-and-a-half gallons during a three-hour period,” Bilger commented, continuing that “the previously operated passive, bailer-type recovery system promoted recovery of only two gallons per day.”
Adrian Bilger elaborated further saying, “McLaren/Hart intends on using these units in the future to recover LNAPL (light non-aqueous phase liquids) from the subsurface at various manufacturing facilities. The Abanaki PetroXtractor Oil Skimming System promotes efficient product recovery for sites where cost considerations and the necessity for automated recovery are critical design elements.”
