Sample type
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Sampling method
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Sampling frequency
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Analysis
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Active tanks before drilling
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Directly from active tank(s)
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50 mL, every day, from both actively mixed tanks
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PFC (every sample), DNA, cell counts (certain samples)
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Active tanks during drilling
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From mud fluid line, before drilling mud goes into borehole
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50 mL, every day, from both actively mixed tanks
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PFC (every sample), DNA, cell counts (certain samples)
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Unwashed cuttings
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Every 50 m except during coring
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50 mL, every day, from both actively mixed tanks
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PFC (every sample), DNA, cell counts (certain samples)
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Circulating mud fluid from mud ditch
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Every 50 m except during coring
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50 mL, every day, from both actively mixed tanks
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PFC (every sample), DNA, cell counts (certain samples)
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PFC = perfluorocarbon.