Energy

Overview

Clean Harbors is a leading provider of specialized Energy services, offering a broad range of exploration, drilling support and rental equipment, production services, and remote accommodation solutions to some of the largest energy companies operating in North America. 

Our investments in new technologies, central repair facilities, and advanced training programs have created industry-leading practices and capabilities, allowing customers to maximize efficiencies and minimize the environmental impact of their operations. Our reliability and commitment to customer service provides continuous support, even in the most remote North American geographic locations.

Clean Harbors is the only company in North America that provides full, front-end seismic exploration services and acts as a one-stop shop for its customers. Our expertise ranges from conducting terrestrial and aerial-based survey/mapping, to locating buried facilities, to land clearing construction, to seismic shot hole drilling. 

Safety, reliability and high environmental standards are core components of our business. We are recognized as an industry leader in safety, exemplified by our world-class safety record and our company-wide programs to foster and develop a strong safety culture.

Energy Industry Services We Provide

  • Waste Disposal Services
  • Seismic Services
  • Surface Rentals
  • Production Services
  • Industrial Services
  • Emergency Response
  • Field Services
  • Lodging Services
  • Directional Boring

 

Waste Disposal Services

Waste Disposal Services

Overview

Waste Disposal

Clean Harbors Waste Disposal Services provide the widest range of treatment and disposal options in the industry for all of your hazardous and non-hazardous waste. 

Unmatched in North America, our facilities provide services for all of the United States, Canada, northern Mexico and Puerto Rico. We handle drum and bulk hazardous waste in liquid, solid, semi-solid, sludge and gas forms.

When choosing a hazardous waste disposal company, your disposal needs are our business. We’ll work hard for your business.

One Call Handles All of Your Hazardous Waste Disposal Needs

Organizing multiple vendors is costly, time-consuming and it can leave gaps in your hazardous waste program that increase your risk or leave you open to problems with compliance.

Employing the most advanced technologies, we provide a single source for all of your hazardous waste disposal needs, making the entire process easier, safer and more cost-effective. From PCBs to cyanides and explosives, our hazardous waste removal services handle it all through a highly coordinated truck, rail and ship transportation network.

Seismic Services

Seismic Services

Overview

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Clean Harbors Seismic Services offer safety, expertise and the manpower to support even your most difficult seismic project.

We provide project management expertise to layout, cut, and survey source and receiver lines and perform seismic drilling. Our techniques maximize efficiencies and minimize environmental impact. From planning to equipment utilization, our experienced professionals deliver quality service—on time and on budget.

As the first Seismic Services company to apply quality control systems, our operating methods and progressive reporting ensures the highest standards to keep your project on track.

Comprehensive Project Management:

  • Clean Harbors offers end-to-end project management for exploration services
  • Our expertise ensures efficiency while minimizing environmental impact

Expertise in Seismic Drilling:

  • Clean Harbors is a leader in heli-portable seismic drilling; they can access almost any site by air, land or a combination of both
  • Our state-of-the-art drills prioritize safety, production and durability

Line Clearing Techniques:

  • We provide mulcher and hand-cut line clearing services using GPS-guided equipment to create precise lines with minimal disturbance
  • Clean Harbors adheres to low-impact seismic cutting requirements

Advanced Surveying Methods:

  • Prior to equipment hitting the ground, we provide line locating to ensure the program runs safely and smoothly
  • Clean Harbors leverages GPS technology for line layout and surveying in forested areas; we preprogram positional data and achieve accurate horizontal positioning
  • Lidar survey techniques allow efficient ground coverage, providing reliable vertical information for survey points
Surface Rentals

Surface Rentals

Overview

Clean Harbors Surface Rentals are Your Defense Against Downtime™.

When it comes to surface rentals, Clean Harbors is committed to nothing short of excellence. That’s why you can be assured of the workability, durability and safety of all our equipment when you pick it up at one of our locations or when we deliver it to you. 

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What Sets Apart Clean Harbors Surface Rental Equipment?

