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Analysis for Diesel Oil Components in Drilling Fluids
Tompkins, DF
President, Centec Analytical Services, Inc., VA

Handel, ED
Industrial Technology Division, Office of Energy and Mining, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

Telliard, W

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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