Mud pump degassing and supercharging apparatus

Patent · Tue May 26 04:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:6204833

Burgess, H L

This patent describes a drilling mud degasser and circulator for simultaneously degassing drilling mud delivered thereto from a mud tank and for delivering degassed drilling mud therefrom to a mud pump having reciprocating pistons at a supercharging pressure. The method comprises: power driven degassing means for removing gas from the incoming drilling mud including pump means for delivering degassed drilling mud to the mud pump at a predetermined pump supercharging pressure during operation of the mud pump, and the power driven degassing means including vacuum chamber means for continuously accelerating and centrifuging drilling mud under vacuum and for spraying the thus-accelerated and centrifuged drilling mud in order to remove occluded gases therefrom.

• Assignee: Burgess and Associates Mfg., Inc., Houston, TX
• Patent Number(s): US 4668251
• OSTI ID: 6204833
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
020300* -- Petroleum-- Drilling & Production
03 NATURAL GAS
030300 -- Natural Gas-- Drilling
Production
& Processing
COMPRESSORS
CONTAINERS
CONTROL
DEGASSING
DRILLING FLUIDS
FLUIDS
NATURAL GAS WELLS
OIL WELLS
PISTONS
PRESSURE CONTROL
PRESSURE DEPENDENCE
PUMPING
PUMPS
RECYCLING
SPRAYS
SUPERCHARGERS
TANKS
VACUUM SYSTEMS
WELLS