Work we've finished
What the job was, where it was and how it turned out. Ask us for references on work like yours.
Soil remediation & reclamation
123,000 tons from an abandoned oilfield site
Won on a competitive bid. Ten acres of old wells, disposal cells and tank batteries, with hydrocarbon, BTEX and chloride contamination. The job was bid at 50,000 tons and grew to 123,000 as more turned up. We set up erosion control and a truck wash so nothing left the site, kept the storm water pond pumped to treatment, and sent soil to several landfills based on stockpile sampling. We finished by grading the site and hydroseeding it with native grass.
- Client
- Government entity
- Where
- Overton, Texas
- Scope
- 123,000 tons excavated and hauled
- Result
- 5,000+ end-dump loads, zero DOT infractions, zero safety incidents, on schedule
Saltwater release in the woods
A pipeline leak put saltwater into a wooded tract. We cleared about thirty 36-inch trees and laid mats over the line so dump trucks could get in without loading the pipe. At the landowner's request we finished with a stock pond, graded so rainwater collects for livestock.
- Client
- E&P company
- Where
- Longview, Texas
- Scope
- About 5,000 yards of impacted soil
- Result
- Signed off by the client, the landowner and the regulators
Saltwater disposal facility closed out
We demolished the structures, removed the concrete tank containments and dug out the contamination under the slab. Once confirmation sampling cleared, we graded the whole site so rainwater drains the way it did before it was built.
- Client
- E&P company
- Where
- Carrizo Springs, Texas
- Scope
- Seven-acre facility
- Result
- Full, unencumbered release from the regulators
Lightning strike at a saltwater disposal facility
Lightning set off a fire and explosion at a large disposal facility. Sixteen steel and fiberglass tanks on two pads were failing. Once the fire department had the fire out, we moved in trackhoes, dozers and vacuum trucks. Free liquids went down a permitted disposal well. Sludge and debris were solidified and hauled to a permitted landfill. We pressure-washed the concrete containments so they could be recycled instead of landfilled, then flushed and pulled the buried flow lines.
- Client
- Oilfield services company
- Where
- Minden, Louisiana
- Scope
- Sixteen 400 to 500 bbl tanks and about 5,000 yards of soil
- Result
- Backfilled and graded for drainage once confirmation samples came back clean
Spills, waste & hazardous cleanup
Oil headed for a waterway
A tank battery was leaking. By the time we arrived the oil had run through a wooded area into several ponds and was close to a navigable waterway. We stopped it from spreading, cleaned up and decontaminated, then reclaimed the area as close to its pre-spill condition as possible.
- Client
- Government agency
- Where
- Abilene, Texas
- Scope
- Emergency containment, cleanup and reclamation
- Result
- Signed off by every agency overseeing the cleanup
Lined ponds emptied and closed
An abandoned reclamation facility with HDPE-lined ponds. We pulled the free liquids with our 130 bbl vacuum trucks and hauled them to a permitted disposal facility. The heavy sludge was solidified with soil on location so it couldn't leak through truck gaskets on the road. Then we pulled the liner and put bird netting and flags over the ponds next door so birds couldn't land in them.
- Client
- Government entity
- Where
- Notrees, Texas
- Scope
- About 10,000 bbl of liquids and 20,000 yards of sludge
- Result
- Done in two months, on time, with no safety or transportation violations
Mercury at 50 metering stations
Elemental mercury from old instrumentation at fifty sites across southern Arkansas. Live process piping ran through the dig areas, so every excavation was done with an air knife and a vacuum trailer. Each hole was checked with a Jerome meter, sampled and lab-confirmed before we backfilled.
- Client
- Midstream oil & gas company
- Where
- Southern Arkansas
- Scope
- 50 locations
- Result
- Every site lab-confirmed before backfill; soil sent to a permitted facility
NORM, tank cleaning & construction
16,000 barrels of NORM sludge
A 30,000-barrel tank at an abandoned facility breached and released NORM sludge into its berm. It was January and the sludge was too thick to pump, so we brought in a 150 hp boiler and built a closed-loop steam coil to heat it until vacuum trucks could pull it. We surveyed the waste with a Ludlum Model 3 meter and 44-2 scintillator to set its disposal route and manifests, dug out the impacted soil, then sheared the tank down and decontaminated the steel.
- Client
- Government entity
- Where
- Kilgore, Texas
- Scope
- About 15,000 yards of impacted material plus tank demolition
- Result
- Finished on schedule with zero incidents on site or in transit; tank steel released for recycling
10 to 20 tank cleanings a week, statewide
Since 2017 we've cleaned oilfield storage tanks across Texas for a state agency. Contents run from saltwater and oil to paraffin sludge that's close to solid, so crews carry a portable steam unit, hot water pressure washers, hot brine and degreasers. We clean from outside the tank when we can. When entry is needed, it happens under a confined space permit after lockout/tagout and atmospheric testing.
- Client
- Government entity
- Where
- Statewide, Texas
- Scope
- Tanks from 210 bbl up to 40,000 bbl
- Result
- Ongoing since 2017; every load manifested to a permitted facility
Generator foundations at the VA
Two large foundations for a backup generator upgrade. We excavated the subgrade, backfilled in engineered lifts and poured two-foot-thick slabs with rebar on six-inch centers. The center sits on the IRS campus, so every crew member and delivery went through background checks and controlled access, every day.
- Client
- Veterans Administration
- Where
- Austin, Texas
- Scope
- Two reinforced 2-ft slabs
- Result
- Completed to the client's full satisfaction
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