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Table 4 Environmental impact of drilling waste assimilation (per 1 kt 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 category

Reference unit

Assimilation (average)

Assimilation (minimum)

Assimilation (maximum)

Freshwater ecotoxicity - FAETPinf

kg 1,4-DCB-eq

3,99E+04

90

5,27E+04

Human toxicity - HTPinf

kg 1,4-DCB-eq

7,32E+05

1,04E+04

2,64E+06

Marine ecotoxicity - METPinf

kg 1,4-DCB-eq

2,52E+04

54

3,31E+04

Terrestrial ecotoxicity - TETPinf

kg 1,4-DCB-eq

4,03E+04

211

6,94E+04