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Vol. 58 No. 11

November 2006

Drilling and Completion Fluids

Fate of Nonaqueous-Drilling-Fluid Cuttings Discharged From a Deepwater Well

The full-length paper describes results of a study of the fate of cuttings drilled with nonaqueous drilling-fluids (NADFs) and discharged into a deepwater environment. The study characterized effects of discharges from a single-well drilling program and -tested the accuracy of a discharge model that predicts seabed cuttings accumulations.

Synopsis of SPE 98612

This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 98612, "Fate of Nonaqueous-Drilling-Fluid Cuttings Discharged From a Deepwater Exploration Well," by T.J. Nedwed, J.P. Smith, SPE, and H.R. Melton, SPE, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Co., prepared for the 2006 SPE Eighth International Conference on Health, Safety, and Environment in Oil and Gas Exploration and Production, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2-4 April.

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