  • Well-maintained equipment is available when and where you need it. We pull equipment from the field when needed to ensure our assets are maintained on time and on schedule. Our substantial service infrastructure lets you keep on drilling. With thousands of rental assets throughout western Canada and the United States, we are where you are. We consistently have parts available—always within a few hours’ drive of our customers’ locations—so that we can keep your drilling program on time and on budget.
  • Well-trained, responsive technicians improve safety and increase efficiency. Our thorough three-level training program teaches our technicians on every aspect of equipment operations and repair, as well as how to make the right calls in the field. Additional training involves ‘shadowing’ and being mentored by an experienced trainer. They receive at least 36 different sign-offs before progressing to the next level. Once on the job, our technicians regularly ensure that all of your surface rental equipment is properly maintained, pre-checked prior to delivery, delivered on time, set up and tested on-site.
  • Well-established systems have a proven track record in the field. We only use industry-leading equipment that consistently helps you complete your job efficiently, effectively and securely.
  • Well-documented processes provide real-time tracking data in the field. To provide more transparency for our customers and more efficiency for us, our field technicians use a tablet-enabled tracking system, which gives them everything they need at their fingertips.
Production Services

Production Services

Overview

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Clean Harbors Production Services reduces risk and optimizes your production by offering you more—more expertise, more locations, more equipment and more services.

More than just the truck

We offer one of North America’s most diverse vehicle ranges, encompassing everything from truck and skid-mounted hot oiling burners to continuous rod units to pressure trucks. And, given our size and scope of services, we offer you more than just the truck. We also provide:

More experience and expertise

We are your one-stop source for skilled and experienced professionals. Our safety policies ensure that these operators are certified for hazard recognition and assessment, and safe work and driving procedures.

More fit-for-purpose innovation

We develop a “hand-in-glove” relationship with our customers, born from years of adapting our services and fleet to better meet their needs. As a result, we continuously are evolving our services. 

More geographic locations

We are conveniently located throughout western Canada and in key oil-producing areas in the United States, ensuring prompt and efficient response. 

More stability, less liability

We are a financially strong organization that’s been around for more than 30 years. We continue to invest in systems, processes, equipment and people that can help you run your business efficiently and in complete compliance.

More equipment and service diversity

We provide a full range of services to handle, transport and dispose of fluids and solids, as well as production solutions to increase well production efficiency. 

Download Oilfield Transportation & Production Services Brochure

Industrial & Specialty Services

Industrial & Specialty Services

Overview

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With highly skilled staff, a vast equipment inventory and more than 35 years of experience, Clean Harbors provides a wide range of Industrial and Specialty Services throughout North America.

We safely and efficiently manage hazardous, non-hazardous, wet and dry materials utilizing specialized equipment and techniques.

Clean Harbors Completes Acquisition of HydroChemPSC

In 2021, we acquired HydroChemPSC, a leading U.S. provider of industrial cleaning, specialty maintenance and utilities services. Its services are built around providing solutions to customers focused on cleaning, maintenance and environmental compliance of essential, mission critical equipment and infrastructure. In 2022, HydroChemPSC was rebranded to HPC Industrial. Read on to learn more about our enhanced capabilities.

Our services include:

  • Industrial field services
  • Pigging and decoking
  • Chemical cleaning
  • Hands Free™ technologies
  • High-pressure services such as cold cutting, dry ice blasting, ultrasonic cleaning and exchanger, line, vessel and tank cleaning
  • Dewatering and materials processing
  • Outage and turnaround services
  • Pipeline coatings services
  • Hydro Excavation
  • Liquid/Dry vacuuming
  • Chemical hauling
  • Ultrasonic cleaning
  • DryAsh™
  • Re-Source Solutions
Emergency Response

Emergency Response

Overview

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Clean Harbors responds to more than 4,500 emergencies each year.

With more than 200 locations in North America, Clean Harbors has the manpower, equipment and technical expertise to manage any size environmental emergency on land or water.

When evaluating emergency response companies, know that Clean Harbors can rapidly deploy experienced, fully certified workers to meet the needs of any incident in the United States, Canada or Puerto Rico.

