Abstract
There is provided a method of fabricating a composite material (114), the method comprising providing (102) borehole solids (101) originating from a borehole in the earth and embedding the borehole solids (106) in a base material (110) thereby forming the composite material (114), wherein the base material (110) comprises a polymer. According to an embodiment, the borehole solids (101, 106) contain oil, e.g. on a surface thereof. The oil containing borehole solids (101) may be preprocessed (104) before embedding or may be directly embedded in the base material (110) without preprocessing. Such embodiments allow for a recycling of oil contaminated borehole solids (101, 106) while providing a resource for a filler for polymers.
Original language | English |
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Patent number | WO2013037978 |
IPC | C08K 3/ 34 A I |
Priority date | 16/09/11 |
Publication status | Published - 21 Mar 2013 |