BAKER HUGHES - Drilling Fluids Reference Manual

FLUIDS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
Chapter 14
FLUIDS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
The strengthening of environmental regulations around the world has changed the way
service companies and their customers view the provision of drilling fluids. Ignoring the
effects on the environment from mixing, transporting, cleaning, re-using and disposing of
mud and cuttings is no longer an option. Baker Hughes Drilling Fluids FES (Fluids
Environmental Services) includes a broad range of services and equipment to complement
its drilling fluids services. The application of the services described here is subject to the
environmental conditions of a project that, in many instances, determine the selection and
design of the drilling fluid.
INTRODUCTION
The objective of Baker Hughes Drilling Fluids Environmental Services (FES) is to provide an integrated
solution to the management of drilling fluids and the associated drilling waste generated, addressing the
operation from waste generation to final disposal.
FES follows the waste management hierarchy as the guideline to manage all the issues affecting the
operation. The waste management hierarchy aims at reducing the overall impact of the drilling
activities to the environment:
Reduce
Minimize the volume of waste and reduce
environmental risks
Reuse
Maximize the use of materials and resources for
the same process
Recycle
Recover part or all of the waste to be used in a
new process or to begin the process over again
Respon
sible
Use methods and technologies that minimize the effect
on the environment and use the least amount of resources
BAKER HUGHES DRILLING FLUIDS
REFERENCE MANUAL
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