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Mini Mud Tanks for Different Function in Oil & Gas Drilling

GN Solids Control is not only professional solids control equipment supplier, but also supply different mud tanks for different functions. The size of mud tanks range from big mud tanks for oil drilling solids control system and mud plant to mini mud tanks, eg trip tank, sump tank, pill tank etc.

1) Pill tank and trip tank for solids control mud system

Pill tank is used for conditioning the drilling mud by add barite, bentonite or other heavy weight additive. The size is about 1000x1000x1500mm. The position is placed after decanter centrifuge, fixed on the mixing mud tank. After adding heavy weight additive, the drilling mud can be mixing fully by force from Jet mud mixer with a centrifugal pump.

Trip tank is used for feeding the well when change the drilling tubes. It is generally positioned besides the shaker tank.

Recently, GN Solids Control just offer one sets of 1500HP rig mud system to RG Petroleum. Pill tank and trip tank is included.

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Pill tank for mud circulation system

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Pill tank is a section in the mud suction tank which is used for heavy mud mixing and conditioning ( slug tank).

150bbl Pill Tank specs:

pill tank

Active Capacity 150 BBL—Single 150 BBL Compartment
Dimensions: Length 26’ 6” x Width 7’ 9” x 10’ Height Weight: 22,000 lbs
Construction: Three runner oilfield standard design
Top Rail Height: 36” swing down for transport
Internal ladder rungs with removable walkway for tank access
Mix/Transfer pump: 8x 6x 14 w/ 75 hp
Power Requirements: 460V/60HZ or 380V/50HZ, 3phase
Two Tank Agitators: 15 hp with shaft stabilizer
Shear pump: 60HP
Mixing Hopper: Flow Process Technologies 6” High capacity
Mud Guns: Two 2” mud guns

GN solids control can produce all of the above and provide complete solution, not limit to trip tank, mud suction tank, recycling tank, mud agitator, mud gun, centrifugal pump, shale shaker, mud cleaner, decanter centrifuge, etc complete solids control system.

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Oilfield swab tank

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GN solids control produced various kinds of mud tanks for oilfield drilling and water well drilling, including swab tank, storage tank, fuel tank, water tank, mixing tank, suction tank, pill tank, trip tank, mixing tank, intermediate tank, shaker tank etc.

General features of GN mud tanks

oilfield swab tank

1 Customized dimension

2. Sand Blast Treatment before painting.

3. Two pack Epoxy zinc(Japan Kansai & Cosco brand)

4. Two Pack Epoxy hi-build containing anticorrosive pigmentstwice.

5. Surface pigmented with high quality light fast PU pigments

6 Stainless steel material tank available

7 Skid Mounted 3 Runner Oilfield Design

8 Proper mud agitator and mud guns are available

9 Mud tank accessories included

Oilfield Swab tank

Also called test tank, each plumbed for separate discharge to vacuum truck or water tank. Complete with minimum 32 ” Poor-Boy Degasser with proper vent, fluid leg and inspection hatch. Usually we will provide a complete sets of measurement tools, including Mud Balance, Plastic Marsh Funnel Viscometer and Plastic Measuring Cup and Stopwatch.

Oilfield trip tank

A small mud tank with a capacity of 10 to 15 barrels, usually with 1-barrel or h-barrel divisions, used to ascertain the amount of mud necessary to keep the wellbore full with the exact amount of mud that is displaced by drill pipe. When the bit comes out of the hole, a volume of mud equal to that which the drill pipe occupied while in the hole must be pumped into the hole to replace the pipe. when the bit goes back in the hole, the drill pipe displaces a certain amount of mud, and a trip tank can be used again to keep track of this volume.

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