SEDL / STP / STP976-EB / STP26712S

Analysis for Diesel Oil Components in Drilling Fluids

Tompkins, DF
President, Centec Analytical Services, Inc., Salem,VA

Handel, ED
President, Centec Analytical Services, Inc., Salem,VA

Telliard, W
Industrial Technology Division, Office of Energy and Mining, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

Pages: 5    Published: Jan 1988

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Source: STP976-EB

Abstract

Three methods of isolating No. 2 diesel oil from a bentonite-based drilling fluid were evaluated: soxhlet extraction, ultrasonic extraction, and retort distillation. The efficiency of each method was demonstrated by either gas chromatographic analysis or by a determination of the weight or volume of the residue recovered. Of the methods evaluated, only retort distillation demonstrated recoveries greater than 90%.

Keywords:
diesel analysis, drilling fluid, retort, gas chromatography, finger printing, sonication, soxhlet extraction

Paper ID: STP26712S
Committee/Subcommittee: D34.02
DOI: 10.1520/STP26712S
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