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[DoubleT]

Hi Folks,
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I thought i would drop you a line from northern Alberta. I am in a bush camp and they have internet access here...alrighty. :cheers:

Things are going good here...long hours the work is not too bad. I am training on a tri-vac. That is a semi tractor with a triple axle vac trailer. Lots to learn here as it is all new to me. We suck different materials out of the oil storage tanks. Oil..no doubt..sand..water..slop they call it as it is a mixture of all of the above. I have used muscles dragging 3 and 4 inch vac hoses around that i have not used in years. But all is well as my first week will be done on Wednesday then 1 more week and i'll be heading home for 6 days. Well i have an early safety meeting so i'll say good night and have a good day all. :clap:

[hellcat_99]

Good to see you DT. I was wondering how you were doing. I bet you come home in better shape then you were when you got married. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
How's your wife doing???

All the best.

Holly :cheers:

[Accremonious]

Hi T x 2!
Glad to hear you're getting accustomed to the boonies! What that material is called in the refinery labs is BS&W =bottom sediment and salt water! At Lloyd they have to pump it back down disposal wells that are drilled down into a structure that is compatible and accepting of such, ie. is of similar composition. Back then (60 years ago) the first process was the treaters which are very high voltage electrodes in the vessel to break down the static electrical inter-molecular forces that keep the brine suspended in the oil. Some of the simpler treaters were well side and were just more or less heated collection traps. The Oil & Gas Conservation Authorities Sask & Alta mandate the disposals because in the very early days around Lloydminster (like 1946-7) this was kept on the surface in huge pits. If it overflowed in a heavy rainfall there was massive environmental damage. The original collection tanks were also huge pits dug along the East side of the Meridian (Hwy17-the prov border) about 4 or 6 miles South. During the fall bird migrations many ducks tried to land in it and became mired and died. One rule of thumb back then was when a well started pumping 50% or more salt water it was shut down or cut back to reduce the uptake off the "great salt lake under lying the oilsands.
I would be interested to know what else is in that gunk you are collecting. Often times our society is wasting another resource inadvertently. The analysis of that salt might show the presence of certain elements of other industrial use. The micro alloying element Vanadium has been recovered from certain natural gas wells. We were very short of Vanadium during the Viet Nam war because it is a grainstructure refinment additive in steels for helicopter rotor blades, or high strength rebar and many other items!
Take care and keep warm till the black flies hatch!!!!!

[Marliz]

Hi Double T - take care up there - glad you checked in and things are going good for you
Marliz