  • Emergency spill clean up
  • Over-the-road incidents 
  • Punctured lines 
  • Tank overflows 
  • Leaking drums 
  • Saddle tank spills 
  • Large pipeline ruptures 
  • Mercury spills
  • Biological and infectious materials 
  • Ship groundings 
  • Tanker truck rollovers 
  • Chemical and hazardous material spills 
  • Oil spills
  • Hurricane, earthquake and storm damage 
  • Emergency lab packs
  • Homeland security and terrorist attack responses
  • Releases in warehouses and distribution centers
  • Excavation of buried drums and cylinders

Download Clean Harbors Emergency Response Resource Book
Download Clean Harbors Emergency Response Resource Book for Canada
Download Emergency Response Brochure
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Download Fact Sheet (Bird Flu Rapid Response Services)

Rapid Response and Containment

Varying by the response, spills typically can be contained within the first few hours, with minimal remediation in the next 48 hours. Clean Harbors works under all local, state and federal guidelines (EPA, OSHA, USCG, etc.) when performing containment and cleanup. Waste for off-site disposal is packaged and prepared for shipment to a waste treatment and disposal facility. 

Emergency Preparedness

Clean Harbors Emergency Response experts can provide guidance on emergency management, operations, planning, logistics and more. Our Standby Emergency Response Coverage ensures that you have the necessary coverage and response in the event of an environmental emergency.

Oil Spill Removal Organization (OSRO)

Under the U.S. Coast Guard’s OSRO Classification Program, Clean Harbors holds Captain of the Port ratings for facilities and vessels in 56 ports throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. 

Emergency Operations Center

Clean Harbors operates an Emergency Operations Center where duty operators certified in DOT and RCRA can help you 24/7. One number, one call: 800.645.8265

Industrial and Field Services

Industrial and Field Services

Overview

Clean Harbors leverages its specialized equipment, expertise, responsiveness and disposal assets across the country to provide turnkey Industrial and Field Services to our customers. 

With safety as our No. 1 priority, these capabilities enable us to maintain true accountability and business continuity when managing your important projects—while you have confidence knowing the job is with one reliable source.

Clean Harbors offers industrial and specialty services such as high pressure and chemical cleaning, decoking and materials processing. Our Field Services offerings are comprehensive and include liquid/dry vacuum services, tank cleaning and remediation services. We also provide environmental cleanups on customer sites or other locations. 

Clean Harbors is the North American leader in providing response services for environmental emergencies of any scale on land or water—from the cleanup and removal of a single mercury bottle to a large-scale multiphase containment and cleanup of a coastal oil spill.

Clean Harbors Completes Acquisition of HydroChemPSC

In 2021, we acquired HydroChemPSC, a leading U.S. provider of industrial cleaning, specialty maintenance and utilities services. Its services are built around providing solutions to customers focused on cleaning, maintenance and environmental compliance of essential, mission critical equipment and infrastructure. In 2022, HydroChemPSC was rebranded to HPC Industrial. Read on to learn more about our enhanced capabilities. 

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Clean Harbors Industrial and Field Services

  • Emergency Response Services – OSHA-certified personnel to safely contain and clean up any type of emergency spill
  • Field Services – Expert personnel—dispatched on a planned or emergency basis—utilize specialty equipment and resources to perform services at any location
  • Industrial and Specialty Services – Specialized industrial services provided at refineries, mines, chemical plants, manufacturing and generation facilities and other industrial facilities
  • Daylighting and Hydro Excavation – Safer, cleaner, more precise hydro excavation for your daylighting and other excavation needs
  • Production Services – Expansive array of services to meet your needs
Lodging Services

Lodging Services

Overview

There is an advantage to coming into a comfortable housing environment that makes you feel like you are back home compared to large institutional lodges.
There's an advantage to coming into a comfortable housing environment that makes you feel like you are back home compared to large institutional lodges.

Clean Harbors Lodging Services offer more comfort, quality, and flexibility than any other lodging service in the industry.

Clean Harbors Lodging Services provide full-service options to meet all of your lodging needs. We offer short- and long-term accommodations to help your workers feel as close to home as possible. This keeps up morale and productivity while away from loved ones. Clean Harbors sets the new quality of life standard for accommodations with high-end catering and housekeeping as well as relaxing common areas for working out or watching satellite TV.

Clean Harbors Lodging Advantages

  • Permanent and temporary camps
  • Mobile drill camps
  • Customizable rooms and workspaces
  • Excellent catering and housekeeping
  • Manufacturing and wastewater treatment services
  • Quick delivery
  • Flexible commitments