Dec 02

Chile has the world’s largest copper reserves and is also the largest producer and exporter of the metal. In 2011, Chile expects global copper output will reach 16.5 million tonnes, an increase of 345,000 tonnes over 2010. Of the 16.5 million tonnes of output, Chile expects to supply 5.7 million, roughly one-third of the total demand.

mining rig mud recycling system

mining rig mud recycling system

Copper mining has played a significant role in the Chilean economy since at least 1825 when foreign investors were actively competing to control the country’s rich copper and silver deposits. By 1835, Chile was exporting 12,700 tonnes of copper per year, mostly to the United States. By 1860 copper accounted for fifty-five percent of the economy.

Mining rig drilling also needs mud recycling system, consider environment protection and drilling requirement. Since mining rig is usually very small, so the mud system should be portable and compact, the production cost will be lower than HDD and oil drilling.

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Mar 04

Repairing an oil well sometimes requires a workover. It is commonly called by several names such as completion rig, workover rig, or pulling unit.

 Function of workover rig 

workover rig equipments and material

workover rig equipments and material

In many cases, workover implies the removal and replacement of the production tubing string after the well has been killed and a workover rig has been placed on location. Through-tubing workover operations, using coiled tubing, snubbing or slickline equipment, are routinely conducted to complete treatments or well service activities that avoid a full workover where the tubing is removed. This operation saves considerable time and expense.

 Companies that supply this type of equipment are Key Energy Services, Pool Workover Services, and Basic Well Services.

 Of all the problems that can occur during production, three stand out the most: equipment failure, wellbore problems, and saltwater disposal.

 WELLBORE PROBLEMS

 Sanding, formation damage, paraffin accumulation, oil-water emulsions, and corrosion are common wellbore problems.

 GN workover rig solids control system is mainly used for sanding problem. The system can separate large particles sand from the drilling fluids so the drilling mud can be recycled for drilling and “kill”the well. The working principle is to clean the drilling mud by 4 phase cleaning, they are shale shaker, desander, desilter, decanter centrifuge. But usually for workover operation, sometimes you can use a shale shaker and centrifuge only, because the sand size is not so large, but it needs to separate finer particles than oil& gas drilling.

 Sanding Problem

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Aug 31

Centrifuagal pump is widely used, in all the industry and agriculture even in the life. In the oil well drilling, or just water well drilling, HDD, environment protection, they are core parts though there are a lot of equipments. They charge the transportation for the separation work.
What they really do is pump the mixture of solids and slurry or drilling fluids from one stage of separation to another stage. As shown in the picture. centrifugal pump in the mud system

In the jet mixing system, they pump the fluids to go through the venture hopper, then the chemical things or other materials can be added. and then go back to the tank.

Components of Centrifugal Pump
The components of this kind of centrifugal pump, for separation work, is a little different from the others, though the structure is still the same.

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Jul 16

Mud agitator is one important part of mud system, since GN Solids Control supply solids control equipments to Jidong Oilfield, there are 16 mud sotorage tanks, and each tank is used with 2 mud tank agitators. As we have introduced the mud tank agitator, here comes a more interesting question: how to size mud agitator.
I have give some Purchase Tips:

Please contact GN Solids Control representative with your tank dimensions and maximum mud weights for the correct agitator model, horsepower, impeller (size, type and quantity), and shaft length to meet your requirements.

  • Mud Tank Dimensions

Mud tank dimension is used to confirm the length of the shaft and the type of the impellers.

  • Motors

Which brand do you prefer, do you need explosion prevent motors.

  • Gear box

This is the key part of tank agitator. Inch-bound is always needed. How to matching with the motor, and which rotate ratio is you really need.(Usually 60 or 72r/min)
P.S. : Contact GN Solids Control to get more professional advice.

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Jul 05

GN design complete line mud cleaning equipment for Oil&Gas drilling mud solids control,HDD mud recycling system,and indusrial slurry cleaning.

Four phase mud cleaning equipment

  • Shale Shaker

Shale Shaker is the first and most important equipment for drilling mud cleaning.This clenaing equipment separate

Mud Cleaning Equipment

Mud Cleaning Equipment

particle size usually above 70mirons.
We provide both linear motion shale shaker and balanced elliptical motion shale shaker.

  • Desaner/Desilter/Mud Cleaner

Desander with 10inch cones,or 8inch cones,or 12 inch cones act as the second phase drilling mud cleaning equipment.We have customized number cones desander for clients.Desander cleaning mud usually between 47-76microns.Desilter with 4inch cones,or 5inch cones,act as the third phase mud cleaning equipment.Which clean out particles 15-45microns.Mud cleaner is a combination of desander & desilter and with underfluids bottom shale shaker,which act as both desander and desilter function.Mud cleaner manimum footprint of the equipments,and has big capacity for mud cleaning and treatment. Continue reading »

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Jun 09

How mud tank works, it is a very easy question, but it contains some good questions behind, so we get all these resolved. First we should know the feature of mud tanks, than the components, how it works in the solids control system, what the main fuction is, last but not least how to clean the mud tank.

