Is it possible to both produce oil and save the environment at the same time?
Israeli start-up BioPetrol Ltd. has developed a system to do just that. The company's breakthrough process produces usable synthetic crude oil from sewage sludge - reducing the garbage to only 5% of its original volume. Furthermore, ingredients in the biopetrol can be used in the production of petrochemicals. BioPetrol Ltd. thus offers wastewater treatment plants, for the first time, environmentally sound and cost-effective sludge conversion and a lucrative oil production system.
BioPetrol Ltd. is currently operating under the auspices of the Green Tech Division of the Mofet B'Yehuda Technological Incubator located in Kiryat Arba, in Judea (Yehuda), south of Jerusalem.
Current systems of sludge disposal are ecologically problematic, from several standpoints. Expensive landfill and ocean dumping are contaminating underground water reservoirs; sludge-turned-compost causes the pathogens and heavy metals in the sludge to pollute the very land it is fertilizing; and incineration emits hazardous gases. In response to these problems, stricter global legislation on sludge disposal has created the urgent need for more sophisticated and environmentally friendly treatment systems.
Israeli start-up BioPetrol Ltd. has developed a system to do just that. The company's breakthrough process produces usable synthetic crude oil from sewage sludge - reducing the garbage to only 5% of its original volume. Furthermore, ingredients in the biopetrol can be used in the production of petrochemicals. BioPetrol Ltd. thus offers wastewater treatment plants, for the first time, environmentally sound and cost-effective sludge conversion and a lucrative oil production system.
BioPetrol Ltd. is currently operating under the auspices of the Green Tech Division of the Mofet B'Yehuda Technological Incubator located in Kiryat Arba, in Judea (Yehuda), south of Jerusalem.
Current systems of sludge disposal are ecologically problematic, from several standpoints. Expensive landfill and ocean dumping are contaminating underground water reservoirs; sludge-turned-compost causes the pathogens and heavy metals in the sludge to pollute the very land it is fertilizing; and incineration emits hazardous gases. In response to these problems, stricter global legislation on sludge disposal has created the urgent need for more sophisticated and environmentally friendly treatment systems.