{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7225109996","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3390/chemengineering10110136","title":"Closing the Loop on Oil-Based Drill Cuttings: A Critical Review of Treatment, Resource Recovery, Reuse, and Scale-Up","display_name":"Closing the Loop on Oil-Based Drill Cuttings: A Critical Review of Treatment, Resource Recovery, Reuse, and Scale-Up","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-11-02","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7225109996","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3390/chemengineering10110136"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.3390/chemengineering10110136","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3390/chemengineering10110136","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/chemengineering10110136","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210200328","display_name":"ChemEngineering","issn_l":"2305-7084","issn":["2305-7084"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","doaj","norway-1","poland-20","russia-white-list-2"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310310987","host_organization_name":"Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310310987"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"ChemEngineering","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref","doaj"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/chemengineering10110136","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5160374031","display_name":"Zijian Li","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Zijian Li","raw_affiliation_strings":["Chengdu North Petroleum Exploration and Development Technology Co., Ltd., Chengdu 610051, China","China ZhenHua Oil Co., Ltd., Beijing 100037, China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Chengdu North Petroleum Exploration and Development Technology Co., Ltd., Chengdu 610051, China","institution_ids":[]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"China ZhenHua Oil Co., Ltd., Beijing 100037, China","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5160376703","display_name":"Tao Yang","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Tao Yang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Chengdu North Petroleum Exploration and Development Technology Co., Ltd., Chengdu 610051, China","China ZhenHua Oil Co., Ltd., Beijing 100037, China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Chengdu North Petroleum Exploration and Development Technology Co., Ltd., Chengdu 610051, China","institution_ids":[]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"China ZhenHua Oil Co., Ltd., Beijing 100037, China","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5160355836","display_name":"Liping Jiang","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Liping Jiang","raw_affiliation_strings":["China ZhenHua Oil Co., Ltd., Beijing 100037, China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"China ZhenHua Oil Co., Ltd., Beijing 100037, China","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5160352413","display_name":"Gao Li","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210098205","display_name":"State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation","ror":"https://ror.org/00ftbmy59","country_code":"CN","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210098205"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Gao Li","raw_affiliation_strings":["State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Chengdu 610500, China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Chengdu 610500, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210098205"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100340772","display_name":"Hongtao Li","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8625-5634","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8625-5634"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I165745306","display_name":"Southwest Petroleum University","ror":"https://ror.org/03h17x602","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I165745306"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Hongtao Li","raw_affiliation_strings":["SILK ROAD Research Center of Oil & Gas Geology and Exploration, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8625-5634","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"SILK ROAD Research Center of Oil & Gas Geology and Exploration, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I165745306"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5140356730","display_name":"Tai Luo","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Tai Luo","raw_affiliation_strings":["Chengdu North Petroleum Exploration and Development Technology Co., Ltd., Chengdu 610051, China","China ZhenHua Oil Co., Ltd., Beijing 100037, China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Chengdu North Petroleum Exploration and Development Technology Co., Ltd., Chengdu 610051, China","institution_ids":[]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"China ZhenHua Oil Co., Ltd., Beijing 100037, China","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5008903906","display_name":"Stephen D Butt","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3116-0544","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3116-0544"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I130438778","display_name":"Memorial University of Newfoundland","ror":"https://ror.org/04haebc03","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I130438778"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Stephen D. Butt","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Process Engineering, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John\u2019s, NL A1C 5S7, Canada"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3116-0544","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Process Engineering, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John\u2019s, NL A1C 5S7, Canada","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I130438778"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5008903906","https://openalex.org/A5160352413"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I130438778","https://openalex.org/I4210098205"],"apc_list":{"value":1600,"currency":"CHF","value_usd":1930},"apc_paid":{"value":1600,"currency":"CHF","value_usd":1930},"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.73074863,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"10","issue":"11","first_page":"136","last_page":"136"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10892","display_name":"Drilling and Well Engineering","score":0.4603999853134155,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2103","display_name":"Fuel Technology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/21","display_name":"Energy"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10892","display_name":"Drilling and Well Engineering","score":0.4603999853134155,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2103","display_name":"Fuel Technology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/21","display_name":"Energy"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13790","display_name":"Waste Management and