Device for floccing a mixture produced during oil or gas well drilling
OwnerGeorge Rodrigue Carriereinventor
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Abstract
A device for floccing a mixture produced during oil or gas well drilling has a vertical tank with a vertical peripheral wall having a central axis, and a bottom located in a lower end of the peripheral wall, the tank having a height which is significantly greater than a cross-section of the tank, a line for introducing the mixture through a top end of the tank into an interior of the tank so that a solid fraction of the mixture settles on the bottom, and a line for withdrawing a liquid fraction of the mixture from the interior of the tank.
Claims9
A device for floccing a mixture produced during oil or gas well drilling, comprising a vertical tank having a vertical peripheral wall with a central axis, and a bottom located at a lower end of said peripheral wall, said tank having a height which is significantly greater than a cross-section of said tank;
- means for introducing the mixture through a top end of said tank into an interior of said tank so that a solid fraction of the mixture settles on said bottom;
- and means for withdrawing a liquid fraction of the mixture from the interior of said tank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.