Vargas solves all aspects of your Mercury Waste problems. From A-Z.
Why use numerous contractors rather than one for your mercury waste clean-up, (re)packing, loading, permits, Basel Convention/Notification, logistics, customs, and disposal?
Why use contractors who only complete a portion of the job, leaving you with additional costs, work, and headaches?
Why use contractors who only complete a portion of the job, leaving you with additional costs, work, and headaches?
Vargas is your partner who does it all
We solve all of your problems.
We take this off your shoulders. While you save a lot of time, (hidden) costs and headaches.
Vargas contributes to the progressive global handling and removal of mercury by treating all types of mercury waste: rendering them safe in an environmentally friendly and sound way in compliance with international legislation.
Vargas contributes to the progressive global handling and removal of mercury by treating all types of mercury waste: rendering them safe in an environmentally friendly and sound way in compliance with international legislation.
Mercury dangers
The main reasons to remove Mercury from hydrocarbons are Health and Environmental related issues.
Elemental Mercury is highly toxic through inhalation, skin exposure and ingestion. These different kinds of Mercury exposure can induce neurologic diseases, cardiomyopathy, pulmonary and/or renal diseases.
In addition, Mercury forms amalgams with some metallic alloys leading to corrosion issues.
In addition, Mercury forms amalgams with some metallic alloys leading to corrosion issues.
Mercury induces corrosion of aluminum-based cryogenic exchangers used for natural gas liquefaction and can also lead to catalyst poisoning and thus deactivation in oil refineries and petrochemical industry.
Mercury impact in your industry and processes
Mercury is a highly toxic naturally occurring element found in natural gas, crude oil, condensates, and other hydrocarbons (such as naphtha, gasoline, and LPG) and is very harmful to the environment and to chemical processes and transport equipment.
When natural gas is either treated or liquefied in a gas processing or LNG facility, mercury reduction is essential.
Even a small amount of elemental mercury, which may come into contact with metals like heat exchangers made of aluminum during the processing (or liquefaction) of natural gas, can cause the metals to corrode and cause catastrophic losses to the plant.
Vargas is your answer
Vargas Hazardous Waste Solutions provides fully integrated Mercury Waste Management Solutions and solves the complicated issues regarding survey, handling, storage, logistics, export, and Mercury disposal/treatment.
Vargas has exclusive partnerships with licensed and accredited Mercury waste disposal facilities, licensed Dangerous Goods Forwarders, and with the largest South East Industrial Cleaning companies.
This unique collaboration is the answer to every Mercury Waste Situation in Asia.
Vargas has exclusive partnerships with licensed and accredited Mercury waste disposal facilities, licensed Dangerous Goods Forwarders, and with the largest South East Industrial Cleaning companies.
This unique collaboration is the answer to every Mercury Waste Situation in Asia.
Hazmat Team Mobilization:
Vargas immediately can mobilize HazMat Specialists from within Asia (very fast mobilization) in case of spills, incidents, surveys, and can arrange complete Mercury decontamination, surveys (handheld XRF and handheld Jerome Meter), accredited analysis, handling, packing, storage, export, and treatment / disposal of all types of Mercury waste.
Whether these are solids, sludges, liquids.
Whether these are solids, sludges, liquids.
Whether these are poisonous, flammable, pyrophoric, self-heating.
Vargas solves it all.
Mercury (Hg) Removal Methods
The Oil & Gas industry uses fixed-bed (solids) absorbents in the form of metal-sulfides to remove the Mercury under Nitrogen gas conditions/environment (adsorption of the Mercury).
Nitrogen is an inert gas that prevents the flammable gases and or the pyrophoric / self-heating media from igniting and thus eliminates the risk of explosion. The safest and standard solution to remove mercury occurs in a fixed-bed reactor under Nitrogen gas conditions/environment.
Mercury Removal Units (MRU’s) are implemented as close as possible to the production wells (upstream) in order to minimize Mercury contamination in the effluents and along the natural gas processing chain and corrosion of aluminum plate fin heat exchangers, piping, installation.
Nitrogen is an inert gas that prevents the flammable gases and or the pyrophoric / self-heating media from igniting and thus eliminates the risk of explosion. The safest and standard solution to remove mercury occurs in a fixed-bed reactor under Nitrogen gas conditions/environment.
Mercury Removal Units (MRU’s) are implemented as close as possible to the production wells (upstream) in order to minimize Mercury contamination in the effluents and along the natural gas processing chain and corrosion of aluminum plate fin heat exchangers, piping, installation.
The Mercury removal method in a fixed-bed reactor is based on an irreversible chemical reaction between elemental mercury and an active phase. T he active phase contains sulfur that reacts selectively with elemental mercury leading to the most stable solid form of mercury ore called cinnabar (HgS).
Once the Mercury has been separated from the crude oil, natural gas, condensates, NGL, LNG, propane, butane and naphtha’s, the Mercury contaminated active phase (often metal-sulfide) becomes a waste product that must be disposed of in a safe and sound manner, and accordance to the (inter)national standards for safe and sound disposal of hazardous waste by accredited and licensed and accredited Mercury Waste Disposal Facilities abroad.
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Mercury related regulary context
Minamata Convention
The Japanese city of Minamata experienced a severe, decades-long incidence of mercury poisoning after industrial wastewater from a chemical factory was discharged into Minamata Bay.
The Minamata Convention is named after this disaster, and is an international treaty intended to protect people and the environment from the harm caused by exposure to mercury.
The objective of the Minamata Convention is to phase out the use of mercury in industrial processes and products as well as to control mercury emissions into the atmosphere. Many countries ratified this treaty and implemented these regulations into national actions plans and law.
The wastewater contained methylmercury, which bioaccumulated in fish and shellfish in the bay.
Local people who consumed seafood from Minamata Bay became very sick, and almost 1,000 people died and many were left severely disabled.
The Minamata Convention is named after this disaster, and is an international treaty intended to protect people and the environment from the harm caused by exposure to mercury.
The objective of the Minamata Convention is to phase out the use of mercury in industrial processes and products as well as to control mercury emissions into the atmosphere. Many countries ratified this treaty and implemented these regulations into national actions plans and law.
Basel Convention
The Basel Convention regulates the transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and other wastes and obliges its Parties to ensure that such wastes are managed and disposed of in an environmentally sound manner. The Convention covers toxic, poisonous, explosive, corrosive, flammable, ecotoxic and infectious wastes.
The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal was adopted in 1989 and it came into force in 1992. It is the most comprehensive global environmental agreement on hazardous wastes and other wastes. With more than175 Parties (countries), it has nearly universal membership.
The Convention aims to protect human health and the environment against the adverse effects resulting from the generation, transboundary movements and management of hazardous wastes and other wastes.
The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal was adopted in 1989 and it came into force in 1992. It is the most comprehensive global environmental agreement on hazardous wastes and other wastes. With more than175 Parties (countries), it has nearly universal membership.
The Convention aims to protect human health and the environment against the adverse effects resulting from the generation, transboundary movements and management of hazardous wastes and other wastes.
