Title: Drilling Waste Management Information System
1Drilling Waste Management Information System
An Interactive Web-Based Tool for Access to
Technological, Environmental, and Regulatory
Information on Drilling Waste Management
- R. Sullivan, T. Kotek, P. Richmond, M. Puder, D.
Elcock - Environmental Science Division
- October 26, 2006
2Topics
- What is drilling waste and why is it a problem?
- Drilling Waste Management Information System
(DWMIS) approach - DWMIS module screen shots
- Results
- Technology used
Work funded by DOE Office of Fossil Energy and
the National Energy Technology Laboratory
3Drilling Waste Results from Oil and Gas
Exploration
- Drilling waste consists of drilling mud and solid
drill cuttings - Drilling mud lubricates drill bit and carries
cuttings to surface - Solid drill cuttings must be separated from mud
so mud can be recycled - Generally produced in large volumes during well
drilling - Waste can cause environmental problems when
disposed
4Drilling Waste Management Decisions Are Complex
- Drilling waste disposal can be costly
- Disposal method must be determined prior to
beginning operations - Many technical options for drilling waste
management - Three main management methods, 12 sub-options,
with many variations - Not all options are allowed or make sense in all
locations - New, environmentally-friendly methods available
- Complex regulations exist at federal and state
level for disposal practices - Can greatly restrict available options
How do operators determine which drilling waste
management methods to use?
5Drilling Waste Management Information System
(DWMIS)
Web-based resource for environmentally
responsible drilling waste management decision
making
- Three modules
- Technology Description Module technical fact
sheets on current disposal methods and
technologies - Regulatory Module compendium of federal and
state regulations - Technology Identification Module expert system
to select reasonable disposal alternatives for a
given location and circumstances.
6DWMIS Home Page
http//web.evs.anl.gov/dwm
7Opening Screen of the Technology Description
Module
8Example of a Fact Sheet in the Technology
Description Module
9Opening Screenshot of the Regulatory Module
10Example of a State Agency Page in the Regulatory
Module
11Link to Texas Regulations
12Opening Screen of the Technology Identification
Module
13The Technology Identification Module Development
Team
- Domain Experts
- Web Technical Lead
- Usability Expert
- Technical Programmer
- Graphic Designer
- Internal Reviewers
- External Review Panel
X 5
14Overview of Flow Diagram
- Key Decision Points
- Offshore vs. onshore
- U.S. waters vs. non-U.S. waters
- Environmentally sensitive area?
Responses trigger appropriate question sequences
15Questions on Waste Minimization and Reuse
16Overview of Flow Diagram
Offshore drilling
U.S. Waters
Waste Type Description
17(No Transcript)
18Overview of Flow Diagram
Onshore drilling
Not environmentally sensitive
Land application options
19Sample Screen from an Interactive Online
Questionnaire
20Overview of Flow Diagram
RESULTS
21Results Screen Based on Answers to Questions
22DWMIS Has Been Used Actively Since Launch
- Site launched June 2004
- 365,000 page views in 87,000 user sessions (100
sessions/day) - 42,000 users
- Usage increasing steadily
Currently funded to create similar application
for produced waters management
23Software and Programming Tools Used for DWMIS
- HTML
- Formats and presents the web site content (e.g.,
images and text) - JavaScript
- Enables fast application interaction for a rich
user-friendly approach - Dynamic display of follow-up questions
- ColdFusion
- Rapid development environment for Web pages
- Allows conditional processing on the server
- Provides session management capability
24For More Information
- Bob Sullivan
- 630-252-6182
- sullivan_at_anl.gov
Drilling Waste Management Information
System http//web.evd.anl.gov/dwm