Waste Treatment and Disposal

Comprehensive planning assures environmental compliance
Baroid uses proven and reliable processes for developing the best solution per well for treating and disposing of drilling waste, considering safety and environmental impact, environmental regulations and the elimination of long term liability. Equally important is achieving operating efficiency by separating as much liquid and waste as possible. This lowers cost by having less waste to dispose of and enabling more drilling fluid to be recovered for reuse. 

The most efficient waste management solution
With Baroid’s Ground Control Sites waste can be efficiently treated and sometimes disposed of in a single location. Each facility is custom built to address the needs of the specific operation. Operational costs can be significantly reduced by allowing Baroid’s experts manage the entire process using our integrated technologies.

Maximize fluid recovery, minimize environmental impact
Thermal treatment is among the most common techniques for separating oil based fluid from cuttings. Although treatment has traditionally been reserved for onshore operations, Baroid’s Thermomechanical Cuttings Cleaner (TCC) has made this technique not only possible, but a superior option for offshore and deepwater projects.

Baroid Ground Control Sites
Baroid Ground Control Sites are purpose built facilities designed to handle, treat, and dispose of all waste streams generated by a given drilling operation.
Bioremediation Services
Using the natural process of remediation by encouraging bacteria and fungi to convert hydrocarbons into CO2 and water, the bioremediation process leaves behind an enhanced, hydrocarbon-free soil with high organic and mineral content.
ENVIRO-FIX™ Solids Stabilization Process
For stabilizing drilled cuttings from water-, oil-, and synthetic-based drilling fluid systems.
FullCircle Cuttings Reinjection Service
The FullCircle Cuttings Reinjection Service is an efficient way of disposing of any drilling waste—a way that is easy to install and operate, maximizes drilling efficiency by removing bottlenecks and has been tested and proven around the world in the toughest conditions
Thermal Desorption Unit
Range of thermal desorption solutions for onshore and offshore operations

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