Many of Kleinfelder’s major oil clients are currently in a divestment phase of their downstream assets. When a former retail facility sold its site to a purchaser, this client engaged Kleinfelder to help remediate contamination issues in the short time frame before delivering at the desired site suitability level.

Rapid Remediation for Suitable Sale

To meet divestment targets, this client was required to remediate both contaminated soil and groundwater of the former retail facility within a six-month time period. Based on the classification of the soil, offsite disposal costs were estimated to be upwards of $750,000.00. Kleinfelder not only needed to reduce the offsite disposal costs, but also do so while meeting the short divestment timeframe, delivering the asset in desired state at the desired time.

Short-Term Solutions for Long-Term Results

After assessing the depth of groundwater and the associated impacted soil, Kleinfelder developed a solution to excavate the soil impacts and actively treat the soil onsite using an innovative technology. Prior to re-using the suitably treated soils as backfill, the team installed a layer of oxygen-releasing compound in the base of the excavations to aid longer term groundwater remediation.

Project Results

The remediation works were completed to the agreed site suitability level within the required contracted time frame. By adopting the onsite treatment methodology remediation costs were reduced by approximately $400,000.00.

Project Details

Location:
Victoria, Australia

Owner:
Major Oil Company