Robotic cleaning method of oilfield equipment
DESCRIPTION OF THE TECHNOLOGY
Since 2012, the MARTin robot developed by the MIRRICO Group has been removing oil sludge from vertical oil tanks, washing tanks' walls, bottoms and roofs from sediments, providing further processing of removed sludge. MARTin complexes effectively operate at oil producing, transporting and refining enterprises at the Russian Federation and neighboring countries.
The robotic technology for cleaning tanks is certified in the Russian Federation, and has also been granted with European explosion protection certificate - ATEX.
We offer safe and environmentally friendly robotic units – MARTin - that allow you to clean tanks without the presence of personnel inside the tank. We have developed four basic and most popular configurations of the sets of equipment. We are also ready to develop and offer additional specifications for the specific needs of our customers.
Advantages of the robotic MARTin unit-
Short terms of tank cleaning due to:
- work in 24/7 mode;
- high speed of pumping the sludge and increased productivity of the processing unit;
- short terms of installation / dismantling of equipment;
- no need for site preparation or use of crane equipment;
- Multiple reduction in the volume of oil wastes obtained that leads to a reduction in the cost of its transportation to the landfill for further disposal;
- Possibility of earning additional revenues by selling petroleum products extracted from bottom sediments;
- 100% safety in terms of labour protection, industrial and environmental safety;
- Cleaning operations might be carried out throughout the whole year at temperatures from –25 to +70 ° С;
- High quality of cleaning at any temperatures inside the tanks.
- Suitable for cleaning tanks of any type (volume from 200 up to 120,000 m3);
- Mobile execution;
- Autonomous work (connection to electricity, steam or water might not be required);
- High cross-country ability, maneuverability and stability of the robotic scavenger due to the proprietary know-how - a two-section base on 4 tracks;
- Cleaning of hard-to-reach places (in case there are restrictions by pontoon stands, steam registers, etc.);
- No vacuum machines or super suckers are required - the robotic unit is equipped with its own pumps to pump out viscous sludge.
Safety and environmental friendliness:
- Minimum water consumption due to its regeneration by the MARTin unit;
- Possibility of processing the extracted oil sludge into oil, water and cake;
- Explosion-proof design complying with EX-zone 0 standard. The equipment is fully certified and complies with the EU - ATEX directive.
MARTin is a robotic system with mobile modules, fully equipped to meet your requirements for tank cleaning without the presence of a human inside the tanks (no entry man technology).
We've been studying the problems faced by our customers over the past 7 years and have developed a unique and best-in-class solution for cleaning tanks from oil sludge.
MARTin Тип A
1 - ROTC-TD3 robotic scavenger
2 - Double-circuit hydroelectric power plant
3 - Operator's station
4 - Hydraulic spool
Designed for cleaning tanks of any type and removing oil sludge without the presence of a person inside the tank.
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Allows:
- To clean bottom, walls and roof;
- To pump out both
- low viscosity oil sludge (up to 50 m3 per hour)
- high viscosity oil sludge (up to 25m3 per hour).
Consists of:
- Heated 20-feet container, which is divided into two sections and is equipped with ventilation system, heating\air conditioning. Fire extinguishing and alarm systems are installed in order to ensure the safety of works. The container is equipped with the sliding gate in the second section and the door with a window in the operator section;
- Robotic cleaner ROTC-TD4;
- Screw pump for oil removal with a productivity of 50 m3 per hour;
- Washing pump;
- Hydraulic reel for hydraulic cable;
- Control panel of the robotic cleaner — a system for monitoring the operation of auxiliary equipment;
- Double-circuit hydroelectric station;
- Place for storage of spare parts and accessories.
MARTin Тип A1
1 - ROTC-TD3 robotic scavenger
2 - 120m spool for cable junction hosepack
3 - 120m spool for hoses from pumps
4 - Operator's station
5 - Double-circuit hydroelectric power plant
6 - Steam heated hydrodynamic separator
7 - Washing pump (25 Bar)
8 - the Drain pump
9 - Trailer support
A1 type MARTin is designed for tank cleaning and sludge recovery from tanks without human presence inside the tank, as well as for separating water from oil sludge and using recycled water in a closed cycle.
