Challenge: Reduce drilling waste and disposal
costs by improving cuttings treatment and fluid recovery.
Solution: Optimize the fluid-recovery
capability of existing shakers by using the SCREEN PULSE fluid and cuttings
separator in a 7-day field trial on two Derrick Flo-Line Cleaner (FLC) 504
Series shakers.
Results:
- Recovered 51.3 bbl of oil-base drilling fluid.
- Saved USD 6,000 through better fluid recovery and lower disposal
costs.
- Reduced drilling waste by 16,547 lbm.
- Decreased mud on cuttings (MOC) by 29%.
- Reduced waste by two-thirds, lowering land farming disposal
costs.