Development of mobile technology for the disposal of oily waste

¹ Faculty of Industrial and Civil Engineering, Department of Highways and Geodetic Support of Construction, Samara State Technical University, Russia
² Institute of Chemistry and Energy of TSU Department of Chemical Technology and Resource Saving, Togliatti State University, Russia

Abstract

Currently, one of the key sectors of the Russian Federation is the fuel industry. Oil and gas production is growing annually; in 2018, 555 million tons of oil and 733 billion m3 of gas were produced. The problem of the oil and gas industry is the negative impact on the environment, namely, the activities of oil and gas companies produce dangerous envi-ronmental pollutants, one of which is oil sludge. At the same time, it is a valuable raw material (potential product) that can be used in various indus-tries. Despite the fact that large amounts of oil sludge are formed in specia-lized facilities (barns), the volume of disposal and the degree of their use are low, which leads to the concentration of oily waste in sludge barns. These factors have an anthropogenic impact on the environment, thereby creating a threat to human health.