Advantages of Global Advantech's Water-based Drill Cuttings Cleaning Systems Over Thermal Desorption

The following table is a comparison between Global Advantech's water-based cavitation scrubbing system and conventional thermal desorption for the removal and recovery of base oil from drilling cuttings:

	Global Advantech aqueous hydrocarbon recovery system	Thermal Desorption (as used for oil-based mud drill cuttings)
Energy requirement	120KW (peak electricity demand)	1,000KW (750KW diesel engine + electricity demand)
Hydrocarbon recovery	Most, no degradation	Most, with thermal degradation
Gaseous  emissions control for combustion products + plant exhaust	N/A	Required
Carbon footprint	Low	Very high
Environmental impact	Minimal	Very high
Freshwater requirement	None, process works with sea water	Cooling, emissions abatement
Water treatment system	Integral Oil, BOD+COD removal	Additional Oil, BOD+COD removal required
ATEX configurations available	Yes	No
Building requirements	Self-contained in ISO containers, with integral bunds	Building with concrete floor and steel support structure for plant required
System capital cost	£0.6million (5 tonnes/hour)	£3.0million (3 tonnes/hour with 0% moisture content, dropping to approx. 1 tonne/hour with 15% moisture content)

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