I rather not put the email here. I don't think he intended this to be public.
I will paste the attachment below (sorry about the layout)
West Bath Road • Bath, New Hampshire 03740 • Phone (888) 747-2200 • Fax (603) 747-2203 • Email mop@mopenvironmental.com
The Planet’s Only Totally Green, Cradle-to-Cradle Solution for Oil Spill Remediation
June 16, 2010
The Case for MOP in the Gulf
A Thumbnail Sketch
Wayne D. King,
VP MOP Environmental Solutions
Here is a quick detailing of the capabilities and characteristics of MOP’s ??201 & ??301 Sorbents
1. Meets EPA guidelines for certification as safe in open
water. Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR),
sections 300.5 and 300.915(g) of the National Contingency Plan.
Certification letter available.
2. Available in booms 3”-8” x 5’-50’; and loose sorbent
(5lb and 20lb)
3. MOP's Sorbent has a pickup ratio of up to 30-1,
among the highest in the industry.
This means that every pound of MOP sorbent will pick up 30 lbs
of oil. A container load of 1000 bags of loose sorbent will pick up
75,000 gallons of oil. Our MOP Cannon that shoots out the
sorbent can deliver a full container load onto the spill in 3 hours.
Directly behind the cannon we follow with a weed/seaweed
skimmer that picks up the oil-laden sorbent in 4 hours.
4. MOP sorbent locks up the oil in its matrix and repels
water.
It will not release that oil until it is squeezed. This means that
even if oil-laden sorbent reaches land, the oil is locked up in its
matrix and will lie harmless on the beach until it is scooped up
using skimmers or volunteers or until it biodegrades naturally. In
other words if the oil is contained inside the MOP sorbent, it will
not harm the littoral ecosystem as oil will.
5. Up to 95% of the oil can be recovered - cleaner than it
was when spilled - from the oil-laden sorbent.
The sorbent actually filters the oil when it releases it by
squeezing. While we do not know how dispersants will affect our
ability to recover the oil, we have a backup process that uses
pyrolysis to convert the oil-laden MOP into hydrogen based
pyrolysis oil and bio-char fertilizer that will work even if we
cannot recover the oil. Furthermore without removing the oil (if
a decision is made for some reason not to try and recover the
resource) Oil-laden MOP sorbent can be disposed in several
environmentally sustainable ways including land farming and
industrial composting. It can also be pelletized for incineration or
burned as it is with an ash content of less than 1%. Finally it can be put in a landfill, although this is the least preferred of
all options. The important take-away from this is that in NO CIRCUMSTANCES does it need to be treated as a hazardous
substance. It is a solid waste. (unless there are hazardous chemical in the oil from the dispersants).
Numbers Sure to Get Your Attention
Cost of Cleanup for 75,000 Gallons of Oil
If MOP loose sorbent were allowed for the Gulf
Oil Spill Cleanup
Figures are per 75,000 gallons of cleanup
Polypropylene Booms 8" x 10' vs. MOP Sorbent
Required to Absorb 75,000 Gallons Oil
MOP loose sorbent: 1 Container (1,000 20lb bags)
Polypropylene Booms: 23,076
People Needed to do the Work (placing booms
and picking up booms)
MOP loose sorbent: 5 People working 4 hours
Polypropylene Booms: 994 working 8 hours
Cost of Labor per Day
MOP loose sorbent: 5 People working 4 hours=
$540.00
Polypropylene Booms: 994 working 8
hours=$214,704
Cost of material
1 Container MOP loose sorbent: $55,000
23,076 Polypropylene Booms: $865,350
Oil Recovery @40/barrel
MOP loose sorbent: $64,772
Polypropylene Booms: $32,000
(best guess – figures unavailable)
Total Labor + Materials
MOP loose sorbent: $56,050
Polypropylene Booms: $940,702
Net Cost: Labor, Materials & Recovery
MOP loose sorbent: 0 (oil recovery more than offsets
costs)
Polypropylene Booms: $940,702
MOP Environmental Solutions, Inc. • 7 West Bath Road • Bath • New Hampshire • 03740
Telephone: 888-747-2200 • Fax: 603-747-2203 • www.mopenvironmental.com
Rev06132010
6. MOP Sorbents are made from 100% recycled materials and fully biodegradable.
So for example, should a small amount wash up on the shore and be missed by the volunteers and cleanup crews, it will
bioremediate the oil and naturally biodegrade.
