This paper presents the potential of composting oil wet drill cuttings as a drilling waste disposal option. The potential is substantiated by results from several laboratory and field experiments. Artificially oil wetted drill cuttings were prepared by adding commonly used base oils from Norwegian offshore operations to a representative clay. Degradation of the hydrocarbon components in the oily wet cuttings by vermicomposting was successfully accomplished. The composts were beneficially used as part of growing media for landscape plants; ryegrass, coniferous, and deciduous trees, and the fertilization effect was compared with commercial NPK fertilizers. The plant growth studies showed that the composts produced by treating artificial oily drill cuttings by vermicomposting had considerable fertilizing effect on ryegrass and trees.
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Experimental Study of Composting Oil Wet Drill Cuttings as a Drilling Waste Disposal Option
Roald Sørheim,
e-mail: roald.sorheim@bioforsk.no
Roald Sørheim
Bioforsk Soil and Environment
, Frederik A Dahlsvei 20, N-1432 Ås, Norway
Roald Sørheim is the Head of Soil Quality Department at the Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research. He holds a Dr. Scientiarum degree in microbiology (1994) from the University of Bergen, Norway. He has nearly of professional experience from nonprofit research institutions, and his research has mainly been within microbiological aspects of waste management and environmental contaminants.
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John Eirik Paulsen,
John Eirik Paulsen
Statoil ASA
, N-4035 Stavanger, Norway
John Eirik Paulsen graduated from University of Bergen 1986; Cand. Scient. in Microbiology. Joined the chemical industry to work with biocides, before moving to Norsk Hydro to work with Chemically Improved Oil Recovery. He worked later as a Senior Research Scientist in environmental technology at the Rogaland Research Institute (now IRIS) for eight years. He Joined the National Oil and Gas Company Statoil ASA in 1998, currently working as a Discipline Advisor specializing in drilling waste management. He has written numerous publications and given presentations at several International Conferences.
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Arild Saasen,
Arild Saasen
Statoil ASA, N-4035 Stavanger, Norway;
University of Stavanger
, N-4036 Stavanger, Norway
Professor Arild Saasen is a Specialist in Fluid Technology within drilling technology at Statoil in Stavanger and Adjunct Professor at the Department of Petroleum Engineering, University of Stavanger. He is currently involved with drilling and completion related R&D. He holds a degree in fluid mechanics from the University of Oslo and Ph.D. in rheology from the Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby. He has earlier worked at RF-Rogaland Research and the University of Stavanger.
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Jérôme Leleux,
Jérôme Leleux
Total Fluides
, La Défense 10, F-92907 Paris La Défense Cedex, France
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Arnaud Albouy,
Arnaud Albouy
Total Fluides
, La Défense 10, F-92907 Paris La Défense Cedex, France
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Trond Knapp Haraldsen,
Trond Knapp Haraldsen
Bioforsk Soil and Environment
, Frederik A Dahlsvei 20, N-1432 Ås, Norway
Trond Knapp Haraldsen, born 1961, finished his MS thesis on soil survey at the Agricultural University of Norway (AUN) in 1985. For the period of 1985–1994, he was employed at Holt Research Station in Tromsø, Northern Norway. In 1990, he defended his Ph.D. thesis “Effects on soil compaction and cattle slurry on air exchange and water infiltration in soil from Northern Norway” at AUN. From 1995, at the Norwegian Centre for Soil and Environmental Research/Bioforsk Soil and Environment, he has carried out research projects related to soil quality, urban greening, organic farming, and utilization of organic wastes.
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Per Anker Pedersen,
Per Anker Pedersen
Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences,
Norwegian University of Life Sciences
, P.O. Box 5003, N-1432 Ås, Norway
Associate Professor Per Anker Pedersen holds a Dr. Scientiarum degree on roadside vegetation (1990). He has done research on roadside pollution, mainly dispersion patterns of deicing chemicals, and their effects on vegetation. He also has experience as Research Coordinator on studies of environmental effects of emissions from aluminum smelters. Furthermore, his research includes revegetation and landscaping as well as selection of plants for Nordic conditions. He is employed at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences where he teaches topics related to landscaping, revegetation, and arboriculture.
