Cleaning oil lakes while recovering green oil

Oil lakes look calm on the surface. Wildlife cannot tell the water is polluted until it is too late, and contamination can travel through the ground into aquifers that communities far away depend on.

TTI’s closed-loop hydrocarbon extraction technology was first tested on tar sands in Utah. The team found it was better suited to oil lagoons, where the hydrocarbon content makes recovery economical.

With Riyada Consulting of Bahrain, TTI is now exploring sites in Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan where oil can be captured while the land is cleaned.