7. Price Stability: The materials from which the MOP sorbent is made are classified by EPA as Recovered Materials - a
very high priority item for EPA -
Recovered materials are recyclable materials that have no current pathway for commercial
reuse. In other words, the transfer stations get this material in; it is recyclable; but they have no market for it. We can
create a fairly large market for it. However, more important than that, this is a market where raw material prices will be
very stable because we are the only ones using them. This means that while others are jacking up their prices for booms
and sorbent, our prices will remain steady.
8. MOP Sorbent will NEVER sink - even when fully saturated with oil.
There may be some other sorbents that do sink, we can't know this, but the MOP sorbent will not sink. We have had a
sample sitting on water here for more than a year. This means that fish and underwater habitat will not be harmed
because MOP will never go below the surface. In high wind conditions, or when dispersants cause oil plumes beneath the
surface of the water, MOP can be deployed beneath the surface of the water, it will immediately rise to the surface,
capturing any oil with which it comes in contact. Once it reaches the surface, it will not sink.1
9. MOP Environmental Solutions, Inc. RESCUE Soil Cleaning Process
MOPN has recently filed a provisional patent on a process that allows us to clean oil out of sand and soil on site very
quickly. While we pray that damage to beaches will be minimal, we are prepared and equipped to take on this challenge
should it be necessary.
10. Loose Sorbent is the preferred Solution because of its Efficiency. We can, and will, put our sorbent into booms
and make them available, but booms by their very nature are inefficient. 1 container of our loose MOP sorbent will lock up
75,000 gallons of oil in 3 hours. It would take over 23,000 polypropylene boom to achieve the same level of cleanup. The
cost of 1 container of loose sorbent is $55,000. The cost of 23,000 booms is likely over $850,000. Our own booms, filled
with MOP sorbent are 4 times as effective as polypropylene booms but even using them it would require more than 5,000
booms to contain the same amount of spill.
11. Using MOP Loose Sorbent and Recovering the Oil May be Marginally Profitable. At the very least it
dramatically reduces the cost. If 75,000 gallons of spilled oil can be retrieved and recycled at a below market cost, of
$40/barrel for example, this creates a gross profit of $65,772. Less the cost of the container, the profit is 32,772 - enough
to help purchase the next container or to pay for the skimmer and oil extraction equipment rental.
12. MOP ??301 Sorbent has Oil consuming microbes that speed bioremediation. In a water spill environment MOP
??301 used from the shore out into the low tide zone will permit the oil-consuming microbes to assist in the bioremediation
of any oil that is missed in the cleanup. We can also add the microbes into 201 our water sorbent, for use in the bayou or
marshlands to speed up bioremediation and biodegradation.
13. Finally, just a dose of common sense. If the oil is approaching the shore, and there is no way to stop it, wouldn't it
be better to lock it up in loose sorbent, well away from the shoreline, so that you will be able to clean up before it reaches
the shore. Then even if a modest amount of sorbent reaches the shore it is easy to clean up because it is floating on top of
the tide pools and sand. If NOAA would even just allow us to save the fragile shoreline areas by spraying the sorbent only
in these areas as they are threatened, it would do a world of good.
Recommended Application Points for the use of MOP sorbent: While the MOP sorbent can be safely and effectively
used anywhere on the spill, its most effective zones of use are as follows:
1. Shoreline Zone and Littoral Zone: Where the greatest possible danger to ecosystems and livelihoods takes place is in the
zone including the marshlands and bayous and from the shore – out to about 500’ – 1,000’. Use of MOP’s sorbent to
protect this fragile ecosystem should be a priority use. MOP can be used to clean up the marshes and bayous using the
MOP Cannon to spray the sorbent with cleanup using lightweight skimmers. Any sorbent left behind in this process will
bioremediate the oil and biodegrade naturally.
2. The leading edge of the spill. MOP sorbent used at the leading edge of the spill will contain the oil within the matrix of the
sorbent. MOP skimmers will be employed to gather the oil-laden sorbent to prevent expansion on the leading edge and
the danger of oil getting into the Gulf stream. Even if some sorbent is missed with the skimmer, the sorbent will hold the
oil in its matrix and bio-remediate the oil as it biodegrades.
3. Wellhead Zone: A secondary zone of influence would be the area around the wellhead. Specifically we recommend
delivering MOP below the surface in the area around the wellhead. Blowing it down as much as 1000 feet. The MOP, like
the oil will rise to the surface, capturing the oil as it does. A MOP skimmer would be positioned at the surface to gather
the MOP oil-laden sorbent as it reaches the top.
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