Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Separating solids from liquids in a drilling fluid
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Application No.: US17715853Application Date: 2022-04-07
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Publication No.: US11643890B2Publication Date: 2023-05-09
- Inventor: Ahmed Al-Mousa , Marius Neacsu , Omar M. Alhamid
- Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Applicant Address: SA Dhahran
- Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Current Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Current Assignee Address: SA Dhahran
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- The original application number of the division: US16879273 2020.05.20
- Main IPC: E21B21/06
- IPC: E21B21/06 ; B01D21/28 ; B01D29/00 ; B01D29/01 ; B01D29/085 ; B01D33/17 ; B07B1/08 ; C02F1/00 ; C02F1/34 ; C02F103/10

Abstract:
Techniques for separating cuttings from liquid include circulating a drilling fluid that comprises a liquid and formation cuttings to a scree of a screen assembly that includes screen sections; vibrating the screen assembly during circulation of the drilling fluid; while vibrating the screen assembly, separating the liquid from the plurality of formation cuttings; while vibrating the screen assembly, separating a first portion of the formation cuttings of a first size from the drilling fluid with a first screen section; rotating the screen assembly; subsequent to rotating the screen assembly and while vibrating the screen assembly, separating a second portion of the formation cuttings of a second size different than the first size from the drilling fluid with a second screen section; directing the separated liquid through the screen assembly to a liquid outlet; and directing at least one of the first or second portions of the formation cuttings to a cuttings outlet formed in the screen.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220228450A1 SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM LIQUIDS IN A DRILLING FLUID Public/Granted day:2022-07-21
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