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Distinguished Lecture:

Designing The Perfect Drilling Fluid Additive: Can It Be Done?

Numerous challenges surround the design and use of chemicals in the well construction process. What may satisfy technical requirements may not also satisfy stringent environmental controls. This lecture discusses and presents reallife examples of drilling chemicals that have been designed and often redesigned to fit stringent environmental criteria according to the locations in which they are used.

John Hall is Senior Environmental Scientist at Halliburton. He earned a BS degree in marine biology from the University of Newcastle, an MS degree in ecological and environmental sciences from the University of Lancaster, and a PhD degree in environmental effects of marine pollutants from the University of Newcastle.