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Allows:
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To clean bottom, walls and roof;
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To pump out both
- viscosity oil sludge (up to 50 m3 per hour)
- high viscosity oil sludge (up to 25 m3 per hour);
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To clean used water and reuse it in a circle;
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To separate the hydrocarbon phase from water and minimize the amount of mechanical impurities.
Consists of:
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40-feet heated container, which is divided into two sections and is equipped with a ventilation system, heating\air conditioning. Fire extinguishing and alarm systems are installed in order to ensure the safety of works. The container is equipped with the sliding gate in the second section and the door with a window in the operator section;
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Semi-trailer — manufactured to transport equipment;
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Robotic cleaner ROTC-TD4;
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Screw pump for oil removal with a productivity of 50 m3 per hour;
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Washing pump;
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Hydraulic reel for hydraulic cable;
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Control panel of the robotic cleaner — a system for monitoring the operation of auxiliary equipment;
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Double-circuit hydroelectric station;
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Place for storage of spare parts and accessories;
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Gravity Dynamic Separator (GDS) — designed to separate water from oil emulsion;
- Rotor pump — designed to remove high viscosity oil (productivity up to 25 m3 per
MARTin Тип B
ROTC-TD4 robotic scavenger
2 - Spool for 120m
3 - 120m spool for hoses from pumps
4 - Operator's station
5 - Double-circuit hydroelectric power plant
6 - Washing pump (25 Bar)
7-Decanter
8 - Steam heated hydrodynamic separator
9 - the Drain pump
10 - Rotary pump
11 - Semitrailer
12 - Decanter tank
Type B MARTin is designed for cleaning tanks of any type and removing oil sludge without the presence of a person inside the tank, for separating water from oil sludge and using circulating water in a closed cycle, for separating the oil phase from residual water and mechanical impurities, for separating mechanical impurities less than 25 microns.
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Allows:
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To clean bottom, walls, and roof;
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To pump out both
- low viscosity oil sludge (up to 50 m3 per hour)
- high viscosity oil sludge (up to 25 m3 per hour);
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To clean used water and reuse it in a circle;
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To separate the hydrocarbon phase from water and minimize the amount of mechanical impurities;
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To treat oil sludge (remove small mechanical impurities that are less than 25 microns).
Consists of:
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40-feet heated container, which is divided into two sections and is equipped with a ventilation system, heating\air conditioning. Fire extinguishing and alarm systems are installed in order to ensure the safety of works. The container is equipped with the sliding gate in the second section and the door with a window in the operator section;
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Semi-trailer — manufactured to transport equipment;
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Robotic cleaner ROTC-TD4;
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Screw pump for oil removal with the productivity of 50 m3 per hour;
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Washing pump;
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Hydraulic reel for hydraulic cable;
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Control panel of the robotic cleaner — a system for monitoring the operation of auxiliary equipment;
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Double-circuit hydroelectric station;
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Place for storage of spare parts and accessories;
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Gravity Dynamic Separator (GDS) — designed to separate water from oil emulsion;
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Rotor pump — designed to remove high viscosity oil (productivity up to 25 m3 per hour);
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Centrifugal decanter.
MARTin Тип C
1 - Receiving tank of the centrifuge
2 - Cavity pump
3 - Dosing pump
4 - Flocculant pump
4 - Coagulant pump
6 - Tank for supplying flocculant and coagulant
7 - Dehydrator
8 - Receiving tank of the dehydrator
9 - Control panel
Type C MARTin - oil sludge separation unit - designed to separate mechanical impurities, oil and water from oil sludge. The combination of MARTin C with A1 type provides the highest level of separation:
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Oil: Basic Sediments & Water (BS&W) is less than 2 %;
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Water: Oil in water is less than 50 ppm;
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Solid Sludge: Oil content is less than 5 %, Solid content is more than 50 % and
The remaining is water content.
