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Identification and quantification of diesel fuel components derived from off-shore drilling operation discharges |
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| Authors: | M H Hiatt T L Jones |
| Abstract: | A GC/MS technique that provides quantitative and qualitative information on diesel fuel components in drilling muds is described. Several low molecular mass aromatic components of diesel fuel are identified as indicators of diesel fuel. The presence and relative concentration of these indicators is used to identify diesel fuel contamination. This information can be used to approximate the amount of diesel fuel contamination in off-shore drilling discharges. |
| Keywords: | Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry GC/MS Fused silica capillary columns Drilling muds Diesel fuel |