Disposal of Mercury
Disposal of Mercury
(OP)
I am working with an oil company, and we have a problem with Mercury contamination of our products. We have a waste disposal specialist handling Mercury contaminated sludge, sand, pure Mercury, etc.
I was told that this sludge, etc is being treated by incinerating it. In my opinion, this just transfers the problem from one of solid/liquid waste to an atmospherc one.
Is this the correct way to treat this type of waste? I am not out to nail anybody here, I am just curious - and a little concerned!
Regards,
Trond
I was told that this sludge, etc is being treated by incinerating it. In my opinion, this just transfers the problem from one of solid/liquid waste to an atmospherc one.
Is this the correct way to treat this type of waste? I am not out to nail anybody here, I am just curious - and a little concerned!
Regards,
Trond





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Rbcoulter - the mercury comes from the oil & gas wells, and drops out particularly in the gas compression/cooling part of the process.
Thanks for the feedback, guys. Keep 'em messages coming!
Trond
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RE: Disposal of Mercury
This is a fairly sensitive issue, so I'd rather not be too specific. Let's just say it is in SE-Asia. Why?
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We had plans to reinject it into an abandoned reservoir, basically "return to source", but the goverment was against it, as they were worried about leakages - but these government "experts" don't really make sence even at their best. These are the same guys who worried about national seawater levels when we started water injection - seriously!
Still think the inceneration method I described above doesn't sound right.
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