Russian-based company Gazprom has introduced a new oil biodegradation agent called ‘Bioros’ that can help degrade oil spills.
The company commissioned the new agent at the facility of the Safe Technologies company in St Petersburg.
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Developed by Gazprom VNIIGAZ, the company's core research centre, the new substance Bioros is a new product for oil spill cleanup and provides for quicker oil spill removal at a greater range of temperatures, from 5°C to 45°C.
Gazprom produced the Bioros biodegradation agent in partnership with domestic companies aimed at manufacturing competitive import substituting products.
Bioros, as well as its application technology, are protected by Russian patents and will be produced by Safe Technologies under a license agreement.
Russian enterprise Safe Technologies Industrial Group consists of various companies that are focused on the design and construction of environmental, industrial and chemical facilities.
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By GlobalDataGazprom VNIIGAZ created and implemented research projects developing natural gas and natural-gas condensate fields such as Urengoy, Medvezhye, Yamburg, Zapolyarnoe, Vuktyl, Orenburg, Astrakhan and Stavropol.
A biodegradation agent eliminates oil spills using special micro-organisms, which feed on oil products such as fuel, diesel fuel, lubricants, air and water, and clean up soils, subsoils and water sources.
Image: At chemical analysis laboratory of Gazprom VNIIGAZ. Photo: courtesy of Gazprom.
