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Table 2 Life cycle inventory for treatment of 1000 tons of drill cuttings

From: A life cycle assessment of drilling waste management: a case study of oil and gas condensate field in the north of western Siberia, Russia

Impact contributor

Scenario 0. Drill cuttings land-spreading

Scenario 1. Drill cuttings disposal in waste pits

Scenario 2a. Drill cuttings solidification (in waste pits)

Scenario 2b. Drill cuttings solidification (pitless drilling)

Scenario 3. Drill cuttings reinjection

Material consumption, t

 HDPE membrane

 

3.8

3.8

  

 Sand

 

8744.2

8427

1464

 

 Aluminum sulfate

 

2.1

2.1

  

 Sodium carbonate

 

2.1

2.1

  

 Fertilizer

 

0.04

0.04

  

 Seeds

 

0.02

0.02

  

 Cement

  

150

150

 

 Lime

  

88

88

 

 Reagents (thickeners, inhibitors, viscosifiers)

    

5.6

 Water

 

38.2

38.2

 

5000

Тransportation, km

 Drill cuttings

truck 50

  

truck 50

truck 50

 Sand

 

truck 20

truck 20

truck 20

 

 PE geomembrane

 

truck 190, rail 3000

truck 190, rail 3000

  

 Aluminum sulfate

 

truck 190, rail 3000

truck 190, rail 3000

  

 Sodium carbonate

 

truck 190, rail 3000

truck 190, rail 3000

  

 Fertilizer

 

truck 190, rail 3000

truck 190, rail 3000

  

 Seeds

 

truck 190, rail 3000

truck 190, rail 3000

  

 Cement

  

truck 190, rail 1000

truck 190, rail 1000

 

 Lime

  

truck 190, rail 1000

truck 190, rail 1000

 

 Soil-like material

   

truck 50

 

 Reagents

    

truck 190, rail 3000

Diesel consumption for equipment operation, kg

 Truck spreader

3200

    

 Excavator

 

5140

6620

1950

 

 Bulldozer

 

5540

5540

1050

 

 Cementing truck

 

430

430

  

Electricity consumption for equipment operation, kWh

 Grinders and pumps

    

60,000

Land occupation, m2*year

 Land occupation

250,000*1 (wetland)

2540*2 (wetland)

2540*2 (wetland)