Mud Tank Feature

A mud tank is an open-top container, typically made of steel, to store drilling fluid on a drilling rig. They are also called mud tankmud pits, because they used to be nothing more than pits dug out of the earth. The mud tank is devided into Square tank and Cone-shaped tank according to the shape of tank bottom. The body of the tank is made of welding the steel plate and section, using the flat cone-shape structure or the corrugated structure.

Components of Mud Tank

The mud tank surface and the passage are made of the slipping resistant steel plate and linearity netted steel plate which is produced by the professional factory, the mud tanks are made of the side steel pipe, all of the structure can be folded without barrier and pegged reliably. The surface of tank is equipped with water pipeline for cleaning the surface and equipment on the mud tank, we use soaked zinc processing for the netted steel plate. The ladder is made of Continue reading »

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Mar 25

Libya clients mud system requirements,this is continued wit Mud gas separator & Trip tank skid

New Bomco F-1000 single acting triplex mud pump complete.New Bomco F-1000 single acting triplex mud pump complete with:

BOMCO Mud Pump

BOMCO Mud Pump

Rated power:1000hp
maximum speed:120rpm(at crankshaft)
stroke length:10”
fully enclosed machined and fabricated steel main frame
main frame with access covers over crosshead
area and inspection doors on each side
double helical pinion shaft and bull gear
machined forged steel crankshaft
self-adjustable and replaceable crosshead guides
individually forged steel interchangeable fluid end modules with quick change valve pot covers
new Ensco liners, pistons, polyurethane valves and seals
oil bath and positive flow lubrication system
suction and discharge manifolds
new bomco pulsation dumpner,5000 psi maximum
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Mar 03

Drilling mud suction tank is the requirements of our client mud system second tank.The first tank :Oilfield shale shaker tank (1).

Details of the mud suction tank for the 1000HP drilling mud system.

500 bbls mud suction tank. three (3) compartment suction tank with two (2) 15’-6’’ long x 10’ wide x 8’ high suction

drilling mud suction tank

drilling mud suction tank

compartment and one (1) 8’ long x 10’ wide x 8’ high pill compartment mounted on a 40’ skid per above general spesifications and including:
top grating. includes tubing handrials and toe boards.
one (1) psi 10 hp mud agitator supplied and mounted in pill compartment.
one (1) psi 10 hp agrtator supplied mounted in each suction compartment.
three (3) 3’’ bottom mud guns with butterfly valves.
three (3) 10’’ butterfly valve clean-out gates – one (1) in each compartment.
two (2) 10’’ suction lines, one (1) for each mud pump.
mud pump to be capable of suching from any compartment.
one (1) mud lap on suction tank with 1’’ water tap.
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Feb 27

We will update info about a total mud system for our clients from Libya from today.Today is description of the shale shaker tank.

General requirements for all mud tanks.

shale shaker tank

shale shaker tank

Three-runner oilfield type, 7’-10’’ wide with a 6’’ loading hich on each and for tailboarding. skid extenions decked with ¼’’ plate. tank walls rimmed with 7’’ square tubing full length of tanks.tanks side and end walls constructed of ¼’’ crimped plate for rigidity.

Detail requirements for the shale shaker tank.

520 bbls four (4) compartment shaker tank, 10’ widex 8’ deep x 37’’ long mounted on a 40’ long skid per above general spesifications and including.
tank compartments as follows:
91 bbls sand trap compartment
143 bbls degasser compartment
143 bbls desander compartment
143 bbls desilter compartment
three (3) full partition with equalizer valves

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Jan 29

We make shearing jet system for bentonite polymers and other powder additives mixing.We links the shearing jet system to the mud mixing tank for assisting in achieving the properties needed from drilling mud such as viscosity for hole cleaning, water loss control and filter cake build up.

Jet Shearing system

Jet Shearing system

The shearing jet system is a skid mounted system,which a centrifugal pump and mixing hopper are installed.On weighted mud applications, the ability to handle Barite during potential blow-out applications is even more important. The importance of properly applied shear energy and dispersion has lead to the instant success of GN Solids Control shearing and mixing system, model:SLH Jet mud mixer

In the GN Jet shearing system, mud passing through the hopper venturi is directed to pass through specially designed jet orifices to impart additional shear energy.
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