摘要 |
Organic synthesis drilling muds recovered from the surface of the ground are treated in at least a first step comprising lipase hydrolysis of an ester of a carboxylic acid contained in the mud. Pref. hydrolysis is at a basic pH (above 9, esp 9-10) and at below 60 Deg. C. The lipase is a protein, comprising a fungal or animal triacylglycerol hydrolase, esp a 3.1.1.3 triacylglycerol acyl hydrolase. The process involves a pre-treatment step, stirring a mixt of the mud and lipase at pH 9-10 and below 60 ?oC, and a bacteriological step involving addn of bacteria to the mixt. The mud contains mono-, di- and polyesters from 1-15C (1-8C) (un)satd alcohols and 6-30C (6-18C) (un)satd mono-, di- or poly-carboxylic acids. The mud contains the organic phase contg the esters, rocks impregnated with this organic phase, and muds recovered after sieving the debris. |