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Thomas Hartnik,
Thomas Hartnik
Bioforsk Soil and Environment
, Frederik A Dahlsvei 20, N-1432 Ås, Norway
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Roar Linjordet
Roar Linjordet
Bioforsk Soil and Environment
, Frederik A Dahlsvei 20, N-1432 Ås, Norway
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Roald Sørheim
Roald Sørheim is the Head of Soil Quality Department at the Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research. He holds a Dr. Scientiarum degree in microbiology (1994) from the University of Bergen, Norway. He has nearly of professional experience from nonprofit research institutions, and his research has mainly been within microbiological aspects of waste management and environmental contaminants.
Bioforsk Soil and Environment
, Frederik A Dahlsvei 20, N-1432 Ås, Norwaye-mail: roald.sorheim@bioforsk.no
John Eirik Paulsen
John Eirik Paulsen graduated from University of Bergen 1986; Cand. Scient. in Microbiology. Joined the chemical industry to work with biocides, before moving to Norsk Hydro to work with Chemically Improved Oil Recovery. He worked later as a Senior Research Scientist in environmental technology at the Rogaland Research Institute (now IRIS) for eight years. He Joined the National Oil and Gas Company Statoil ASA in 1998, currently working as a Discipline Advisor specializing in drilling waste management. He has written numerous publications and given presentations at several International Conferences.
Statoil ASA
, N-4035 Stavanger, Norway
Arild Saasen
Professor Arild Saasen is a Specialist in Fluid Technology within drilling technology at Statoil in Stavanger and Adjunct Professor at the Department of Petroleum Engineering, University of Stavanger. He is currently involved with drilling and completion related R&D. He holds a degree in fluid mechanics from the University of Oslo and Ph.D. in rheology from the Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby. He has earlier worked at RF-Rogaland Research and the University of Stavanger.
Statoil ASA, N-4035 Stavanger, Norway;
University of Stavanger
, N-4036 Stavanger, Norway
Jérôme Leleux
Total Fluides
, La Défense 10, F-92907 Paris La Défense Cedex, France
Arnaud Albouy
Total Fluides
, La Défense 10, F-92907 Paris La Défense Cedex, France
Trond Knapp Haraldsen
Trond Knapp Haraldsen, born 1961, finished his MS thesis on soil survey at the Agricultural University of Norway (AUN) in 1985. For the period of 1985–1994, he was employed at Holt Research Station in Tromsø, Northern Norway. In 1990, he defended his Ph.D. thesis “Effects on soil compaction and cattle slurry on air exchange and water infiltration in soil from Northern Norway” at AUN. From 1995, at the Norwegian Centre for Soil and Environmental Research/Bioforsk Soil and Environment, he has carried out research projects related to soil quality, urban greening, organic farming, and utilization of organic wastes.
Bioforsk Soil and Environment
, Frederik A Dahlsvei 20, N-1432 Ås, Norway
Per Anker Pedersen
Associate Professor Per Anker Pedersen holds a Dr. Scientiarum degree on roadside vegetation (1990). He has done research on roadside pollution, mainly dispersion patterns of deicing chemicals, and their effects on vegetation. He also has experience as Research Coordinator on studies of environmental effects of emissions from aluminum smelters. Furthermore, his research includes revegetation and landscaping as well as selection of plants for Nordic conditions. He is employed at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences where he teaches topics related to landscaping, revegetation, and arboriculture.
Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences,
Norwegian University of Life Sciences
, P.O. Box 5003, N-1432 Ås, Norway
Thomas Hartnik
Bioforsk Soil and Environment
, Frederik A Dahlsvei 20, N-1432 Ås, Norway
Roar Linjordet
Bioforsk Soil and Environment
, Frederik A Dahlsvei 20, N-1432 Ås, NorwayJ. Energy Resour. Technol. Dec 2007, 129(4): 307-313 (7 pages)
Published Online: May 24, 2007
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Received:
May 11, 2006
Revised:
May 24, 2007
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Sørheim, R., Paulsen, J. E., Saasen, A., Leleux, J., Albouy, A., Haraldsen, T. K., Pedersen, P. A., Hartnik, T., and Linjordet, R. (May 24, 2007). "Experimental Study of Composting Oil Wet Drill Cuttings as a Drilling Waste Disposal Option." ASME. J. Energy Resour. Technol. December 2007; 129(4): 307–313. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2790982
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