University of Colorado at Boulder
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BMP ID: 5186
Title: Thermal treatment cna reduce toxicity and volume of drilling waste
Text: "Thermal treatment can be an interim process to reduce toxicity and volume and prepare a waste stream for further treatment or disposal (e.g., landfill, land farming, land spreading), or it can be a final treatment process resulting in inert solids, water, and recovered base fluids." (16)
Source Publication Name: Minimizing Waste during Drilling Operations
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Citation Page: 3
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Usage Type: Recommended
Timing: • Drilling
Oil / Gas Field:  
Surface Ownership: • Federal
• State
• Private
Mineral Ownership: • Federal
• State
• Private
Primary Contact: Mr. Richard C. Haut
Houston Advanced Research Center
4800 Research Forest Drive
The Woodlands, Texas  77381  United States
Phone:(281)-364-6093     Alt. Phone:
Fax:     E-mail:rhaut@harc.edu
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Categories: Land Surface Disturbance
Human Health and Safety
Location: General / Federal
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Date Entered: 2009-05-01 21:16 UTC
Last Updated: 2009-08-28 10:26 UTC