Fine sized Blue Creek coal can be used to remove high molecular weight hydrocyclones from coarse size soils. Heavy crude oil contamination of sand can easily be reduced to a tenth of a weight percent. An added benefit is that lower grade coal can be used and is simutaneously upgraded by this process. Fine sized soils are more difficult to clean, but gross contamination can be reduced to around a half a weight percent while converting the lower grade coal to a high quality fuel.

Keywords: remediation, agglomeration, Sucarnoochee soil, and petroleum coke