EPA Offshore Effluent Guidelines for Mud and Cuttings Discharges: A Regulatory Impact Model

Abstract

Effluent guidelines for discharges of muds and cuttings offshore are under development. The impact of the proposed guidelines is predicted by a model developed as part of the API comments on the 1988 EPA proposal. A preliminary run of this model shows that 25 percent of the drilling wastes will be hauled for onshore disposal, rather than discharged. SPE 1 8 6 8 2

The Use of Drilling Cuttings as Building Materials in Baiano, Brazil

“…Drilling cuttings have traditionally been discharged into the marine environment in offshore operations or buried in land operations 1,2,3,4,5 . According to Veil 6 , some of these practices did not protect the environment nor the public health to the extent desired.…”