Process for utilising waste drill cuttings in plastics
AssigneeTotal Waste Management Alliance Limited
InventorDouglas Campbell Garrick
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Abstract
An environmentally beneficial process for utilizing waste drill cuttings from oil and gas exploration. The waste drill cuttings (20) are used as a filler and combined with plastic to provide a plastic based product (26) in the plastics industry. In an embodiment the cuttings are thermally treated and formed into pellets. In a further embodiment the cuttings are treated and mixed with recycled plastic to be formed into pellets. The pellets are then used in the manufacture of rigid plastic products such as bollards, planters, benches and decking.
Claims20
A process for the utilisation of waste drill cuttings wherein the waste drill cuttings are combined with plastic to provide a plastic based product in the plastics industry.
A process for the utilisation of waste drill cuttings wherein the waste drill cuttings are combined with plastic to provide a plastic based product in the plastics industry and wherein the plastic based product is a plastic pellet.
A process for the utilisation of waste drill cuttings wherein the waste drill cuttings are combined with plastic to provide a plastic based product in the plastics industry and wherein the waste drill cuttings form a fine powder and the powdered waste drill cuttings are compressed to form pellets.
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