Development of the technical and process design details on secondary use of drilling cuttings on marine platforms of the arctic region
During the process of oil and gas industry, a large amount of oil-contaminated waste is generated. The use of solid drilling cuttings plays a key role in the national economy, both from the point of view of improving the environment (elimination of accumulated waste), and in terms of improving the efficiency of enterprises in the industry (rational use of natural resources). The work objective is to develop technical and process design details on secondary use of the wastes of oil and gas complex enterprises, and to simplify the process of its transportation. Relevance and contemporaneity of the research is conditioned upon accumulation of the significant quantity of oil-contaminated waste which reduces ecological and economical efficiency of oil and gas complex enterprises. The use of solid oil and gas wastes as a secondary resource is of practical interest from the point of view of ecological and economical efficiency of the enterprises. The main result of the research is a conceptualization of the disposal technology of the wastes mentioned above by moulding, to produce environmentally friendly building material.