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Drilling Fluids and Drilled Cuttings With HSE

In oil field production system, the oil and gas processing stations are important hazard areas. In the transformation progresses a multitude of safety problems occur frequently each year, which cause personal injury accidents and lead to psychology shadow to each employee. That also exposes existing problems in oil and gas construction areas over the years. In order to better improve the HSE management level and reduce accidents as well as personnel damages, the HSE management level must be constantly improved in construction site.

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Removing Mud Solids

A field method for measuring solids sizes on the job. It is simple and easy to use and should improve the efficiency of solids control. There will be some sacrifice in accuracy; however, only the relative weight percentage distribution of the particles is needed to allow constructive steps to remove these particles.

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CUTTINGS HANDLING SYSTEM FOR WASTE MUD DISPOSAL

Use of traditional cuttings handling systems based on washing the cuttings. By cleaning the cuttings, the oil content in the cuttings can be brought down to approximately 100g oil content per. kg drilled cuttings, which is the average allowable discharge of oil per. well. This again means that the cleaned cuttings can be dumped to sea after cleaning is performed.

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FATE OF DRILL CUTTINGS IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT

The fates of drill cuttings from offshore wells, and their effect on the marine environment, have been studied by means of side-scan sonar, scuba and underwater photography. Adverse effects are minimal and short-lived, and in some instances the accumulation of cuttings may be beneficial. Modification of normal mud and cuttings discharge procedures would be needed only in very unusual circumstances.

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