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Alberta waste code WSHFLD Soapy or solvent rinse from cleaning equipment.

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WSHFLD, wash fluids.

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AER oilfield waste code.

Fluids used to wash equipment & tanks, now spent. They include soapy water & solvent rinses, with the residue they carried off.

Is Alberta WSHFLD hazardous waste?

Not from the code alone. Alberta WSHFLD is the AER oilfield-waste code for wash fluids. It fits only waste from the upstream facilities, wells or pipelines on that route. The code alone doesn't make the waste dangerous oilfield waste.

Dangerous oilfield waste stays on the AER route inside Alberta. It needs an Alberta hazardous-waste manifest only if 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 can't replace the AER code.

What does Alberta WSHFLD cover?

Water-based wash fluid or organic wash fluid, including cleaning solvent. The code is tied to upstream oilfield origin. The actual composition and properties still decide whether the waste is dangerous and how to handle it.

When does wash fluids Alberta WSHFLD fall under Alberta WSHFLD?

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

Origin matters. Waste from an unrelated industrial activity doesn't become oilfield waste because its material has a similar name.

Which codes sit beside Alberta WSHFLD?

CodeWhat it is
SWTWSTsweetening agents
THPROTCasing or tubing thread protectors
TRTHAYtreater hay
WATERProduced water, including brine
WOODCTChemically treated or cooling-tower wood
WPAINTpaints
WSTEMLResidue after treating a crude-oil or condensate emulsion
WWOFLDFluid from well workover