Gerenciamento de resíduos de perfuração para atualização da distribuição de gás

Desafio

Em 2015, uma grande empresa canadense de distribuição de gás natural precisou realizar operações de construção para atualizar seu sistema de distribuição existente. Para mitigar a perturbação das estradas de nível superficial e dos habitats naturais, o proponente utilizou a tecnologia de perfuração direcional horizontal (HDD). Vinte furos grandes (36″ e 42″) foram planejados para esse projeto.

HDD operations were anticipated to generate 60,000m3 in need of drill waste management. During some portions of the project, there would be five drill sites operating concurrently.

Much of this project took place in an urban centre along a utilities corridor providing limited space for waste solidification operations.

This waste stream is classified as ‘liquid industrial waste’ by Ontario regulations. The cost to transport and dispose of this waste as a liquid is very high. The carbon footprint and safety risk associated with the transportation of this volume of liquid was also very high.

As a result, the project proponent determined the lowest cost, disruption, risk, and carbon footprint could all be achieved with on-site liquid solidification and developed a scope of work with zero liquid waste to be shipped off site.

Solução

MetaFLO’s licensee, Allstream Waste Solutions (AWS), was awarded the contract to provide drill waste management on site. AWS mobilized to each job site with multiple pieces of equipment including two MetaFLO LMS 3  mixing units, semi-solid mixer and dozens of open top bins custom designed for managing heavy drill cuttings.

The lighter drill fluids were to be solidified at very low dose rates using the MetaFLO LMS 3 units and MetaFLO’s proprietary reagent MF002. The heavy drill cuttings were to be mixed with a semi-solids mixer or the bins (seen below) with MetaFLO’s MF006 at even lower dosage rates due to the high quantity of solids in that waste stream.

AWS managed all environmental analysis and final disposal of solidified waste. Based on individual, pilot hole analytical results, final disposal sites were chosen by AWS and approved by the project owner. Once solidified, the waste drill fluids met criteria of clean fill and was used in a rehab project further reducing the environmental impact of this project.

Resultado

It is estimated our client achieved greater than a 30% cost savings in the management of  this waste stream. The compact design of MetaFLO equipment, efficient site operations and large volume, above ground containment capacity provided by AWS meant that no in ground sumps were required and no off site transportation to was necessary. AWS’s equipment and vehicle inventory was able to handle many sites simultaneously. Finally, the MetaFLO system eliminated thousands of truck hours drastically reducing the carbon footprint of the waste management operations.