| BMP ID |
Short Title |
Text of BMP |
|---|
| 6189 |
Commercial Disposal Facilities |
"Although drilling wastes from many onshore wells are managed at the well site, some wastes cannot be managed onsite" and require commercial disposal. |
| 6191 |
Disposal in Salt Caverns |
"Salt caverns used for oil field waste disposal are created by a process called solution mining. Well drilling equipment is used to drill a hole from ... |
| 6184 |
Optimizing land farm operations for better drill cuttings disposal |
"Land Farming: Optimizing Land Farm Operations: The addition of water, nutrients, and other amendments (e.g., manure, straw) can increase the ... |
| 6183 |
Reuse cuttings as a fuel source |
"Reuse of Cuttings: Use of cuttings for fuel: Several trials have been conducted in the United Kingdom using oily cuttings as a fuel at a power ... |
| 6181 |
Reuse cuttings as construction material |
"Reuse of Cuttings: Reuse of cuttings as construction material: Treated cuttings have been used in various ways: fill material, daily cover material ... |
| 6180 |
Reuse cuttings for road spreading |
"Reuse of Cuttings: Road Spreading: One use of cuttings is to stabilize surfaces that are subject to erosion, such as roads or drilling pads. Oily ... |
| 6190 |
Slurry Injection of Drilling Wastes |
Slurry Injection "involves grinding or processing solids into small particles, mixing them with water or some other liquid to make a slurry, and ... |
| 6179 |
Techniques for clean mud capture for reuse |
"There are many relatively simple processes that can be used on drilling rigs to capture clean mud that would otherwise be discarded and return it to ... |
| 6188 |
Thermal Desorption |
"Thermal desorption uses a non-oxidizing process to vaporize volatiles and semi-volatiles through the application of heat. Because thermal desorption ... |
| 6187 |
Thermal Treatment Technologies |
"Thermal technologies use high temperatures to reclaim or destroy hydrocarbon-contaminated material [in drill cuttings]. Thermal treatment is the ... |
| 6186 |
Use Cement Kiln incineration treatment for cuttings disposal |
"Incineration: Cement Kilns: In cement kilns, drilling wastes with oily components can be used in a fuel-blending program to substitute for fuel that ... |
| 6174 |
Use closer spacing for successive casing strings |
"Drilling Smaller-Diameter Holes: Closer Spacing of Successive Casing Strings: In the past, only standard-sized bits and casings were available, such ... |
| 6176 |
Use coiled tubing when drilling new wells |
"Drilling Smaller-Diameter Holes: Coiled Tubing Drilling: This type of drilling does not use individual sections of drill pipe that are screwed ... |
| 6172 |
Use directional drilling to minimize number of wells drilled |
"Directional Drilling: Horizontal Drilling: Some productive formations are not thick but extend over a large lateral area. Prior to the advent of ... |
| 6177 |
Use pneumatic drilling when possible |
"Drilling Techniques That Use Less Drilling Fluid: Pneumatic Drilling: In selected formations, wells can be drilled using air or other gases as the ... |
| 6185 |
Use Rotary Kiln incineration treatment for cuttings disposal |
"Incineration: Rotary Kilns: Most incineration of drilling wastes occurs in rotary kilns, a mature and commercially available technology, which is ... |
| 6171 |
Use single platform or drilling pad to drill multiple extended-reach wells |
Directional Drilling: Extended Reach Drilling: "In some situations, it is impractical or too expensive to drill wells from locations directly above ... |
| 6175 |
Use slimhole drilling |
"Drilling Smaller-Diameter Holes: Slimhole Drilling: According to DOE (1999), slimhole wells are defined as wells in which at least 90% of the hole ... |
| 6178 |
Use Synthetic Based Muds when possible |
"Drilling Fluid Systems That Generate Less Waste: Synthetic-based muds (SBMs) drill a cleaner hole than water-based muds (WBMs), with less sloughing, ... |
| 6182 |
Using cuttings for wetlands restoration |
"Reuse of Cuttings: Restoration of Wetlands using cuttings: Another new application for drilling wastes involves using them as a substrate for ... |
