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US 2007/0175667 A1Published application
Method for processing drilling cuttings in an oil recovery operation
AssigneeHalliburton Energy Services, Inc.
InventorsSimon Seaton, Ronald Morris, Per-Bjarte Tanche-Larsson
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Abstract
A method for the recovery of oil according to which a well is drilled using a drill bit; drilling fluid is introduced to the drill bit and a mixture of the fluid and cuttings from the well is passed to the ground surface. The mixture is passed into a vessel and the vessel is transported from the ground surface to another area where the fluid is separated from the cuttings in the vessel.
Claims6
A method comprising:
- drilling a well using a drill bit;
- introducing drilling fluid to the drill bit;
- passing a mixture of the fluid and cuttings from the well to a ground surface;
- passing the mixture into a vessel;
- transporting the vessel from the ground surface to another area;
- and
- separating the fluid from the cuttings in the vessel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.