Effects of drilling fluids on soils and plants: I. Individual fluid components

Journal Article · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1980 · J. Environ. Qual.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2134/jeq1980.00472425000900040002x· OSTI ID:6816913

Miller, R W; Honarvar, S; Hunsaker, B

The effects of 31 drilling fluid (drilling mud) components on the growth of green beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L., Tendergreen) and sweet corn (Zea may var. saccharata (Sturtev.) Bailey, Northrup King 199) were evaluated in greenhouse studies. Plants grew well in fertile Dagor silt loam soil (Cumulic Haploxeroll) when the soil was mixed with most soil-component mixtures at disposal proportions normally expected. Vinyl acetate and maleic acid polymer (VAMA) addition caused significantly increased growth at the 95% confidence level. No statistically significant depression of plant growth occurred at normal rates with asbestos, asphalt, barite, bentonite, calcium lignosulfonate, sodium polyacrylate, a modified tannin, ethoxylated nonylphenol, a filming amine, gilsonite, a Xanthan gum, paraformaldehyde, a pipe dope, hydrolized polyacrylamide, sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, sodium hydroxide added as pellets, and a sulfonated tall oil. Statistically significant reductions in plant yields (at the 95% confidence level) occurred at normal disposal rates with a long-chained aliphatic alcohol, sodium dichromate, diesel oil, guar gum, an iron chromelignosulfonate, lignite, a modified asphalt, a plant fibersynthetic fiber mixture, lignite, a nonfermenting starch, potassium chloride, pregelatinized starch, and sulfated triglyceride. Thirteen drilling fluid components added individually to a fluid base (water, bentonite, and barite) and then to soil were also tested for their effect on plant growth. Only the sulfated triglyceride (Torq-Trim) and the long-chain (high molecular weight) alcohol (Drillaid 405) caused no plant growth reductions at either rate added. The modified tannin (Desco) caused minimal reduction in bean growth only when added to soil in excess levels.

• Research Organization: Utah State Univ., Logan
• OSTI ID: 6816913
• Journal Information: J. Environ. Qual.; (United States), Vol. 9:4
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
DRILLING FLUIDS
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
PLANT GROWTH
INHIBITION
ADDITIVES
ASBESTOS
ASPHALTS
BARITE
BENTONITE
CELLULOSE
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
MAIZE
MIXTURES
PHASEOLUS
SODIUM HYDROXIDES
SOILS
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS
BARIUM COMPOUNDS
BARIUM SULFATES
BITUMENS
CARBOHYDRATES
CEREALS
DATA
DISPERSIONS
FLUIDS
GRAMINEAE
GRASS
GROWTH
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROXIDES
INFORMATION
INORGANIC ION EXCHANGERS
ION EXCHANGE MATERIALS
LEGUMINOSAE
MATERIALS
MINERALS
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLANTS
POLYSACCHARIDES
SACCHARIDES
SODIUM COMPOUNDS
SULFATES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
TAR
560303* - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology- Plants- (-1987)