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Alberta waste code DRWSHC Oil-based mud & cuttings from drilling.

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DRWSHC, Hydrocarbon drilling waste.

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    Hydrocarbon drilling waste

AER oilfield waste code.

Drilling waste from wells drilled with oil-based mud, with cuttings coated in hydrocarbons. Water-based mud is DRWSWB.

Is Alberta DRWSHC hazardous waste?

Not from the code alone. Alberta DRWSHC is the AER oilfield-waste code for hydrocarbon drilling waste. The waste must come from the upstream facilities, wells or pipelines on that route. Having the code doesn’t make the waste dangerous oilfield waste.

Dangerous oilfield waste stays on the AER route within Alberta. It doesn’t use an Alberta hazardous-waste manifest unless it is exported from Alberta. Record the AER code in the oilfield waste information. A regulated export also needs the federal movement assessment, and a generic industrial category doesn’t replace the AER code.

What does Alberta DRWSHC cover?

Hydrocarbon- or oil-based drilling fluids and invert cuttings, managed under Directive 050 or 058. The waste’s actual composition and properties still decide whether it is dangerous and how it is handled.

Is hydrocarbon drilling waste always Alberta DRWSHC?

CodeWhen it fits
DRWSHCThe waste comes from the AER upstream oilfield route and the material matches this stream.

Oilfield origin is part of the choice. Waste from an unrelated industrial activity doesn’t become oilfield waste because its material has a similar name.