Currently, the oil industry is one of the fastest growing in the world, in Colombia approximately 900,000 barrels of crude oil are produced per day (bdp). This practice generates enormous amounts of waste product of the perforations due to the high volumes of material that are used at the time of the refrigeration of the machinery and in the extraction of the crude oil; Drilling cuttings which are generated by a mixture between the extracted soil and the hydrocarbons are hazardous materials so they must be disposed of in a different way. In general, drilling wastes that are not hazardous are referred to today as “non-hazardous waste” from oil fields. However, some chemicals used in drilling fluids can be dangerous, such as caustic soda, diesel, bactericides, some cationic materials, oils, and alcohols. (PENA, 2018) This thesis describes the process that must be carried out to carry out the characterization of a material product of oil extraction, describing the 2013 materials testing standards referring to the tests provided for the physical and mechanical properties of soils. Treatment methods used internationally for the management of oil drilling muds are described and analyzed, in addition to evaluating the applicability of these techniques at the national level.