| BMP ID: |
5183 |
| Title: |
Solids and Cuttings Management: Drilling waste management |
| Text: |
"Onshore operations have a wider range of options for managing drilling wastes than offshore operations. These include landspreading and landfarming, dewatering and burial onsite, underground injection, incinerating and other thermal treatment, bioremediation and composting and reuse and recycling." (11) |
| Source Publication Name: |
Minimizing Waste during Drilling Operations |
| Citation Section: |
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| Citation Page: |
2 |
| Supplemental Documents: |
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| Usage Type: |
Recommended |
| Timing: |
• Drilling
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| Oil / Gas Field: |
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| Surface Ownership: |
• Federal
• State
• Private
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| Mineral Ownership: |
• Federal
• State
• Private
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| Primary Contact: |
Mr. Richard C. Haut
Houston Advanced Research Center
4800 Research Forest Drive
The Woodlands, Texas 77381 United States |
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| Categories: |
Land Surface Disturbance
Human Health and Safety
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| Location: |
General / Federal |
| Species: |
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| General Comments: |
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| Cost-Benefit Analysis: |
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| Date Entered: |
2009-05-01 20:45 UTC |
| Last Updated: |
2009-08-28 10:24 UTC |
