GN Oil Drilling Solids Control Equipment

Recently we
shipped a complete set of customized mud mixing tank system to South America,
as a small part of a liquid mud plant.

The main configuration of the mud mixing tank system
is as below:

1 4 sets of 40 feet container size mud tanks with
necessary handrails, stairs, walkways, connection pipelines, valves, flexible
connections, flanges, man hole, clean gate, etc. 3 of them are mud mixing
tanks, 1 of them is mud processing tank.

2 Each tank with 2 units of GNJBQ15DD ( double blades)
mud agitators, 2 units of 2 inch mud guns, 1 fluids level meter

3 Each tank with 6×5 with 75HP centrifugal pump as
transfer pump, 75HP shear pump for cutting the mixed chemicals, 60HP mixing
pump working with venture hopper.All of the pumps are designed to multi
functions, for example:

The transfer pump can work as feeding pump of shale
shaker and OBM processing tank; the mixing tank can work as transfer pump when
stop mixing. The shear pump can work as transfer pump when it is available or
when the transfer pump is under maintenance. The transfer pump can transfer the
clean fluids from the liquid mud plant to mud mixing tank system, also it can
transfer the mixed fluids into mud storage tanks.

4 One of the tank is as oil based mud processing tank,
with the solids control equipments as : 2-panel shale shaker GNZS852-HB, 2
units of high speed decanter centrifuge GNLW363CG, mud agitators, mud guns,
centrifuge feeding pumps.

5 Operation table for each mud mixing tanks, the
chemicals will be put on the operation table by forklift for convenient
operation.

6 Customized painting color, customized mud tank
storage capacity, customized treating capacity

If you need a proposal for liquid mud plant or mud
mixing tank system, pls contact with GN solids control in Beijing or GN solids
America in Houston, TX.

Containerized drilling waste management system is
special designed by GN solids control for cold weather and other purpose. We
have made a lot of sets of drilling waste management system customized and
installed them inside the standard 40ft container. The purpose is as below:

1 easy transportation, bulk cargo shipment is always
not so flexible on freight line arrangement. Our system can be shipped as a
container through our handlings.

2 prevent of the cold weather: Especially in Russia,
our system can work when the temperature lower to -40°,
there is special insulation inside the container to keep the equipments warm.

3 There is air conditioner and fan which is for the
operation in summer.

4 Door and windows are opened for operation,
maintenance, and radiating.

5 The top proof cover is with function of sun proof,
rain proof and snow proof and other water proof.

Except for drilling waste management system, we also
design dewatering unit with decanter centrifuge inside 20ft or 40ft containers.
The purpose for the container is more or less similar with the above case. But
this is a high configuration design, to save cost, we can remove the container,
and put the dewatering unit on the centrifuge skid or on the tank directly,
with sun proof cover on top.

We also designed container sized mud tanks, both
utilized in mud recycling system, solids control system and liquid mud plant.
It is suitable for standard container trailer transportation. Especially in
liquid mud plant, for small footprint purpose, the standard container sized
tanks can be stacked for 2 or 3 layers to save place and save money.

Recently we shipped the 9^th containerized
drilling waste management system with screw conveyors, decanter centrifuges,
screw pumps to Russia, For more technical details, pls check with GN solids
control sales engineers.

As the most
professional drilling waste management system manufacture in China, we have
sold over 30 sets of standard complete drilling waste management systems to
Africa, Middle east, Russia, Australia, Indonesia and Europe market. Especially
for Africa market, we sold a lot of standard and customized drilling cuttings
treatment to drilling service companies. Part of our case study as below:

1 Our sales and after-sales service team just came
back from a drilling rig in Nigeria, they just finished the commission service
successfully for 3 sets of drilling waste management systems.

The equipments list include:

3 sets of vertical cuttings dryer

6 sets of VFD decanter centrifuges

9 progressive cavity pumps, 6 for feeding decanter
centrifuges, 3 for flushing the cuttings dryer.

15 screw conveyors for transfer drilling cuttings,
each dryer need one feeding screw conveyor, one solids discharge conveyor, each
centrifuge need one solids discharge conveyor.

http://www.gnsolidscontrol.com/drilling-fluids/33-sets-waste-management-equipment-for-nigeria-3-drilling-rigs

(2) 2 Package Drilling waste management equipment to
Africa, http://www.gnsolidscontrol.com/drilling-fluids/2-package-drilling-waste-management-equipment-to-africa

The same client bought 2 sets of same drilling waste
management system, including 2 vertical cuttings dryer and 4 decanter
centrifuge with telescopic skid and feeding pumps, screw conveyors.

