Recycling of borehole solids in polymers

摘要

There is provided a method of fabricating a composite material, the method comprising providing borehole solids originating from a borehole in the earth and embedding the borehole solids in a base material thereby forming the composite material, wherein the base material comprises a polymer. According to an embodiment, the borehole solids contain oil, e.g. on a surface thereof. The oil containing borehole solids may be preprocessed before embedding or may be directly embedded in the base material without preprocessing. Such embodiments allow for a recycling of oil contaminated borehole solids while providing a resource for a filler for polymers.

主权项

1. Method of fabricating a composite material, the method comprising:
providing borehole solids originating from a borehole in the earth; providing a base material comprising a polymer; embedding the borehole solids as a polymer filler in the base material thereby forming the composite material,
wherein the borehole solids have on a surface thereof a borehole liquid; and preprocessing the borehole solids with the borehole liquid thereon, thereby resulting in preprocessed borehole solids;
wherein embedding the borehole solids in the base material includes embedding the preprocessed borehole solids in the base material,wherein preprocessing the borehole solids includes chemically treating the borehole solids with the borehole liquid thereon, wherein the borehole solids include base sediments or fines that occur in a hydrocarbon that is delivered through the borehole.