Selected aspects of drilling waste management in Poland

One of the main problems related to environmental protection in the search for hydrocarbon deposits are drilling waste. In these article the authors presented their research results on the toxicity of drilling muds and suggested the possibility of their utilization. Research material represents drilling waste collected during prospecting for both conventional and unconventional deposits of oil and gas in the Polish Lowlands, Pomerania, the Carpathians and the Carpathian Foredeep.