(3) Containerized drilling waste management system , http://www.gnsolidscontrol.com/drilling-fluids/containerized-drilling-waste-management-system-under-inspection-before-delivery

1 sets of vertical cuttings dryer, 1 set of double
deck high G dryer, 1 set of decanter centrifuge all installed inside the
container with opened door and windows, stairs, handrail, walkways are
available.

(4)  Several
units of decanter centrifuges shipping to Africa mud service companies, http://www.gnsolidscontrol.com/drilling-fluids/large-number-centrifuge-shipping-to-africa

They are shipped by 2 batches to reduce the delivery
time as the client’s request.

(5) Decanter centrifuge working for offshore rig in
Africa, http://www.gnsolidscontrol.com/drilling-fluids/gn-centrifuge-working-on-america-transocean-offshore-rig

Not only for land rigs, our drilling waste decanter
centrifuge can be also used for offshore cuttings treatment, and less the drilling
waste as much as possible.

…and more cases pls check with GN solids control
sales, or follow GN updated news.

Mud agitator, mud gun, centrifugal pump, submersible
slurry pump, shear pump, mixing hopper, jet mud mixer, Jet shear mixer, is the
most common equipments used for oil & gas drilling liquid mud plant. GN
solids control has been provided such equipments to many big projects of liquid
mud plant for COSL( world’s top 10 oilfield service company) and other drilling
fluids service company in the world.

We can also provide customized design mud tanks for
liquid mud plant with flow level meters, pipelines, valves, stairs, mud gun
lines, with competitive price and compact design to meet your requirement of
volume.

We have rich experience in design different projects
liquid mud plant for both onshore and offshore, for synthetic oil based mud,
water based mud, base oil, brine and mixing tanks. Our standard container sized
square mud tanks with 400bbl volume, round cylinder type tanks are also
available for compact footprint.

We have 7 models mud agitators for option from 4HP,
7.5HP,10HP, 15HP, 20HP, 25HP, 30HP, the agitator shaft could be customized
according to your existing tank height. We have 9 models submersible slurry
pumps for option, it could be used as mixing pump, feeding pump when
considering big volume, because it is installed vertically, it did not less the
tank volume as the horizontal installed pumps. And high solids content drilling
fluids could be transferred by such slurry pump, the benefit of low maintenance
cost is one of the reason. Also we have 4×3, 6×5, 5×4, 8×6 centrifugal pumps
with same footprint with Mission pump for option, shear pump is required when
the mixing material need to be cut. We also have 9 models jet mud mixer to meet
your customized mixing requirement, it is the combination of mixing hopper, centrifugal
pump and the skid.  

Welcome to contact GN solids America for a quotation.

Normally there are 2 types degassers in solids control
drilling fluids system, one is vacuum tank degasser, the other one is Atmospheric
Degasser. GN solids control produce vacuum tank degasser for oil & gas
drilling solids control system.

We have 2 models vacuum tank degasser, GNZCQ270 &
GNZCQ360, both of them with 920mm diameter vacuum tank, and with same footprint
same dimension. GNZCQ270 with treating capacity 270m3/h, GNZCQ360 with treating
capacity 360m3/h. We will choose correct model according to the drilling rig
models and drilling depth. If you require vacuum degasser, pls contact GN
solids control. You do not need an extra centrifugal pump for GN vacuum
degasser because it is self-suction type.

Features of GN vacuum degasser:

(1)  
Multi
function: Not only as degasser to separate the gas from the gas-cut drilling
mud, but also the suction pipe inside the drilling mud as a big agitator.

(2)  
Vacuum
pump work as both the suction pump to feeding the mud into the vacuum tank, but
also the gas discharge pump

(3)  
The
water in the small water tank to save water

(4)  
Different
models same foot print and same dimension as standard design

(5)  
The
major components including vacuum tank, vacuum pump, water-gas separator with
water, 2 explosion proof motor, control panel, skid, ultrasonic
liquid level meter.

Main spare parts of vacuum degasser for one year
operations:

V-belt, bearing, oil seal, vacuum gauge

Except for vacuum tank degasser, GN also produce mud
gas separator which is used before solids control system, as a part of well
control, usually it is working together with flare igniter. The flare igniter
is located far from the drilling rig which is the safety area without hazardous
gas. It is connected with the mud gas separator by pipes according the distance
from the drilling rig to safety area.