Allows:
To separate mechanical impurities from the sludge (bottom sediments/other sediments) with the following productivity rate:
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up to 40 tons/hour of sand (more than 25 microns);
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up to 25 m3/hour in case of colloidal fraction (size of particles less than 25 microns).
Consists of:
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Semi-trailer for 40 feet container;
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40-feet container equipped with doors, windows, stairs, lighting system, ventilation made in fire explosion safe performance and equipped with Electrical Control & Instrumentation and Control Systems;
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Dehydrator with a receiving tank and level gages;
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Screw conveyor to unload the tank out of the dehydrator;
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Screw pump to transfer oil fluid to the Gravity dynamic separator;
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Centrifugal decanter with a receiving tank and level gages;
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Screw pump to transfer oil fluid from dehydrator to the centrifugal decanter;
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Chemical reagent unit equipped with dosing pump
Work stages
EXPERIENCE OF APPLICATION
CHRONOLOGY OF CLEANING WITH MARTIN
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Number of tanks11 Volume of cleaned sludge, m6522,25 Oil recovered5676,252020
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Number of tanks49 Volume of cleaned sludge, m12473 Oil recovered96592019
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Number of tanks34 Volume of cleaned sludge, m8468 Oil recovered41992018
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Number of tanks51 Volume of cleaned sludge, m10596 Oil recovered67932017
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Number of tanks24 Volume of cleaned sludge, m13354 Oil recovered98572016
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Number of tanks19 Volume of cleaned sludge, m3726 Oil recovered25492015
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Number of tanks32 Volume of cleaned sludge, m9334 Oil recovered66842014
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Number of tanks24 Volume of cleaned sludge, m6930 Oil recovered56172013
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Number of tanks5 Volume of cleaned sludge, m2085 Oil recovered14992012
Detailed work experience since 2012
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Year |
Number of tanks 11 |
Volume, m3 |
Hight, m |
Diameter, m |
The volume of cleaned sludge, m3 |
Oil recovered volume |
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2020 |
1 |
3 000 m3 |
12 m |
19 m |
420 |
346 |
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1 |
1 000 m3 |
12 m |
10 m |
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3 |
5 000 m3 |
24 m |
15 m |
624 |
- |
|
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1 |
10 000 m3 |
32 m |
18 m |
2 300 |
2 300 |
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|
1 |
5 000 m3 |
24 m |
15 m |
800 |
779 |
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2 |
3 000 m3 |
12 m |
19 m |
922 |
818 |
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2 |
50 000 m3 |
61 m |
15 m |
1456,25 |
1433,25 |
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2019 |
2 |
3 000 m3 |
12 m |
19 m |
140 |
- |
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3 |
3 000 m3 |
12 m |
19 m |
619 |
539 |
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1 |
1 000 m3 |
12 m |
10 m |
|||
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2 |
5 000 m3 |
24 m |
15 m |
358 |
- |
|
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1 |
5 000 m3 |
24 m |
15 m |
573 |
424 |
|
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1 |
5 000 m3 |
24 m |
15 m |
350 |
259 |
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8 |
10 000 m3 |
32 m |
18 m |
5 733 |
4 128 |
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8 |
5 000 m3 |
24 m |
15 m |
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1 |
4 000 m3 |
12 m |
10 m |
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3 |
3 000 m3 |
12 m |
19 m |
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2 |
2 000 m3 |
12 m |
15 m |
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3 |
1 000 m3 |
12 m |
10 m |
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2 |
20 000 m3 |
34 m |
18 m |
1 420 |
1 357 |
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3 |
10 000 m3 |
32 m |
18 m |
3 280 |
2 952 |
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3 |
5 000 m3 |
24 m |
15 m |
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5 |
3 000 m3 |
12 m |
19 m |
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1 |
2 000 m3 |
12 m |
15 m |
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2018 |
2 |
10 000 m3 |
32 m |
18 m |
2 640 |
1 980 |
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9 |
5 000 m3 |
24 m |
15 m |
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5 |
