Drilling and Production Waste Injection in Subsea Operations - Challenges and Recommendations

Proceedings of the Annual Offshore Technology Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 2551-2558

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

^a Advantek International Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OFFSHORE BOREHOLES; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OIL SPILLS; OIL WELL CASINGS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RHEOLOGY; SLURRY PIPELINES; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WELLHEADS;

DRILL CUTTINGS; WASTE INJECTION;

OFFSHORE DRILLING;

EID: 1642440094     PISSN: 01603663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.4043/14288-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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