CIPPE is the largest and most professional oilfield
products exhibition and conference in Asia, GN SOLIDS CONTROL always take our
lastest design of solids control equipments and drilling waste management
equipments to CIPPE in Beijing every year in March. This year we also take our
new designed drilling cuttings treatment equipments to Shanghai CIPPE.

The CIPPE oil show general info is as below:

Every year GN solids control will attend international
and domestic oil show as the list below:

CIPPE in Beijing, March

OTC in Houston, May

MIOGE in Moscow, June

Global Petroleum Show in Calgary, June

CIPPE in Shanghai, August

ADIPEC in Abu Dhabi, November

And other oil/ mining/ no-dig industry exhibitions in
Specific country, like Australia, India, Indonesia, USA, Nigeria, Iran, etc.

Our main drilling cuttings treatment equipments showed
at CIPPE including:

(1)  
Hi-G
dryer: It is mainly used for water based drilling mud, shale shaker with high G
force, large screen area, it is the most economic equipment to treat water
based drilling cuttings;

(2)  
Vertical cuttings dryer: mainly used for oil/
synthetic based drilling mud, GN vertical cuttings dryer can be applied for
both water based drilling cuttings and oil based mud. We also have special
designed vertical cuttings dryer for water based mud, welcome to contact with
GN sales for more info.

But most clients will calculate the cost before make a decision,
sometimes vertical cuttings dryer can help them to get very dry solids and less
the cost of TDU, sometimes the cost exceed their effect, they will consider to
use high-G dryer with decanter centrifuge instead.

(3)  
Decanter
centrifuge GNLW363CG, as the most popular and best sold model among all our
centrifuge models, its performance has been field proved by a lot of clients.

GN make all of them as a modular drilling waste
management system, you can choose 1 part, 2 parts or 3 parts, you can also use
part of them according to your rig requirement.

As one of the
lead manufacturer of decanter centrifuge screw conveyor in China and with
branch office in Houston , GN solids control produce different models of
decanter centrifuge over 250 units every year.

The material of the whole screw conveyor is stainless
steel 316L, the flight of the screw conveyor is protected by the tungsten
carbide tiles over 4mm thickness, the material is YG8 with hardness factor
89HRC. The main bowl is made of duplex stainless steel 2205, which is better
than SS316 and SS304. The other bowl assy is made of SS316L. This is the basic
configuration of GN premium decanter centrifuge. The opening of the screw
conveyor can increase the treating capacity and make the performance better. The
tungsten carbide tiles are interchangeable when the old ones are damaged.

Even GN economic configuration decanter centrifuge,
the flight is protected by special ceramics tiles. The other parts are with
same material with premium decanter centrifuge.

The screw conveyor inside the centrifuge bowl is the
essential parts for a decanter centrifuge, the design and protection of the
screw conveyor will directly influence the centrifuge’s performance. The bowl
assy is the main and most important part of decanter centrifuge.

Expect of decanter centrifuge screw conveyor, GN
solids control also produce screw for the auger. Screw conveyor/auger is common equipment to convey powder, granular and
small lumpy materials. All bearing operate under dusty conditions. Therefore,
reasonable operation and maintenance is vitally important. The following
paragraphs describe main requirements of operation and maintenance.

The auger can be used to transfer the drilling
cuttings from the solids control system cuttings collection box to the vertical
cuttings dryer, and as collection auger for the solids control system shale
shaker, desander, desilter, decanter centrifuge, and transfer the dry solids
discharged from vertical cuttings dryer.

Now we have 20 units of decanter centrifuge in stock,
welcome to contact with GN solids control.

Oil drilling mud dewatering
unit is used to use chemicals to remove the fine solids from the water based
drilling fluids, it has been used in Argentina, Singapore, Nigeria and other
countries in the world.

We
have used the mud dewatering unit for oil sludge waste separation for COSL(China Oilfield Services Limited). Details
pls check http://www.gnsolidscontrol.com/video/oil-sludge-waste-treated-by-gn-centrifuge-with-chemical-for-cosl
. But mostly we only use the mud dewatering unit for water based drilling mud.

GN high speed and variable speed decanter
centrifuge GNLW363CG-VFD and GNLW363CG separation point is 2~5 microns, so it
can remove the solids bigger than 5 microns. For the fastest speed decanter
centrifuge with 3800rpm and 3000G , its separation point is 1~2 microns, which
can separate finer solids, but the working efficiency is not 100%, compared
with mud dewatering unit.

