Case Study 

    (1) Petrobel (Egypt)

 
This was one of the critical tests for the TTS process which was applied on crude oil tank #15. at Feiran site.

 Affiliated to Belayim Petroleum Company (Petrobel) The tank specifications were as follows: 

This tank was destroyed during the Egyptian-lsraeli war in 1967. The contents of the tank were burnt for 4 days and it was badly damaged by guns and missiles attack. It was being used as a storage tank for sludge removed manually from other tanks for many years (1967-1987). During the span of TTS operation 12.000 maof sludge was recovered and dissolved in different batches of fresh crude oil without changing the API specification.

 (2) Tank #5 Petrobel

This is one of the biggest tanks at Abuoreedes in Fieran Terminal which project was recently  completed in May 2008. Sludge to the tune of 1500 m3 had accumulated in the tank.  The tank specifications  are as follows

After the application of the TTS-Rrocess about 1300 m3 of oil was recovered (8200 bbL) which is almost 90% recovery of crude oil from sludge establishing our method as a commercial  success 

(3) AL-Furat Petroleum Company (Syria) 

Another major success was in Syna at AI-Furat Petroleum Company at Banias terminal. The tank had not been cleaned for more than 20 years.

The tank specifications were as follows:

The  tank was cleaned by the same standard TTS-Process as used in the Petrobel case above. About 3500 m3 of oil was recovered which was of a quality consistent with accepted specifications of crude oil.

The TTS thermo-chemical method has been applied at numerous petrochemical companies as illustrated in figure 1 below. The efficiency and success of the method can be understood from the amount of crude oil recovered at various sites.

Figure I: Some of the notable Projects undertaken by TTS    

 The TTS—Success story is a global one as our method and process is not limited to oil tanks alone but can be applied to a variety of equipment in the oil and gas industry such as vessels and pipelines as evident from

Figure 2: Variety of projects handled by TTS