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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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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