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DRILLING FLUIDS AND CUTTINGS MANAGEMENT ASIA 2011

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Re: Towards a regional standard for drilling fluids in Asia – Thai top
regulator will discuss updated environmental regulations and policies of Ester-based drilling
Thailand on drilling fluids and cuttings waste management fluids back at the
discussion table, as
Thailand is one of the fastest growing players in oil and gas exploration in Asia, environmental legislation
with its lion’s share of its explored 430 million bbl reserves (2010 estimates, CIA) restricts the discharge of
located offshore in the Gulf of Thailand and off Andaman coast. Thailand's drilling waste/cuttings
second-most-valuable listed company, PTT Exploration and Production Plc profit especially when
more than doubled, boosted by higher sales volume among many factors contaminated with OBM.
(Reuters). Download the free
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Are you an oil and gas or

drilling fluids company in
Thailand?

The top regulator of the Dept

of Mineral Fuels will be
available for dialogue on
drilling fluids and cuttings
management regulations.

Join the dialogue with fellow

oil and gas professionals
and other peers in Asia. Call
Rex Sayson on (+65) 6844
2080 or email
rex@arcmediaglobal.com to
find out more.

Talking Point

Is there a need to standardise

Southeast Asian drilling fluids
and waste management
regulation?

Yes – The regulations are too

costly due to inconsistent
regulations. Standardisation will
make compliance more cost-
effective and transparent.

No – The regulations need to be

 Source: Phuket Gazette stricter in some areas, more than
others.
 
Given significant exports by the Thai fishing industry, environmental compliance on Maybe – We are already very 
drilling fluids is a key thrust by the government following the increase in exploration environmentally conscious in 
in the country, as well as its unique inter-jurisdictional exploration arrangements. To our operations. And we may not 
join the regulatory panel, Mr. Suparerk Sitahirun, Director of Mineral Fuels need new standards 
Management Bureau, Department of Mineral Fuels (DMF), Ministry of Energy, nonetheless. 

 
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Thailand will provide information on the updated environmental regulations and
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policies of Thailand on drilling fluids and cuttings waste management.
Ester-based drilling
Another growing oil and gas player, Vietnam has just released a new regulation for
drilling fluids and cuttings management – which the Centre for Environmental fluids back at the
Monitoring, Data and Information Director, Hoang Duong Tung will present. discussion table, as
environmental legislation
Earlier, Mrs Nelly Hilman, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Environment Indonesia joins restricts the discharge of
other top regulators in Asia to discuss major developments in drilling fluids and drilling waste/cuttings
cuttings management in relation to environmental permits and discuss
especially when
opportunities to create regional standards for Asia.
contaminated with OBM.
The New Delhi-based Central Pollution Control Board will also be presenting its Download the free
regulation governing drilling and gas extraction industry at the Drilling Fluids and brochure and discuss. 
Cuttings Management Asia Forum on 22-24 February at Four Points by Sheraton,
Bangkok, given that India has a sizeable total area of 3.14 Million square kilometre
of onshore and offshore oil & gas fields. Are you an oil and gas or
drilling fluids company in
In the US, green initiative groups protest especially when laws do not require oil Thailand?
and gas companies to automatically disclose what chemical products they are
using during drilling, hydraulic fracturing or well workover operations. “It is it is The top regulator of the Dept
of Mineral Fuels will be
extremely difficult for the public to find out what chemicals are being used by the available for dialogue on
oil and gas industry,” says EarthWorks. drilling fluids and cuttings
management regulations.
Also, the Titi Tudorancea Bulletin reports some trends, which are very telling.
Join the dialogue with fellow
oil and gas professionals
The compliance engineer is the most common name for a relatively new position in and other peers in Asia. Call
the oil field, emerging around 2002 due to new environmental regulations on Rex Sayson on (+65) 6844
synthetic mud in the United States. Previously, synthetic mud was regulated the 2080 or email
rex@arcmediaglobal.com to
same as water-based mud and could be disposed of in offshore waters due to low
find out more.
toxicity to marine organisms.

New regulations restrict the amount of synthetic oil that can be discharged. These
new regulations created a significant burden in the form of tests needed to
Talking Point
determine the "ROC" or retention on cuttings, sampling to determine the
percentage of crude oil in the drilling mud, and extensive documentation. It should Is there a need to standardise
be noted that no type of oil/synthetic based mud (or drilled cuttings contaminated Southeast Asian drilling fluids
with OBM/SBM) may be dumped in the North Sea. Contaminated mud must either and waste management
regulation?
be shipped back to shore in skips or processed on the rigs.
Yes – The regulations are too
costly due to inconsistent
“The Asian regulators are on the ball when it comes to promoting new rules and regulations. Standardisation will
make compliance more cost-
updates this year,” according to an industry player familiar with the issue. He cites effective and transparent.
that this may be due to the recent GOM oil spill, which crystallised the economic
No – The regulations need to be
and environmental impact of these hazardous fluids and waste. stricter in some areas, more than
others.
However, oil and gas companies still continues to pursue technical alternatives to  
further reduce their drilling waste and discharges, especially in countries that still Maybe – We are already very 
lack the waste handling capacities found in more mature oil and gas producing environmentally conscious in 
areas. “Engaging regulatory authorities in an ongoing dialogue to evaluate the our operations. And we may not 
feasibility of waste reductions up to the possibility of achieving zero discharge need new standards 
offshore is important,” says an oil and gas expert, “and will help value the nonetheless. 
feasibility of these technical innovations, by weighing its risks versus rewards.
 
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Chevron Thailand E&P is at the forefront of working together with the Kingdom of
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Thailand government to preserve its offshore environment and will be presenting
some alternatives being developed.  Ester-based drilling
The Meet the Regulators panel discussion at the DFCMA Forum on the 23rd fluids back at the
February 2011 in Bangkok will be the first ever platform to discuss opportunities discussion table, as
to create a regional standard for safe, effective and environmentally compatible environmental legislation
drillings fluids and cuttings waste management practices, as the need to balance restricts the discharge of
regulations to protect the environment and push toward operational and cost drilling waste/cuttings
efficiency intensifies. especially when
contaminated with OBM.
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fluids. Petronas study featured at the Forum revived the discussion on the
development of an environmentally acceptable ester-based drilling fluid—in the
past shelved us “too expensive” or “not powerful enough.” Petronas applied this
Are you an oil and gas or
study on drilling through highly sensitive shale areas with challenging well profiles,
drilling fluids company in
including highly deviated and extended long reach, normally requiring OBMs. Thailand?

On the solution side, Baroid-Halliburton continuously releases developments in The top regulator of the Dept
their drilling fluids and cutting management solutions suite, maintaining their lion’s of Mineral Fuels will be
available for dialogue on
share of the drilling fluids market and will share some of them in the Forum. drilling fluids and cuttings
management regulations.
It would be interesting if there would be presentations on recently developments
in high-performance water-based fluids as well as other new releases last year. Join the dialogue with fellow
oil and gas professionals
and other peers in Asia. Call
The Drilling Fluids and Cuttings Management Asia Forum in Bangkok on 22-24 Rex Sayson on (+65) 6844
February 2011 has a vision to bring forward a robust opportunity to discuss the 2080 or email
rex@arcmediaglobal.com to
creation of an Asian regional standard in drilling fluids and cuttings waste find out more.
management, present an independent benchmarking platform for comparative
analysis of recent technological developments in fluids and waste disposal so far
and provide the specifics for an integrated approach to developing technologies
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Southeast Asian drilling fluids
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The Center for Energy Sustainability and Economics is an industry research centre regulation?
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Yes – The regulations are too
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