Environmental response and recovery at drilling platforms in the Gulf of Thailand

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

  Kelly, J R ^a   Kropp, R K ^a   Uhler, A D ^a   Zielinski, M B ^b   Tawatchai, S ^b  

^a BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; GASOLINE; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; HYDROCARBONS; INFILL DRILLING; MUD LOGGING; OCEANOGRAPHY; OFFSHORE GAS FIELDS; SEDIMENTS; TOXICITY; WELLHEADS;

CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICALS; COARSE-GRAINED SEDIMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; FINE-GRAINED PARTICLES; MACROFAUNAL COMMUNITY; OIL-BASED DRILLING MUDS; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS;

PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

EID: 85088407643     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/46748-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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