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Environmental Site Assesment and Remediation
GeoKinetics’ personnel have extensive experience in the completion of both Phase I and Phase II environmental site assessments, as well as in the development, permitting, and implementation of remedial action plans. With respect to environmental site characterization investigations, GeoKinetics' staff is experienced in the application of non-destructive/non-intrusive investigative techniques, such as ground penetrating radar, electro-magnetic induction, seismic refraction and resistivity surveys. GeoKinetics' staff members are also knowledgeable in the utilization of semi­-intrusive/low profile investigative techniques, such as cone penetration testing, soil vapor sampling and analysis, and Hydro-punch groundwater sampling. Our staff has extensive experience in the application of a wide range of environmental drilling and sampling techniques for site conditions ranging from soft, poorly consolidated soils to hard crystalline rock. GeoKinetics’ personnel have completed both vertical and horizontal monitoring or recovery well installations to depths in excess of 400 feet. In addition, our personnel are experienced in the utilization of a number of downhole geophysical testing and sampling techniques, such as dipmeter, gamma, resistivity, induction, sonic, and caliper logging; as well as side­wall coring or sampling, and the use of small diameter, stereoscopic borehole cameras.

Several of the GeoKinetics' personnel or associates are experienced in environmental forensic investigations and expert testimony for technically and legally complex litigation. In this regard, GeoKinetics has successfully utilized a number of state-of-the-art chemical "fingerprinting" and tracking techniques to identify both the source and age of soil and groundwater contaminants at several sites.

With respect to remediation, GeoKinetics personnel have developed, permitted and/or implemented remedial action plans for sites contaminated with crude oil, gasoline, diesel, naphtha, non-chlorinated solvents, chlorinated solvents, pesticides, and heavy metals. These personnel have developed, and received regulatory agency approval, for several innovative remediation techniques. Much of the recovery and treatment hardware utilized by GeoKinetics has been designed and fabricated in-house. Among other things, this hardware includes:

  • A variety of high efficiency, skimming pneumatic product and groundwater recovery pumps with individual programmable electronic or pneumatic controllers.
  • A vacuum recovery pneumatic pumping system capable of recovering product and/or groundwater without the need for the usual secondary containment piping systems.
  • An ultra-violet groundwater treatment system capable of removing most dissolved organic compounds to non-detectable levels.
  • Hydrogen peroxide injection and metering systems.

GeoKinetics is thoroughly familiar with, and has successfully utilized pump and treat, vapor extraction, enhanced biodegradation and several other remediative techniques. GeoKinetics owns and maintains a variety of remediative equipment, including a high efficiency, AQMD approved, computer controlled, vapor phase thermal destruction unit; a number of ultra­violet groundwater treatment reactors; a high capacity, explosion proof regenerative blower; and a variety of other recovery and treatment hardware. GeoKinetics' field personnel are highly trained, OSHA certified, and thoroughly familiar with the use of this equipment, as well as with standard environmental health & safety, sampling and testing protocol.