Abstract
This study investigates the use of oil drill cuttings (ODC) as partial
replacement of Portland cement (PC) and cementitious materials in binary and
ternary cement compositions. Concrete specimens were prepared incorporating
0, 5, 10 and 20% by mass of ODC replacements in Portland cement (PC) and
10% of the ODC replacement in specimens having ground granulated blast
furnace slag (GGBS) and pulverised fly ash (PFA) respectively. The fresh and
hardened state properties of the concretes were studied. Results showed that
use of ODC contributed improvements to the fresh concrete properties, while it
also exhibited good comparisons of hardened concrete properties with the non-
ODC containing concretes. Findings in the study support the use of ODCcontaining
concrete mixes for low strength structures such as foundation
blinding and infilling materials, in structural fills applications requiring no future
excavations. These combined the advantages of cost reduction in concrete
production with utilization of the waste ODC materials, which is a considerable...