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Manufacture, use & exposure

Uses at industrial sites

Uses at industrial sites

Use name:
Use in Oil and Gas field drilling and production operations
Contributing activity / technique for the environment
Name of activity / technique:
Additive of drilling mud
Environmental release category (ERC):
ERC4: Use of non-reactive processing aid at industrial site (no inclusion into or onto article)
Contributing activity / technique for workers
Name of activity / technique:
Additive of drilling mud
Process category (PROC):
PROC 4: Chemical production where opportunity for exposure arises
Sector of end use:
SU 2a: Mining (without offshore industries)
SU 2b: Offshore industries
Substance supplied to that use in form of:
in a mixture
Subsequent service life relevant for this use:
no