An Environmentally Friendly, Highly Effective Hydrogen Sulphide Scavenger for Drilling Fluids

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 2313-2320

  Davidson, Eric ^a   Hall, John ^a   Temple, Colin ^a  

^a HALLIBURTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATES; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEAVY METALS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; IRON OXIDES; PH EFFECTS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REACTION KINETICS; TOXICITY; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

DRILL CUTTINGS; SCAVENGERS;

DRILLING FLUIDS;

EID: 1142277196     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/84313-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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