RTD TOPICS/ OBJECTIVES	                                                                                           Category


1.	To enhance methods for the clean-up and/or benign disposal of produced                      TE+CR
         solids and oil contaminated drill cuttings:

     	-	regulations govern allowable discharges offshore Europe and these may 
                become more restrictive in future;
       	-	chemical cleaning, microbial degradation, and sub-surface re-injection 
                methods are all options, but of varying maturity, cost and utility in different 
                operational situations.

	(Asset focus: all assets requiring further intervention by drilling.)
	

TE- technology enhancement.  CR- cost reduction.  E- enabling.