Cuttings processing unit
AssigneeNov Canada Ulc
InventorsPeter Brent Rochon, Joel Taylor Cawkell
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Abstract
A cuttings processing unit may include a conveyor interface configured to interface with a mud cleaning complex to receive drill cuttings. The cuttings processing unit may further include a breaker mill module operably positioned to receive the cuttings via the conveyor interface, a cuttings tank module operably positioned beneath the breaker mill module, and a pump module operably positioned beneath the cuttings tank module. The breaker mill module may be configured to grind the cuttings into a finer composition. The cuttings tank module may be configured to agitate the finer composition and create a slurry. The pump module may be configured to move the slurry.
Claims14
A cuttings processing unit, comprising:
- a plurality of containerized modules each having a longitudinal length and a width and arranged in stacked fashion, the plurality of containerized modules having a rig side configured for arrangement along and immediately adjacent a mud cleaning complex on a rig pad and an opposing courtyard side, each of the rig side and the courtyard side extending along the longitudinal length, the plurality of containerized modules comprising:
- a conveyor interface arranged on the rig side of the plurality of containerized modules and configured to interface directly with the mud cleaning complex to receive drill cuttings;
- a containerized breaker mill module operably positioned to receive drill cuttings from the conveyor interface, the breaker mill module configured to grind the cuttings into a finer composition;
- a containerized cuttings tank module operably and physically stacked beneath the breaker mill module, the cuttings tank module configured to agitate the finer composition and create a slurry;
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- a containerized pump module operably and physically stacked beneath the cuttings tank module, the pump module configured to move the slurry.
A cuttings processing unit, comprising:
- a containerized breaker mill having a rig side positioned along and immediately adjacent to a mud cleaning complex of a rig pad and configured to receive cuttings from the mud cleaning complex directly via a conveyor interface arranged on the rig side and grind the cuttings into a finer composition;
- a containerized cuttings tank stacked below the containerized breaker mill to receive the finer composition from the containerized breaker mill, the containerized cuttings tank including an auger configured to agitate the finer composition, wherein the containerized cuttings tank is configured to transform the finer composition into a slurry;
- at least one containerized pump stacked beneath the containerized cuttings tank;
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- piping in fluid connection with the containerized cuttings tank and the at least one containerized pump, such that the at least one containerized pump is configured to move the slurry through the piping.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.