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BMP ID: 6185
Title: Use Rotary Kiln incineration treatment for cuttings disposal
Text: "Incineration: Rotary Kilns: Most incineration of drilling wastes occurs in rotary kilns, a mature and commercially available technology, which is durable and able to incinerate almost any waste, regardless of size or composition."
Source Publication Name: Drilling Waste Management Information System
Citation Section: Technology Descriptions: Fact Sheet - Thermal Treatment Technologies
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Usage Type: Recommended
Timing: • Drilling
Oil / Gas Field:  
Surface Ownership: • Federal
• State
• Private
Mineral Ownership: • Federal
• State
• Private
Primary Contact: Argonne National Laboratory
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Alternate Contact: National Energy Technology Laboratory
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Categories: Land Surface Disturbance
Location: General / Federal
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General Comments:
Cost-Benefit Analysis: “Capital equipment costs for an incinerator that processes between 3 to 10 tons/hour ranges from $3 to $5 million dollars”
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Date Entered: 2009-08-19 12:02 UTC
Last Updated: 2011-07-17 13:30 UTC