Drill and Pipeline Cutting Stabilization

Clean Earth provides recycling and beneficial reuse solutions for drill and pipeline cuttings derived from oil and gas exploration through a stabilization and solidification treatment process.

At Clean Earth, first the drill cuttings are scanned for radioactivity prior to the stabilization process. Next, during the stabilization process, reagents are added to the drill or pipeline cuttings to enhance the geotechnical qualities of the material. The cuttings then go through a pugmill utilized to mix/process the material to then generate the reengineered material to meet site specific geotechnical specifications.

Incoming drill and pipeline cuttings are pre-approved and analyzed for the following:

• Volatile Organic Compounds
• Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons
• Total Metals
• Total PAHs
• Selected Inorganic Parameters (including % moisture)
• Radioactivity

Treated batches of stabilized drill cuttings are analyzed for:

• Geotechnical parameters (based on end use) including but not limited to proctor density, sieve size, and percent moisture
• Total Metals
• SPLP
• Inorganic Parameters