High density slurry
AssigneeM-I L.L.C.
InventorFrancisco Fragachan
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Abstract
A module for slurrifying drill cuttings that includes a skid, a programmable logic controller disposed on the skid, and a blender. The blender including a feeder for injecting drill cuttings, a gate disposed in fluid communication with the feeder for controlling a flow of the drill cuttings, and an impeller for energizing a fluid, wherein the module is configured to be removably connected to a cuttings storage vessel located at a work site. Also, a method of drill cuttings re-injection that includes creating a slurry including greater than 20 percent by volume drill cuttings in a blender system, and pumping the slurry from the blending system to a cuttings injection system. The method further includes injecting the slurry from the cuttings injection system into a wellbore.
Claims20
A module for slurrifying drill cuttings comprising:
- a skid;
- a programmable logic controller disposed on the skid;
- and
- a blender disposed on the skid, the blender comprising:
- a feeder for injecting drill cuttings;
- a gate disposed in fluid communication with the feeder for controlling a flow of the drill cuttings;
- and
- an impeller for energizing a fluid;
- wherein the module is configured to be removably connected to a cuttings storage vessel located at a work site.
A method of creating a slurry comprising:
- providing drill cuttings to a blender, the blender comprising:
- a feeder for injecting the drill cuttings;
- a gate disposed in fluid communication with the feeder for controlling a flow of the drill fluids;
- and
- an impeller disposed in the blender for energizing the fluid;
- providing a fluid to the blender;
- energizing the fluid in the blender;
- injecting drill cuttings from the feeder into the energized fluid;
- and
- mixing the drill cuttings and the energized fluid in the blender to create a slurry;
- wherein the slurry comprises greater than 20 percent by volume drill cuttings.
A slurrification system comprising:
- a cuttings storage vessel;
- and
- a module fluidly connected to the cuttings storage vessel, the module comprising:
- a skid;
- and
- a blender, the blender comprising:
- a feeder for injecting drill cuttings;
- a gate disposed in fluid communication with the feeder for controlling a flow of the drill cuttings;
- and
- an impeller disposed in the blender for energizing a fluid;
- wherein the module is fluidly connected to a primary slurrification system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.