Belonging to the technical field of environment-friendly application of
drilling engineering oilfield
chemistry in the
petroleum and
natural gas field, the invention relates to an oil based drilling
cutting microemulsion cleaning solution and a cleaning method thereof. For the oil based drilling
cutting microemulsion cleaning solution, a surfactant, a cosurfactant, an
oil phase and water are mixed in a
volume percentage of (17-56):(11-18):(10-33):(21-33) to form three phases, and the
middle phase is the
microemulsion cleaning solution. The surfactant is
ether alcohol, preferably
ethylene glycol monobutyl
ether or phenoxy
propanol, and the cosurfactant is short chain
alcohol, preferably n-butyl
alcohol or
isopropyl alcohol. The cleaning solution and drilling cuttings are mixed uniformly according to a
mass ratio of (0.5:1)-(3:1), then
solid-liquid separation is carried out, and the
base oil, cleaning solution and drilling cuttings cleaned out from the oil based drilling cuttings are separated into different phases. Compared with other oil based drilling
cutting treatment technologies, the process is simple, the
base oil recovery rate is greater than 80%, and the
residual oil content of the drilling cuttings is less than 2%, thus meeting relevant
environmental protection technical standards. Also, the microemulsion cleaning solution can be used repeatedly, and the treatment cost is low.