Successful Projects

Russian pipeline monopoly. More than 300 oil skimming systems used to clean up oil spills at the pipeline subsidiaries across Russia. A large quantity of offshore and inland oil booms was supplied. The equipment is used in the most arduous climatic conditions. The oil spills cleaned up are often large and contain big amounts of debris and heavy oil.  Argus provided training to all subsidiaries of Transneft.

One of Russia’s main oil terminals. 3 x 18m long oil skimming and boom deployment vessels were supplied to the oil terminal by Argus in 2007. These vessels were designed and built to strict standards and included equipment to liquidate oil spills–offshore oil boom and skimming systems. Along with supplying the equipment Argus experts participated in the initial stages of oil cleanup and organized personnel training.

Large independent oil company in central Russia. Argus has been the main supplier of equipment to Surgut over a fifteen year period. This included 2 oil skimming vessels, more than 100 oil skimming systems, 25 vacuum systems and 1000’s km of river and swamp booms. All the equipment proved to be the most reliable and efficient in severe Siberian conditions changing from hot summer till extremely cold winter.

The main export terminal in the Baltic Sea in the North-West of Russian Federation. The terminal provides service for more than fifty Russian oil companies. Argus supplied 5km of heavy duty offshore oil booms and several high capacity offshore oil skimming systems over several years. Besides supplying the equipment and putting it in operation, there was organized personnel training in operation and equipment maintenance.

One of the biggest Russian oil companies involved in exploration and production of oil, production of petroleum products and petrochemicals Argus has supplied to Rossneft over many years to many of their subsidiary companies throughout the Northern part of Russia and Siberia. These supplies include a large number of heavy oil skimming systems and oil skimming vessels. The supplied vessels proved to be efficient in very shallow water.

The biggest TNK-BP refining subsidiary in Russia. Turnkey project to elaborate best solution to remove oil from large oil waste storage lagoon. Project included design, equipment selection, supply and installation of equipment and discharge pipeline. Argus supplied the most efficient machinery and auxiliary equipment; completed the whole project including start up and personnel training. By now the plant has operated successfully for three years.

One of the biggest Russian refineries located in the West Ural region. Argus made a survey of oil-bearing waste from refining, determine the most suitable from commercial and technical points solution in accordance with local ecological laws and supplied a complete anaerobic thermal desorption system to process oily waste from various sources in the refinery. The project includes installation and start up of the equipment, personnel training.

The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill is considered to be the largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry. It released about 4.9 million barrels (780,000 m3) of crude oil. An estimated 53,000 barrels per day (8,400 m3/d) escaped from the well just before it was capped. The widest range of oil spill prevention and cleanup materials and equipment was used.

The Enbridge Oil Spill was a spill caused by a rupture in Enbridge Energy pipeline line that leaked 877,000 US gallons (3,320 m3) of tar sands crude into Talmadge Creek that flows into the Kalamazoo River. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) later estimated the spill to be in excess of 1 million US gallons (3,800 m3).

The Little Buffalo Oil Spill occurred in 2011. The spill was caused by a rupture in the Rainbow Pipeline system spilling some 28,000 barrels of oil in a fairly isolated stretch of boreal forest in northern Alberta and severely affecting local ecological system and even distant local communities. Emergent oil spill cleanup operations on water and land were undertaken.

The Yellowstone River Oil Spill happened in 2011 when an Exxon Mobil pipeline that runs under the Yellowstone river in Montana ruptured, leaking hundreds barrels of oil for about half an hour before it was shut down and the spilled oil caused a 25-mile (40km) plume that has fouled the riverbank. Cleanup crews deployed booms and absorbent material as the plume moved downstream.

The Cosco Bussan Oil Spill occurred in 2007 between San Francisco and Oakland, California, in which more than 50,000 gallons of heavy fuel oil, spilled into San Francisco Bay. A state of emergency was declared and federal, state and local officials were appointed to oversee the cleanup. There were used a lot of materials and equipment to cleanup the environmental damage.