Lone Wolf Resources, LLC

Sustainable Solutions / Beneficial Reuse

Active Refinery Pond Closure / Beneficial Reuse

Location: Canada

Cost: $4.5 Million

Challenge:

  • Active refinery was searching for alternative to costly, off-site disposal of impacted pond sediments
  • Pond site needed to be reclaimed for plant operations
  • Refinery needed to reduce off-site disposal of several waste streams

Results:

  • Excavated and stabilized approximately 33,300 tons of impacted soils and sediments from a refinery pond
  • Stabilized an additional 4,480 tons of impacted materials from other projects and refinery waste
  • Approximately 113,000 tons recycled product was produced from additional refinery waste streams
  • Developed annual waste stream recycling program to produce select fill for refinery construction projects, and fill material
  • Construction of an 85-acre ecological preserve, restoring area to natural state
  • Over 30,000 manhours with no recordables

Benefits:

  • Recycling solution minimized long term liability for our client by eliminating waste from site
  • Cost savings for recycling solution were significantly less then next best alternative remedial solution