Challenge: Recover more fluid from cuttings and ensure longer screen
life while handling high flow rates on a jack-up rig offshore Abu Dhabi
Solution: Test the MD-2 dual-deck shale shaker on the following
criteria: mud-on-cuttings (MOC) percent, handling capacity and solids
discharge, and screen life
Results:
- Demonstrated an average MOC of 34% by volume
- Handled 900 galUS/min [3,407 L/min] of fluid using two shakers while
mud covered less than 50% of the total surface area
- Required only one screen changeout during the test operation
- An operator working offshore Abu Dhabi sought a shale shaker that would
reliably deliver low MOC values, handle high volumes of flow, and longer screen
life. It turned to M-I SWACO to help evaluate and deploy the optimal
technology