Disposal of Drilling Slurry

Treated slurry fluids are environmentally safe when handled as directed. When breakdown is complete, all that remains is trace acrylate molecules and water. The anionic Shore Pac is reduced to water after the hypochlorite is used to treat the Shore Pac. This is often safely discharged or simply spread on the ground to evaporate or used in dust control.

Additionally, polymers with the same chemical base as found in Shore Pac are used in potable water treatment as flocculants, with federal government clearance. They are widely used throughout the world as coagulants and flocculants used for environmental and process improvement, acting through solid/liquid separation. They are used in paper manufacturing, wastewater treatment, mineral and oil extraction, soil conditioning and as thickeners in cosmetics. As such, they have many regulatory approvals around the world, such as for drinking water treatment, indirect additives for food-contact paper and for other specific uses. Municipal sewage sludge, which has been polymer-treated for de-watering, is widely applied to agricultural land.

Break-Down of Slurry

Shore Pac slurry fluids are non-toxic and are readily degradable upon completion of a slurry job to facilitate disposal.  Upon completion of the project, any remaining Shore Pac is broken down with the chemical oxidizer Slurry Buster.

The Slurry Buster hypochlorite solution is added to the Shore Pac slurry at a rate of 3 gallon per  (3,000 gallons) of slurry to be treated. After Slurry Buster is added, the slurry is circulated using the pumps on-site to ensure complete oxidation of the polymer molecules.  This is accomplished by pumping the slurry back into a holding tank.

Pumping the slurry back into the holding tank mixes Slurry Buster to immediately break down the Shore Pac polymer through oxidation.  Water is the end result, ready to convenient disposal.

Note: Dispose of produced water from Slurry Buster oxidation of Shore Pac slurry according to all applicable laws and regulations

Double-Bladder Air Diaphragm pump used for moving slurry from bore hole to slurry tank.