Offshore drill cuttings treatment technology evaluation

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE International Conference on Health, Safety and Environment in Oil and Gas Exploration and Production 2010

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 405-415

  Charles, M ^a   Sayle, S ^a  

^a STANTEC CONSULTING LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC COMMUNITIES; DRILL CUTTINGS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS MONITORING; EXPLORATION DRILLING; OFF SHORE PLATFORMS; SYNTHETIC-BASED MUDS; TECHNOLOGY EFFECTIVENESS; TREATMENT SYSTEMS; TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES;

GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; ROCK DRILLS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; TECHNOLOGY; THERMAL DESORPTION; WELL DRILLING;

PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

EID: 77954192530     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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