Alberta – Calgary – Calgary
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www.fracrite.ca
Alberta
Calgary
Calgary
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Frac Rite Environmental is an independently owned, Canadian company that was formed to provide Hydraulic Fracturing and Permeation Injection services to the environmental industry. We are the first and only environmental service company in Canada to offer commercial soil fracturing services to enhance the in-place remediation of contaminated sites.
Frac Rite works in conjunction with environmental consultants, government agencies, other environmental service companies, and/or directly with owners/operators of contaminated sites to provide cost-effective solutions to the remediation of contamination in low permeability, "problem soils" such as silts and clays, and bedrock. Since 1993, Frac Rite personnel have placed thousands of fractures to expedite the remediation of contaminated sites in Canada, the United States, Asia, and Europe.
Environmental Fracturing at sites underlain by contaminated, low permeability sediments is achieved through the FRAC RITE(TM) process of physically splitting the soil and placing high permeability sand layers in the resulting fractures. This enables the rapid movement of contaminants through the high permeability sand layers to recovery wells. Subsurface contaminants are thereby removed or treated in place at a much greater rate than by using conventional remedial technologies alone. Environmental Fracturing is a relatively non-disruptive method of remediating soils and groundwater because far fewer recovery wells are needed to remediate a site. This process also eliminates the need for costly disruption and excavation or ex situ remediation of sites underlain by low permeability soils.
Environmental Fracturing has been applied to sites comprising a variety of soil types including glaciolacustrine clays, clay and silt tills, and silty sands for the remediation of, among others: gasoline stations in urban areas; refineries and fuel storage terminals; military sites; industrial manufacturing plants; gas processing plants in remote settings; brownfield redevelopments and, landfills.
Environmental Fracturing is being coupled with other innovative technologies such as horizontal drilling, in situ chemical oxidation, and in situ bioremediation to remediate sites even faster and at less cost. Frac Rite has developed the BIO FRAC(TM) process to emplace various biological amendments to remediate sites naturally.
Fractures and treatment amendments emplaced by fracturing can be mapped using "tiltmeter geophysics" technology which provides a three-dimensional visualization of fractures and amendment distribution in the subsurface without the need for investigative boreholes or excavations.
Frac Rite Environmental Ltd. is based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and is actively pursuing markets in North America and internationally with industry partners. Potential joint ventures and/or strategic alliances/licensing opportunities would be considered with interested companies to pursue these markets .
Country of Ownership: Canada
Year Established: 1995
Exporting: Yes
Primary Industry (NAICS): 562910 - Remediation Services
Alternate Industries (NAICS): 541620 - Environmental Consulting Services
Primary Business Activity: Services
Total Sales ($CDN): $1,000,000 to $4,999,999
Export Sales ($CDN): $500,000 to $999,999
Number of Employees: 7
Services:
Enhanced, in situ physical, chemical, or biological remediation of low permeability soils, Fracture and treatment amendment mapping services, Permeation injection services for in situ remediation
Technology:
The FRAC RITE(tm) process was developed to hydraulically
fracture low permeability soils and rock to accelerate the
recovery or treatment of subsurface contaminants. Fracturing is
conducted using proprietary down-hole fracturing equipment
designed for various soil types and operational depths. The
resulting network of fractures created in the soil contain high
permeable sand to keep the fractures open and to act as pathways
for the rapid recovery or in-place treatment of contaminants.
The FRAC RITE(tm) process can also be used for injecting
biological amendments or chemical reagents with the sand in
order to degrade contaminants while also providing enhanced soil
permeability. The FRAC RITE(tm) process has been proven to be a
cost-effective alternative to conventional remediation,
resulting in significant cost savings to our clients.
Sector:
Plant Information: Total Plant Size (Areas sq ft): 2 Fracturing Units: EF9300 skid mounted Frac machine
and the EF5200 "Mini Frac" trailer mounted fracturing and injection machine.
1 Permeation Injection Unit: EFI2000 portable injection unit for chemical and biological solution amendments.
Distribution of Employees
Six in Calgary, Alberta
One in Mesquite, Texas
Unique Applications: First ever application of hydraulic fracturing to
enhance methane and leachate recovery from
municipal landfills; First ever application of
fracturing with injection of bio-amendments for
bioremediation of chlorinated solvents; First
ever application of commercial fracturing in
horizontal and deviated recovery wells.
Key / Major Clients: URS Corporation, Camp Dresser McKee, Northwind Inc., SNC Lavalin, Golder Associates, O'Connor Associates, UMA Engineering, AMEC, Huff Inc, XCG Consultants, Brander Environmental Strategies and Technologies, RemedX Remediation Services, Oxyteknologies Inc., Alberta and Federal Governments, Pioneer Group, Trium Environmental Solutions, ReLI Remediation Inc, Commercial property owners, Earth Tech, Matrix Solutions, Clifton Associates, Esso, Petro Canada, Canadian Pacific Railway, Chevron, Consumers Cooperative Refineries Limited, Talisman Energy, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, US EPA, US Army Corps of Engineers, US Army, US Navy, Anadarko Corporation, Shell, Waste Management Inc.
Success Stories: Fracture networks emplaced in low permeability soils to act as sand drainage pathways for soil flushing of salt-contaminated sites in the Petroleum Industry, Fracturing to enhance water production from Gypsum formations in the Arabian peninsula with Dutch partners - "Desert Rose" initiative, Fracture networks comprising over 100 tonnes Zero Valent Iron placed in deep bedrock to remediate TCE, Fracturing of municiple landfill wastes to enhance leachate management and recover methane from operational and closed landfill sites, Fracturing deep clay soils at an open pit mine site for enhanced dewatering and improved geotechnical stability, Fracturing contaminated soils underlying industrial properties from inside buildings for cost-effective in situ Brownfield site remediation
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