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Method and apparatus for disposing of drilling muds and wastes generated during well drilling operations and for plugging and abandoning the well

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6776424
Drilling muds and waste fluids pumped to reserve pits and other on-site locations during drilling operations are recycled to the drilled well after the drilling operation is terminated and after the rig is removed from the site of the drilling operations. The well is then plugged and abandoned without a rig on location.
Assignee:
EDB-84-105437
Patent Number(s):
US 4429746
OSTI ID:
6776424
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
020300* -- Petroleum-- Drilling & Production
020800 -- Petroleum-- Waste Management
03 NATURAL GAS
030300 -- Natural Gas-- Drilling
Production
& Processing
030700 -- Natural Gas-- Waste Management
BOREHOLES
CAVITIES
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
DRILLING
DRILLING FLUIDS
EQUIPMENT
FLOW REGULATORS
FLUIDS
LIQUID WASTES
MANAGEMENT
REINJECTION
UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL
VALVES
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WELL DRILLING