Waste management and disposal of cuttings and drilling fluid waste resulting from the drilling and completion of wells to produce orinoco very heavy oil in eastern Venezuela

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE International Conference on Health, Safety, and Environment in Oil and Gas Exploration and Production 1998, HSE 1998

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Getliff, J M ^a,b   Silverstone, M P ^a,b   Sharman, A K ^b   Lenn, M ^b   Hayes, T ^c  

^a DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^b IBS Viridian Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c IBS Viridian Ltd ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CRUDE OIL; DRILLING FLUIDS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; INFILL DRILLING; OIL WELL COMPLETION; OIL WELL DRILLING; ORGANIC CARBON; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER POLLUTION;

BIOLOGICAL METHODS; CONTAMINATED WATER; DEGRADATION PROCESS; DRILLING AND COMPLETION; DRILLING PROCESS; HORIZONTAL SECTION; LAND FARMING; WATER BASED DRILLING FLUIDS;

PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

EID: 85030716221     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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