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HFO Tank Cleaning and Waste Disposal
Key Project Details
PROJECT INDUSTRY
Major Mining Operation
LOCATION
Lihir, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea
TWM GROUP DIVISIONS
Total Industrial Services
KEY DELIVERABLES
Tank 201 and Tank 202 HFO decontamination. Waste separation. Export, treatment and disposal.
QHSSE OUTCOMES
Nil incidents
TWM GROUP RESOURCES
In-house Engineers, Tradespeople, Project Manager, Mobile Plant & Operators, HS&E & Reporting
Key Project Details
PROJECT INDUSTRY
Major Mining Operation
LOCATION
Lihir, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea
TWM GROUP DIVISIONS
Total Industrial Services
KEY DELIVERABLES
Tank 201 and Tank 202 HFO decontamination. Waste separation. Export, treatment and disposal.
QHSSE OUTCOMES
Nil incidents
TWM GROUP RESOURCES
In-house Engineers, Tradespeople, Project Manager, Mobile Plant & Operators, HS&E & Reporting
Project Overview
Total Industrial Services successfully completed a significant HFO sludge decontamination project in New Ireland, PNG. The project involved transfer of the bulk of the tanks HFO liquid from the contaminated tank into a quarantine tank. The contaminated HFO at the base of the tank was removed by vacuum through a centrifuge which separates HFO from Sludge and water.
The wastes were sedimentary deposits formed over time. The tank was decanted, wastes removed and the structure was internally cleaned, repaired and recoated.
Scope of Work
TWM Group has a number of Waigani/Basel Waste Export Licenses Issued by PNG CEPA and the Australian Federal DoE.
TWM Group is PNG’s only Multi license holder.
Key outcomes from the project included:
Total Industrial Services exported 180 x 205ltr drums of HFO sludge from PNG to Australia for disposal.
The project involved HFO tank decanting, Water, Sludge and Fuel Oil separation through strainers, Vacuum tanks and centrifuge configurations.
Total Industrial Services successfully loaded and exported shipping of DG rated liquid waste.
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