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Effluent Guidelines
Oil and Gas Extraction (Synthetic-Based Drilling Fluids)
Statistical Analyses
EPA-821-B-00-015, December 2000
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- Part 1: Main Document (PDF) (70 K)
- Cover
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Data Description
- Statistical Methods
- Analysis
- Final Effluent Limits
- Part 2: Tables and Graphs (PDF) (605 K)
- Table 1 - Attained Significance (p-value) for Shapiro-Wilk Test
- Table 2 - Summary Statistics for Percent Retention by Well
- Table 3 - Summary Statistics for Uniformly-Weighted and Volume-Weighted Well Means
- Table 4 - Compliance Analysis with BAT Option 1
- Table 5 - Compliance Analysis with BAT Option 2
- Graphical Presentation of Retention on Cuttings Data