Challenge A customer in the Midwest needed to reduce noise coming from a natural gas pipeline blowdown. Pipeline blowdown operations can be very loud have the potential to disrupt the immediate area. The gaseous contents of the pipeline are at high pressure and when that pressure is under controlled release, creates an unpleasant rushing sound. ENVENT was called upon to assist […]
Challenge Contaminated water at a Northern California Refinery where groundwater must be extracted before it enters the bay. There is a series of groundwater wells and pumps that maintain hydraulic control of the area’s sub surface water system and prevent the contaminated water from reaching the Bay. The source of contamination was a Methyl tert-butyl […]
Challenge A customer was in need of a soil vapor extraction system for a project located within 2,000′ of a public school for a three month pilot project duration. The system was needed to scrub the following VOCs: BTEX, TCE and PCE. Upon successful completion of the pilot project, our customer could then determine […]
Challenge Envent provided vapor control on 5 temporary frac tanks during a tank cleaning. The source tank was emptied of a slop oil mixture. The product was going to be separated by a centrifuge into water, oil, and solid components. The temporary tanks in use accepted water/oil outputs and contained a heavy oil/sludge input […]
Challenge A customer in the Port of Brownsville; the tank was a mid-sized High RVP Gasoline tank with a pipeline feeding into it. The tank was due to come out of service for an API 653 inspection. The customer as well as cleaning company had assumed the tank to be product free, but upon closer […]
Challenge A California refinery had a need to load gasoline, ethanol, and other high vapor pressure materials (classified as MVR products) onto barges. MVR products are required to have vapor control on them during transfer onto the vessel. The loading terminal is not equipped with any form of vapor recovery device on the dock. Without […]
Challenge A customer was facing EPA fines in the tens of thousands of dollars per day for the release of H2S and VOC’s to atmosphere from a tank not permitted to contain H2S-laden material. The customer reached out to Envent to solve the problem within a short deadline of three months. Solution Envent was […]
A Midwest refinery contracted Envent to provide degassing and vapor control services. The refinery planned a major turnaround and had multiple critical-path process units that needed industrial degassing and industrial vapor control services for safe entry into process vessels.
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Challenge A refinery in Southern California experienced severe plugging in a section of piping downstream of their coker unit. In order to eliminate the restriction, the refinery needed to perform a line break and attempt to clear the line. The column attached to the line contained high concentrations (2500 ppm) of ammonia vapors and the […]
