SPI developed Petro-BarriersTM to provide the most effective, nearly zero
maintenance, and least expensive solution for Spill Containment Area storm water
drainage. In hundreds of sales and installations of its products, oil has never gotten
past any of SPI's products!
Anyone with experience in this field is familiar with oil/water separators, oil stop
valves and oil sensing switches for pumps. None of these expensive & high
maintenance methods are fool-proof, and in numerous situations have contributed to
significant oil spills. Many times oil has gotten past a separator or stuck valve or
fouled oil switch. Petro-BarriersTM make those techniques completely out-of-date.
Petro-BarriersTM cost less to install, require virtually no maintenance under most
circumstance, and they offer the most fool proof way to prevent oil from being
discharged along with storm water.
Briefly stated, a typical Petro-BarrierTM would be utilized as follows. In a spill
containment area surrounding an oil storage vessel or oil-filled electrical transformer,
everything on the ground is designed and created to be impervious to oil and water.
The ground is sloped to drainage sumps where the Petro-BarriersTM will be
installed. After the drainage path and spill containment area have been completed,
SPI will fill the drainage sumps with the patented and patent pending materials that
allow water to pass while removing and locking up any oil. In normal non-spill
operation a Petro-BarrierTM will last five (5) years. In the event of an oil spill, the
barrier material will form a plug to prevent oil from getting out into the discharge and
hence into the environment. Following a spill, the oil is contained within the spill
containment area and can be reclaimed with pumps and filters. SPI will then remove
the plugged material and refresh the barrier for a new 5-year cycle of protection
against an oil spill.
Petro-BarriersTM are essentially custom-designed and SPI installed for each
individual site. A myriad of criteria and conditions including existing slope of land,
percolation rates for under-drains, amount of rainfall and size of containment area all
contribute to the overall Petro-BarrierTM system design. Large containment areas
or installations in wet climates could require six or more barriers whereas a small
area in a low rainfall climate might only need one or two Petro-BarriersTM . As a
result, our extensive experience with this type of application is used to create the
optimum design for each spill containment plan.
maintenance, and least expensive solution for Spill Containment Area storm water
drainage. In hundreds of sales and installations of its products, oil has never gotten
past any of SPI's products!
Anyone with experience in this field is familiar with oil/water separators, oil stop
valves and oil sensing switches for pumps. None of these expensive & high
maintenance methods are fool-proof, and in numerous situations have contributed to
significant oil spills. Many times oil has gotten past a separator or stuck valve or
fouled oil switch. Petro-BarriersTM make those techniques completely out-of-date.
Petro-BarriersTM cost less to install, require virtually no maintenance under most
circumstance, and they offer the most fool proof way to prevent oil from being
discharged along with storm water.
Briefly stated, a typical Petro-BarrierTM would be utilized as follows. In a spill
containment area surrounding an oil storage vessel or oil-filled electrical transformer,
everything on the ground is designed and created to be impervious to oil and water.
The ground is sloped to drainage sumps where the Petro-BarriersTM will be
installed. After the drainage path and spill containment area have been completed,
SPI will fill the drainage sumps with the patented and patent pending materials that
allow water to pass while removing and locking up any oil. In normal non-spill
operation a Petro-BarrierTM will last five (5) years. In the event of an oil spill, the
barrier material will form a plug to prevent oil from getting out into the discharge and
hence into the environment. Following a spill, the oil is contained within the spill
containment area and can be reclaimed with pumps and filters. SPI will then remove
the plugged material and refresh the barrier for a new 5-year cycle of protection
against an oil spill.
Petro-BarriersTM are essentially custom-designed and SPI installed for each
individual site. A myriad of criteria and conditions including existing slope of land,
percolation rates for under-drains, amount of rainfall and size of containment area all
contribute to the overall Petro-BarrierTM system design. Large containment areas
or installations in wet climates could require six or more barriers whereas a small
area in a low rainfall climate might only need one or two Petro-BarriersTM . As a
result, our extensive experience with this type of application is used to create the
optimum design for each spill containment plan.
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