Worldwide Drill Cuttings Injection Permitting Requirements and Guidelines

SPE/EPA Exploration and Production Environmental Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 109-116

  Guo, Quanxin ^a   Abou Sayed, Ahmed S ^a  

^a Advantek International Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; RAIN; STRATIGRAPHY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

DRILLING MUDS;

OIL WELL DRILLING;

EID: 0242384748     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/80587-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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