Oil contaminant removal from drill cuttings by supercritical extraction

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1901-1905

  Eldridge, R Bruce ^a,b  

^a Phillips Research Center 224GB   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DECONTAMINATION; DRILLING FLUIDS; FLUOROCARBONS; PROPANE; ROCK DRILLING; SOLVENTS;

DRILL CUTTINGS; OIL BASED DRILLING MUD;

SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION;

CONTAMINANT REMOVAL; EXTRACTION;

EID: 0030159460     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie950765t     Document Type: Article

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