hydrocarbons · Manitoba
Manitoba regulates contaminated sites under the Contaminated Sites Remediation Act[1] and its Remediation Regulation[2], which set out the process for designating, remediating and closing impacted sites. Hydrocarbon-impacted inventory comes from fuel storage and distribution, rail and transportation corridors, agricultural operations, and northern communities where diesel is the primary energy source.
Where the regulation refers to applicable criteria in the absence of provincial numeric values, Manitoba practice defers to CCME Canada-Wide Standards for petroleum hydrocarbons in soil[3]. Thermal destruction drives treated soil to those values and closes the file without transferring liability to a receiver site.
Hydrocarbon-impacted soil is one of the most common, and most mishandled, remediation streams on the continent. The default in many jurisdictions is still excavate and haul to landfill, which moves the carbon liability downstream rather than resolving it, and increasingly fails the permanence test regulators apply at closure.
Nelson operates the RS-series mobile thermal desorption fleet engineered to drive hydrocarbon-impacted soil to the temperatures and residence times required to volatilize and destroy the hydrocarbon fraction, with off-gas routed through a high-temperature oxidizer and engineered treatment train. Clean soil is returned to the site, with confirmation sampling and a destruction record the regulator can close the file against.
The same physics that destroys hydrocarbons destroys dioxins, fly ash residues, and the carbon-fluorine bonds in PFAS. Hydrocarbon work is the deepest part of Nelson's portfolio and the foundation of the equipment platform.
Proof: Nelson's hydrocarbon destruction track record includes the Tioga, North Dakota cleanup (verified clean-soil return on a high-profile crude release) and the Bear Hills, Alberta program (multi-award-winning thermal remediation at scale). Project documentation is linked from the Projects index.
hydrocarbons · Manitoba
Send the matrix, approximate volume, location, and cleanup criteria. Nelson will identify the treatment route, evidence requirements, and practical next step.
Mobilized from Acheson, Alberta by road. Single-window haul to Winnipeg, Brandon, the Interlake, and southern agricultural districts; northern communities reached by seasonal road, rail, or barge logistics coordinated at scoping.
Send a brief description of the site, contaminant profile, and volume. Nelson responds within one business day with a scoping call and pricing envelope.
Qualified enquiry
Send the contaminant profile, approximate tonnage, and site location. Nelson will respond with the route that fits and the evidence needed to verify it.
hydrocarbons · Other regions
New Brunswick & Atlantic Canada
Treatment approach · By contaminant
[1]Manitoba Contaminated Sites Remediation Act, CCSM c. C205
[2]Manitoba Contaminated Sites Remediation Regulation, M.R. 105/97