Drilling fluid flow facilitation
OwnerClyde Bohnsack, Guy L. McClung, IIIinventors
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Abstract
A system for facilitating flow of settled solids with drilling fluid from a container, the system including pressure nozzle apparatus with at least one nozzle from which is flowable fluid under pressure, powered rotation apparatus for selectively rotating the pressure nozzle apparatus so that the at least one nozzle is movable within the container as fluid is pumped through the at least one nozzle into the container; and, in one aspect, translation apparatus for moving the pressure nozzle apparatus with respect to the container as fluid under pressure is pumped to the at least one rotating nozzle.
Claims13
A system for facilitating flow of drilling fluid from a container of drilling fluid, the drilling fluid containing solids, the system comprising
- pressure nozzle apparatus with at least one nozzle from which is flowable fluid under pressure,
- powered rotation apparatus connected to the pressure nozzle apparatus for selectively rotating the pressure nozzle apparatus so that the at least one nozzle is rotatable within the drilling fluid containing solids in the container as fluid is pumped through the at least one nozzle into the container.
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A method for facilitating flow of drilling fluid from a container, the method comprising
- feeding drilling fluid material into a container having a system for facilitating flow of drilling fluid, the system comprising pressure nozzle apparatus with at least one nozzle from which is flowable fluid under pressure, and powered rotation apparatus connected to the pressure nozzle apparatus for selectively rotating the pressure nozzle apparatus so that the at least one nozzle is rotatable within the drilling fluid containing solids in the container as fluid is pumped through the at least one nozzle into the container, the method further comprising
- dispersing masses of solids within the drilling fluid material by pumping fluid under pressure through the at least one nozzle and rotating the pressure nozzle apparatus with the powered rotation apparatus.
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A method for recovering usable drilling fluid from solid masses adjacent a floor of a container, the method comprising
- moving solid masses adjacent a floor of a container with a moving system, the moving system comprising pressure nozzle apparatus with at least one nozzle from which is flowable fluid under pressure to move the solid masses, and powered rotation apparatus connected to the pressure nozzle apparatus for selectively rotating the pressure nozzle apparatus so that the at least one nozzle is rotatable within the container to enhance movement of the solid masses as fluid is pumped through the at least one nozzle, the method further comprising
- rotating the pressure nozzle apparatus with the powered rotation apparatus, and
- evacuating from the container with pump apparatus drilling fluid and solid masses moved by the moving system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.