In some cases, the solids particles smaller
than 5 microns need to separated in the water based drilling waste, we will use
dewatering unit by flocculation to make the solids enhanced for easy separation
of the decanter centrifuge.

GN standard dewatering unit including:

(1)    
Powder
Polymer Mixing System

(2)    
Coagulant
Mixing Tank

(3)    
Polymer
and Coagulant Feeding System

(4)    
And
other components

The dewatering unit can be installed inside a
20ft/40ft container together with the decanter centrifuge, with air
conditioner, the purpose is for easy transportation and rain proof, sun proof.
It can be also made on one skid and put it on the ground or mud tank skid, the centrifuge
With VFD control panel are made as a unit with mud tank. The dewatering unit on
top of the tank to save place or on the skid for easy transportation. The latter
way is to save the cost for container, but you must need a sun/rain proof
cover.

To know more details about GN mud dewatering
unit for water based drilling mud, pls contact GN solids control.

Submersible
slurry pump can be used in different applications for oil & gas drilling
solids control system and mud recycling system. The applications are as below:

(1)   
Feeding pump for shale shaker in the mud recycling
system for HDD, water well drilling, CBM.

(2)   
Feeding pump for decanter centrifuge when there is
no enough place for the horizontal screw pump for different industries, oil
drilling , dewatering unit, drilling waste management system.

(3)   
Mixing pump with mixing hopper, because the
submersible slurry pump is vertical installed, which can save the place and
remain the storage capacity, but pls notice the lift and working pressure to
match the venturi hopper.

(4)   
Feeding pump for complete
desander/ desilter unit/ mud cleaning system from the mud pit, remember to
choose the correct model with proper lift, because the flow rate and lift will
loss during the transferring in the long distance. The normal submersible
length is 1.5m, and max 1.8m. If the mud pit or mud tank is very high, and you
need longer submersible length, we will suggest to use hose/pipe for the extra
length, or use the Submerged pump fully under the liquid level.

If there
are small rocks and high solids content in the mud, the submersible slurry pump
is pretty suitable because the impeller is with special wearable hard surface .Centrifugal
pump, screw pump can not be used in such applications, hose pump is another
option for such projects.

Compared
with the horizontal installed pumps, like centrifugal pump, shear pump, screw
pump, the vertical submersible slurry pump required small space and keep the
storage capacity and free of maintenance and reliable performance. There is no
bearing and gland seal between impeller and pump body, so the slurry pump is
maintance-free and high temperature resistance.

GN
solids control has various models of submersible slurry pumps for option.

Water based
drilling mud and oil based drilling fluids are applied together for one land
drilling rig because of the various purpose of the drilling. One package of
drilling waste management or drilling cuttings disposal unit which be used for
both water based drilling cuttings and oil based drilling cuttings are very helpful
for the drilling rigs, it can less the cost for the drilling waste management
system and reduce the space to locate the system, so that you can reduce your total
cost of drilling and ensure to comply with the requirement of environmental
solutions.

Last
week we went to the jobsite of a CNPC drilling rig to check the performance of
our drilling waste management system working with water based drilling
cuttings. The discharged mud from the decanter centrifuge is dry enough and
make the clients satisfied with the result. The system is a modular drilling
waste management system which can be divided into several modulars.

(1)   
Vertical cuttings dryer system :

Including
GNCD930C-VFD vertical cuttings dryer with telescopic skid and the flushing pump
on the skid, the VFD control panel are installed besides the skid, there are a
dry cuttings collection box on the skid.

(2)   
Cuttings transferring system

Including
screw conveyor to transfer the dry material to the top of the vertical cuttings
dryer and cuttings pump to transfer the wet material with much fluids by the
hose to the cuttings dryer. There are a pressure unit on the skid to provide
positive pressure of the VFD control panels.

(3)   
Fluids storage tank

Including
a Cylindrical type tank with mud agitator on top to collect the clean fluids
from the vertical cuttings dryer and a submersible slurry pump to transfer the
fluids to the high-G dryer.

(4)   
High G dryer system

Including
high-G dryer shaker with a catch tank on the bottom to less the solids content
of the fluids discharged from the cuttings dryer and make the decanter
centrifuge working better.

(5)   
Decanter centrifuge system

Including GNLW363CG-VFD decanter centrifuge on the
high telescopic skid and long solids discharge slot, and the clean fluids will
flow back to the solids control system storage tank for reuse.