Recovery of oil from drilled cuttings by liquefied gas extraction

Proceedings - SPE International Symposium on Oilfield Chemistry

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 143-150

  Seaton, S ^a   Hall, J ^a  

^a HALLIBURTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRILLING FLUIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXTRACTION; LIQUEFIED GASES; OLEFINS; PARAFFINS; RECYCLING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLVENTS;

DRILLING RATE; LIQUEFIED GAS EXTRACTION; NON-AQUEOUS FLUIDS (NAF); OIL-BASED MUDS (OBM);

OIL WELL DRILLING;

EID: 23844497069     PISSN: 10461779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/92963-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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