Cleaning up Oil Spills in the Enterprise Recovery and Empowerment Zone

Cleaning up Oil Spills in the Enterprise Recovery and Empowerment Zone

The EREZone project uses the most cost effective and efficient product we have ever known for cleaning up oil on both water and land.

Additionally, the strategic partnership with MOP Environmental Solutions will provide an opportunity to assist in the process of developing some equipment that will be able to take an existing patent from the prototype and testing stage to the field ready stage, thus benefitting everyone. Specifically, the MOP RESCUE process, developed and patented by Charles Diamond and now owned by MOP can be used for the cleanup of oil from soil. Diamond envisioned a harvester that would be able to achieve the cleanup - on site - by passing over the land, picking up the soil at one end and depositing it clean at the other end.

There are four important components to the oil spill cleanup process:

1. Cost effective, environmentally responsible cleanup: While the new managers of MOP are revising the calculus about how much oil a pound of MOP will absorb we have in the past tested it at as much as 30-1 absorption rate. MOPs various absorbents (called "sorbents" in scientific parlance) are capable of providing cleanup and bio-remediation on both water and land. For specific challenges within the zone we may also employ other companies and technologies. More

2. Recovery of the Oil: Using a screw press built by partner Vincent Corp,  we can recover roughly 80-95% of the oil for resale. The absorbent acts as a filter for the oil so the oil recovered is actually cleaner than when it was spilled.

3. Pyrolyze the used absorbent to generate sun-gas and/or electricity. Depending on whether we can co-locate with either a number of businesses or a community who can benefit from the electricity or need to work out some agreement for selling the power into the grid, we will be able to generate electricity that is affordable and reliable. See video.

4. Research: Partnering with Local Universities and NGOs and our environmental specialist Indian Country Environmental Services,  we will be doing research on more effective ways to clean up oil spills of various types. We also hope to take the MOP RESCUE Process from its prototype state to a field ready oil harvesting system for land. If you would like information on this, please email us and we will send a detailed overview.