To: Ron S. who wrote (7 ) 5/6/2000 8:29:00 AM From: Ron S. Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 13
NR - Earth (Canada) Corporation - New Application Developed With Petrobras & Genflo MONTREAL, May 5 /CNW/ - EARTH is delighted to announce a break-though application system for cleaning ``Oil Polluted Beach Sands'' has been engineered by Petrobras (PETR3.SA) combining EARTH's RPA(TM) and Genflo Jet Pumps. This successfully tested solution allows for the ``localized'' treatment of oily sands from swamps, beaches, lakeshores, and waste basins. This application uses Genflo's off shore units to pump and wash the polluted sands and the generated oily water is treated using EARTH's proprietary RPA(TM) water filtration system. This process allows oil to be recycled and the clean sand to be returned safely back into the environment without having to be disposed of or treated off site. This exciting and practical solution opens a new and important market for EARTH's RPA(TM) filtration system. The combination of the RPA/Genflo technologies is the world's first ``localized'' cleaning treatment of oily sands. The unqualified success in cleaning Guanabara Bay, Brazil, has led to a decision by Petrobras to use this same process at other sites; such as Sergipe & Bahia States, with an estimated 1 million barrels of residue. ABOUT EARTH'S PATENTED RPA(TM) TECHNOLOGY: - No waste is created during treatment and none needs to be disposed of - It allows full recoverability of sorbed oil, including emulsified oils - Through centrifugation, it is probably the only reusable hydrocarbon absorbent, making it economically and environmentally friendly to use RPA(TM) is manufactured by Environmental Applied Research Technology House: EARTH (Canada) Corporation of Montreal (CDNX: EAR)