Thermal desorption of oil from oil-based drilling fluids cuttings: Processes and technologies

SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition, APOGCE

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 323-330

  Stephenson, Ralph L ^a   Seaton, Simon ^b   McCharen, Robert ^a   Hernandez, Edgardo ^b   Benson Pair, R ^a  

^a KBR ^*

^b HALLIBURTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; BIODEGRADATION; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); DESORPTION; DISTILLATION; DRILLING FLUIDS; DRILLING PLATFORMS; HYDROCARBONS; MOISTURE; OIL WELL DRILLING; STEAM; THERMAL EFFECTS; TOXICITY;

EXOTHERMIC REACTION; OIL-BASED DRILLING FLUIDS; THERMAL DESORPTION; TOTAL PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS (TPH);

OIL FIELDS;

EID: 22144460178     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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