3 000 m3 |
12 m |
19 m |
|||
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1 |
2 000 m3 |
12 m |
15 m |
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2 |
10 000 m3 |
32 m |
18 m |
2 280 |
1 938 |
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3 |
5 000 m3 |
24 m |
15 m |
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2 |
3 000 m3 |
12 m |
19 m |
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1 |
2 000 m3 |
12 m |
15 m |
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5 |
5 000 m3 |
24 m |
15 m |
2 865 |
281 |
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3 |
5 000 m3 |
24 m |
15 m |
325 |
- |
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1 |
5 000 m3 |
24 m |
15 m |
358 |
- |
|
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2017 |
10 |
10 000 m3 |
32 m |
18 m |
3 336 |
2 469 |
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8 |
5 000 m3 |
24 m |
15 m |
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3 |
3 000 m3 |
12 m |
19 m |
|||
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2 |
2 000 m3 |
12 m |
15 m |
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3 |
1 000 m3 |
12 m |
10 m |
|||
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1 |
1 000 m3 |
12 m |
10 m |
780 |
702 |
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2 |
3 000 m3 |
12 m |
19 m |
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1 |
20 000 m3 |
34 m |
18 m |
2 300 |
- |
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1 |
5 000 m3 |
24 m |
15 m |
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4 |
10 000 m3 |
32 m |
18 m |
3 980 |
3 622 |
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5 |
5 000 m3 |
24 m |
15 m |
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4 |
3 000 m3 |
12 m |
19 m |
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5 |
2 000 m3 |
12 m |
15 m |
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2 |
1000 m3 |
12 m |
10 m |
200 |
- |
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2016 |
3 |
10 000 m3 |
32 m |
18 m |
4 757 |
3 235 |
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3 |
5 000 m3 |
24 m |
15 m |
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2 |
2 000 m3 |
12 m |
15 m |
|||
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1 |
3 000 m3 |
12 m |
19 m |
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4 |
10 000 m3 |
32 m |
18 m |
2 727 |
2 427 |
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3 |
5 000 m3 |
24 m |
15 m |
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1 |
3 000 m3 |
12 m |
19 m |
|||
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1 |
2 000 m3 |
12 m |
15 m |
|||
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1 |
20 000 m3 |
34 m |
18 m |
4 300 |
3 096 |
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2 |
10 000 m3 |
32 m |
18 m |
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1 |
5 000 m3 |
24 m |
15 m |
|||
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2 |
10 000 m3 |
32 m |
18 m |
1 570 |
1 099 |
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2015 |
7 |
10 000 m3 |
32 m |
18 m |
3 641 |
2 549 |
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6 |
5 000 m3 |
24 m |
15 m |
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1 |
4 000 m3 |
12 m |
19 m |
|||
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2 |
2 000 m3 |
12 m |
15 m |
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1 |
1 000 m3 |
12 m |
10 m |
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1 |
3 000m3 |
12 m |
19 m |
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1 |
3 000 m3 |
12 m |
19 |
85 |
- |
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2014 |
2 |
10 000 m3 |
32 m |
18 m |
2 824 |
2 005 |
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2 |
5 000 m3 |
28 m |
15 m |
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2 |
3 000 m3 |
12 m |
19 m |
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1 |
4 000 m3 |
12 m |
19 m |
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2 |
2 000 m3 |
12 m |
15 m |
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2014 |
16 |
5 000 m3 |
28 m |
15 m |
5 735 |
4 129 |
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4 |
10 000 m3 |
32 m |
18 m |
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2014 |
1 |
3 000 m3 |
12 m |
19 m |
775 |
550 |
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1 |
2 000 m3 |
12 m |
15 m |
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1 |
5 000 m3 |
28 m |
15 m |
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2013 |
4 |
10000 |
32 m |
18 m |
6098 |
4930 |
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18 |
5000 |
28 m |
15 m |
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1 |
10 000 m3 |
32 m |
18 m |
832 |
687 |
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1 |
5 000 m3 |
28 m |
15 m |
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2012 |
1 |
10000 |
32 m |
18 m |
247 |
222 |
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2 |
20000 |
34 m |
18 m |
1838 |
1277 |
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2 |
2000 |
12 m |
15 m |
REVIEWS
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