British Petroleum Looks At New Technology To Help With Gulf Clean Up

July 2, 2010 - PRLog -- Randy Hill begin_of_the_skype_highlighting     end_of_the_skype_highlighting, President and CEO of Advanced Trailer, announced today that he has submitted an application to use trailer drying technology to help with the cleanup of the BP oil spill in the Gulf.  The Advanced Trailer would be used to procure (dry) the wood chips in preparation to be used to absorb oil along beaches and shoreline in the Gulf Region. Advanced Trailers could also be a very valuable tool in transporting large amounts of wood chips to various locations in the Gulf region affected by the BP oil disaster. Randy Hill has offered BP free consulting and use of an Advanced Biomass Trailer to test how it can help in the clean up.

"The environment has been one of our primary areas of research and development over the past three years,” Hill said in making the announcement. “This is not something we originally had in mind for drying wood chips in an Advanced Trailer. But I believe I speak for all of our staff, employees and shareholders:  we are happy and willing to do our part helping with cleaning up this horrible mess. Were not just selling a product, were solving problems."

Earlier this week, BP requested that Advanced Trailer submit an application to help with the clean up process. A number of new technologies are being tried including Kevin Costner’s water separation machine. On Tuesday the ABC affiliate in Dallas, WFAA, reported that BP had ordered mulch wood products from a local company to be bagged and used to absorb oil on beaches and marshes. Advanced Trailer has received national attention for its recent work to remove moisture from woody biomass which is used in steam power plants worldwide. The use of an Advanced Trailer could potentially help lower moisture levels in the wood chips which would prepare them and increase the efficiency and amount of oil the wood will take in.

During the past year, Advanced Trailer has provided funding and equipment to a number of U.S. universities and research centers for the drying of woody biomass products. Research at the University of Idaho using the Advanced Trailer successfully reduced moisture levels from over 80% down to near zero. The dryer the wood the greater its ability to hold more oil.

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ABOUT RANDY HILL: Randy Hill is a Texas entrepreneur who is best known for his endeavors in real estate and transportation. He now serves as president and chief executive officer of APT Advanced Trailer and Equipment LP, as well as president and chief executive of a number of privately held real estate holding companies. Hill is credited with the discovery of using semi trailers to procure and dry various agricultural products. In April 2009, Hill announced plans to provide research funding along with equipment to the University of Idaho to explore the use of the Advanced Drying Trailer to remove moisture from wood chips that are used to fuel the university’s biomass steam boiler plant in Moscow, Idaho. For further information please contact Advanced Trailer at 1-800-860-1360 or on their web site at www.advancedtrailer.com

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