Improvements to the Environmental Performance of Synthetic-Based Drilling Muds

Drilling muds used by the petroleum exploration and production industry have the role of lubricating and cooling the drilling bits and facilitating the transport of crushed rocks to the surface of the well. The chemical formulations of the drilling muds influence their fate when discharged into the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bakhtyar, Sajida, Gagnon, Marthe Monique
Other Authors: Paul T. Anastas
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Wiley-VCH Verlag & Co. 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6627