Wellbore strengthening material recovery
AssigneeM-I L.L.C.
InventorsMichael A. Timmerman, Brian S. Carr, James A. Marshall
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Abstract
A wellbore strengthening material collection system including a vibratory separator having a top deck, a middle deck, and a bottom deck, and also including a collection trough coupled to at least one of the decks and configured to receive wellbore strengthening materials from the at least one of the decks. Additionally, a collection trough including a body having an inlet and an outlet, an angled surface disposed within the body and at least on extension surface extending form the body and configured to secure the collection trough to a vibratory separator.
Claims16
A system comprising:
- a vibratory separator comprising:
- a top deck;
- a middle deck;
- and
- a bottom deck;
- and
- a collection trough coupled to at least one of the decks, wherein the collection trough comprises an inlet bounded by a first side, a second side and a back wall, and an angled lower surface traversing downwardly from the first side to the second side, the angled lower surface terminating at an outlet outside the vibratory separator, wherein the collection trough outlet extends outwardly away from at least one of the decks and terminates outside the vibratory separator.
A system comprising:
- a vibratory separator comprising a deck;
- and
- a collection trough comprising:
- an inlet disposed between a first side and a second side of the collection trough, the inlet traversing the width of the deck;
- an outlet substantially parallel to the inlet, extending outwardly from the deck and terminating outside the vibratory separator proximate the second side;
- an angled bottom surface traversing downwardly from the first side to the second side of the collection trough toward the outlet and terminating at the outlet;
- and
- an engagement surface having at least one extension panel extending from a front of the collection trough, wherein the engagement surface secures the collection trough to a solids discharge end of a deck of the vibratory separator,
- wherein the collection trough is configured to receive a flow of wellbore strengthening materials from the vibratory separator, such that the wellbore strengthening materials are removed and discharged from the vibratory separator by the collection trough.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.