Environmental Impact","score":0.24240000545978546,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2311","display_name":"Waste Management and Disposal"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/23","display_name":"Environmental Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11672","display_name":"Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production","score":0.0551999993622303,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2215","display_name":"Building and Construction"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/oil-based-drill-cuttings","display_name":"oil-based drill cuttings","score":0.9909999966621399},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/resource-recovery","display_name":"resource recovery","score":0.597000002861023},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/waste-reuse","display_name":"waste reuse","score":0.5910000205039978},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/thermal-separation","display_name":"thermal separation","score":0.8429999947547913},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/solvent-extraction","display_name":"solvent extraction","score":0.9940000176429749},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/hydrothermal-treatment","display_name":"hydrothermal treatment","score":0.9950000047683716},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/pyrolysis","display_name":"pyrolysis","score":0.9950000047683716},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/plasma-treatment","display_name":"plasma treatment","score":0.9940000176429749},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/biological-treatment","display_name":"biological treatment","score":0.8450000286102295},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/scale-up","display_name":"scale-up","score":0.7929999828338623},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/industry-performance","display_name":"industrial performance","score":0.31299999356269836},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/drilling-waste-management","display_name":"drilling waste management","score":0.6140000224113464}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C206588197","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q846574","display_name":"Reuse","level":2,"score":0.7246999740600586},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C206345919","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20380951","display_name":"Resource (disambiguation)","level":2,"score":0.4968000054359436},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776207758","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5303302","display_name":"Downstream (manufacturing)","level":2,"score":0.4900999963283539},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C21880701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2144042","display_name":"Process engineering","level":1,"score":0.4729999899864197},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.44690001010894775},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C90673727","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q901718","display_name":"Product (mathematics)","level":2,"score":0.43700000643730164},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C173736775","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58964","display_name":"Drill","level":2,"score":0.4262000024318695},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39432304","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188847","display_name":"Environmental science","level":0,"score":0.4214000105857849},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C548081761","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180388","display_name":"Waste management","level":1,"score":0.4203999936580658},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C66097969","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2799076","display_name":"Drill cuttings","level":4,"score":0.4034000039100647},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779530757","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1207505","display_name":"Quality (philosophy)","level":2,"score":0.39079999923706055},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C117671659","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11049265","display_name":"Manufacturing engineering","level":1,"score":0.32690000534057617},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778775528","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5135432","display_name":"Closing (real estate)","level":2,"score":0.31940001249313354},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781224309","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2732957","display_name":"Industrial waste","level":2,"score":0.29760000109672546},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C164749845","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q320389","display_name":"Environmental impact assessment","level":2,"score":0.2969000041484833},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C19351080","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1395034","display_name":"New product development","level":2,"score":0.2874999940395355},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C78762247","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1273174","display_name":"Petroleum engineering","level":1,"score":0.28679999709129333},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107861326","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q209233","display_name":"Thermal energy","level":2,"score":0.28519999980926514},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2982719155","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25584060","display_name":"Energy source","level":3,"score":0.2833000123500824},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.2777000069618225},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C112930515","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4389547","display_name":"Risk analysis (engineering)","level":1,"score":0.2770000100135803},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C29985473","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188460","display_name":"Natural resource","level":2,"score":0.2727999985218048},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781018962","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5164884","display_name":"Container (type theory)","level":2,"score":0.2720000147819519},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776364302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1845437","display_name":"Oil field","level":2,"score":0.2653000056743622},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C16057445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44494","display_name":"Mill","level":2,"score":0.2606000006198883},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777958785","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17120940","display_name":"Resource efficiency","level":2,"score":0.2565999925136566},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2775924081","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55608371","display_name":"Control (management)","level":2,"score":0.2533000111579895},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C21547014","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1423657","display_name":"Operations management","level":1,"score":0.25290000438690186}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.3390/chemengineering10110136","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3390/chemengineering10110136","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/chemengineering10110136","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210200328","display_name":"ChemEngineering","issn_l":"2305-7084","issn":["2305-7084"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","doaj","norway-1","poland-20","russia-white-list-2"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310310987","host_organization_name":"Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310310987"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"ChemEngineering","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.3390/chemengineering10110136","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3390/chemengineering10110136","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/chemengineering10110136","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210200328","display_name":"ChemEngineering","issn_l":"2305-7084","issn":["2305-7084"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","doaj","norway-1","poland-20","russia-white-list-2"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310310987","host_organization_name":"Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310310987"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"ChemEngineering","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Responsible consumption and production","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/12","score":1.0}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":70,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1969294993","https://openalex.org/W1972023139","https://openalex.org/W1976852439","https://openalex.org/W1990644849","https://openalex.org/W1994751606","https://openalex.org/W2006510492","https://openalex.org/W2018267527","https://openalex.org/W2022921862","https://openalex.org/W2052085328","https://openalex.org/W2052656675","https://openalex.org/W2068932497","https://openalex.org/W2069614213","https://openalex.org/W2074618662","https://openalex.org/W2087300019","https://openalex.org/W2091046195","https://openalex.org/W2094879424","https://openalex.org/W2735581929","https://openalex.org/W2761929310","https://openalex.org/W2767511037","https://openalex.org/W2897275852","https://openalex.org/W2900028833","https://openalex.org/W2967906648","https://openalex.org/W2970728130","https://openalex.org/W2980911171","https://openalex.org/W3008130696","https://openalex.org/W3082249395","https://openalex.org/W3094802150","https://openalex.org/W3100341729","https://openalex.org/W3141751100","https://openalex.org/W3186469708","https://openalex.org/W3201553544","https://openalex.org/W3209824200","https://openalex.org/W4200291805","https://openalex.org/W4200467416","https://openalex.org/W4280555203","https://openalex.org/W4281636501","https://openalex.org/W4290471422","https://openalex.org/W4292133446","https://openalex.org/W4292868057","https://openalex.org/W4306153903","https://openalex.org/W4312212176","https://openalex.org/W4316011978","https://openalex.org/W4319073093","https://openalex.org/W4319663085","https://openalex.org/W4323110252","https://openalex.org/W4366382507","https://openalex.org/W4367854109","https://openalex.org/W4387230225","https://openalex.org/W4390859943","https://openalex.org/W4391967297","https://openalex.org/W4392965255","https://openalex.org/W4394990098","https://openalex.org/W4396671812","https://openalex.org/W4402092998","https://openalex.org/W4402813140","https://openalex.org/W4403006185","https://openalex.org/W4404038678","https://openalex.org/W4404992517","https://openalex.org/W4406420928","https://openalex.org/W4408403856","https://openalex.org/W4410028313","https://openalex.org/W4411067348","https://openalex.org/W4415246326","https://openalex.org/W4415550720","https://openalex.org/W4415899674","https://openalex.org/W7081982729","https://openalex.org/W7124954703","https://openalex.org/W7130649089","https://openalex.org/W7137132014","https://openalex.org/W7164133716"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W7223054366","https://openalex.org/W4415899674","https://openalex.org/W7164133716","https://openalex.org/W4304807949","https://openalex.org/W4292868057","https://openalex.org/W4297839719","https://openalex.org/W4244790403","https://openalex.org/W4242570594","https://openalex.org/W2069614213","https://openalex.org/W4392965255"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Oil-based":[0],"drill":[1],"cuttings":[2],"(OBDC)":[3],"are":[4,36,93],"variable,":[5],"multiphase":[6],"wastes":[7],"whose":[8],"composition":[9],"influences":[10],"their":[11],"treatment":[12,26,41,74],"response":[13],"and":[14,27,43,46,53,59,90,113,135,150,162,169,180],"the":[15,63,139,160],"quality":[16],"of":[17,55,119],"downstream":[18,51],"products.":[19],"This":[20],"critical":[21],"review":[22,158],"compares":[23],"major":[24],"OBDC":[25],"management":[28],"routes":[29],"using":[30],"a":[31,76],"material-stream":[32],"framework.":[33],"Published":[34],"studies":[35],"examined":[37],"for":[38,138],"feed":[39,174],"characteristics,":[40],"conditions":[42],"endpoints,":[44],"recovered":[45],"residual":[47],"streams,":[48],"product":[49,111,178],"quality,":[50],"uses,":[52],"evidence":[54,164],"industrial":[56,66,80,155],"operation.":[57],"Thermal":[58],"thermomechanical":[60],"separation":[61],"have":[62],"most":[64],"extensive":[65],"record,":[67],"including":[68],"multi-year,":[69],"multi-unit":[70],"operations.":[71],"Recent":[72],"cyclone":[73],"adds":[75],"69":[77],"h":[78],"continuous":[79],"campaign,":[81],"while":[82,130],"solvent":[83],"extraction,":[84],"hydrothermal":[85],"treatment,":[86,89,177],"pyrolysis,":[87],"plasma":[88],"biological":[91],"processes":[92],"supported":[94],"mainly":[95],"by":[96],"laboratory,":[97],"bench,":[98],"or":[99],"limited":[100],"field":[101],"studies.":[102],"The":[103,157],"comparison":[104],"shows":[105],"that":[106],"oil":[107,123],"removal,":[108],"material":[109],"recovery,":[110],"qualification,":[112],"documented":[114],"reuse":[115],"describe":[116],"different":[117],"stages":[118],"waste":[120],"management.":[121],"Recovered":[122],"requires":[124],"assessment":[125],"against":[126],"its":[127],"intended":[128],"use,":[129,143],"treated":[131],"solids":[132],"need":[133],"engineering":[134],"environmental":[136],"qualification":[137],"receiving":[140],"application.":[141],"Energy":[142],"reagents,":[144],"wastewater,":[145],"off-gas,":[146],"maintenance,":[147],"storage,":[148],"transport,":[149],"receiver":[151],"capacity":[152],"also":[153],"affect":[154],"performance.":[156],"identifies":[159],"operating":[161],"reporting":[163],"needed":[165],"to":[166],"compare":[167],"technologies":[168],"supports":[170],"integrated":[171],"planning":[172],"from":[173],"handling":[175],"through":[176],"acceptance,":[179],"final":[181],"outlets.":[182]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-11-04T10:54:05.112534","created_date":"2026-11-03T00:00:00"}