17-04-2012

Pre-commissioning work commences on innovative environmental waste management solution

Man Oil Group AG, the Swiss based environmentally friendly oil-sludge treatment specialist, today confirms that pre- commissioning work has commenced at LINIK, the Ukrainian refinery of TNK- BP (the joint-venture between the Russian Tumen Oil Company and British Petroleum). The STORM 15 (Sludge Treatment Oil Recovery Machine) has been developed and will be operated by MOG AG.

The award of the contract was made on July 1, 2011 following a tender process in which one of the key selection criteria was a guaranteed high capacity of environmentally friendly processing. The first stage of the project at the LINIK site provides processing of waste oil products and consists of additional cleaning of processed mixtures in order to return hydrocarbons to primary refining processes and increase environmental safety.

STORM-15 is an economical, environmentally friendly, technological solution for the upstream and downstream markets’ treatment of oil waste, efficiently processing even heavy oil sludge types. Its technology has been developed following three years’ research and development at the Company’s scientific laboratories and engineering bureaus, working with leading international industry experts.

The Man Oil Group technology creates new standards for the oil industry and delivers the following benefits: - environmentally friendly processing of oil sludge which does not change the chemical structure of recovered hydrocarbons to form any new toxic elements; - recovery of up to 95% hydrocarbons from oil sludge; - throughput capacity of 15 m3/h allows processing and cleaning of one 80,000 m3 sludge pit per season; - processing of most types of incoming sludge (oil contaminated soil, oil contaminated liquid); - delivery of results within the current corporate HSE (Health Safety and Environment) standards, corporate environmental expertise and control procedures that are applicable to oil companies such as the strict environmental control over the activities of their contractors and sub-contractors at their sites.