The following method for determining the oil content of well cuttings was developed because of the need of a fast simple procedure which could be used without access to laboratory equipment.
The method is particularly adapted to cable-tool carbonate cuttings but may likewise be used with rotary cuttings provided that they are picked and reduced approximately to the size of cable-tool cuttings.
Ether and chloroform have long been used to test cuttings for oil but the writer has found that acetone is far superior to any other extracting agent. Acetone immediately extracts any oil from the cuttings and the amount...
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