Recycling treatment of waste oil-based drilling mud in gas fields
摘要
This study aims to develop an efficient and environmentally friendly approach for the resource recovery and harmless treatment of waste oil-based drilling mud (WOM). A comprehensive treatment process was implemented, including chemical demulsification and mechanical dehydration of WOM, advanced oxidation and coagulation-flocculation treatment of intermediate water (IW), and cement-based solidification of dehydrated mud (DM). The results demonstrate that the dehydration process achieved excellent oil recovery (95.62%) and volume reduction (93.20%), with residual oil and water contents of 0.40% and 4.33% in DM, respectively. The IW treatment (pH adjustment to 6, 5000 mg/L NaClO oxidation for 25 min, followed by pH 9 adjustment and sequential addition of 120 mg/L PAC and 8 mg/L APAM) produced clean water (CW) with 98.6% transmittance (TR), suitable for fracturing fluid preparation. Furthermore, DM solidified with fly ash: cement: quicklime (10%:30%:20%) exhibited high compressive strength (16.22 MPa) and leachate meeting national discharge standards. This integrated approach successfully transforms hazardous WOM into reusable resources while ensuring environmental compliance, providing a practical solution for sustainable drilling waste management.