Managing risks and uncertainties in drill cuttings re-injection in challenging environments - Field experience from Sakhalin Island

SPE/EPA/DOE Exploration and Production Environmental Conference, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 13-20

  Guo, Q ^a   Geehan, T ^a   Pincock, M ^b  

^a M I SWACO   (United States)

^b Sakhalin Energy Investment Co   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUTTINGS RE-INJECTION (CRI); DRILL CUTTINGS; DRILLING WASTES; OIL BASED MUD (OBM) CUTTINGS;

GRAVEL; HYDRAULICS; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MONITORING; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

OIL WELL DRILLING;

EID: 22344431891     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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