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Mud degasser

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6437896
This patent describes the process of degassing a drilling mud after it exits from a well being drilled. The process comprises: elevating the mud to a first level and then gravitationally delivering the mud into a separator; separating gas from the mud in the separator and then gravitationally delivering the mud into an inlet of a shale shaker creating a liquid trap in the shale shaker inlet and then gravitationally delivering the mud from the inlet into the shale shaker.
Assignee:
NOV; EDB-87-107108; NOV-87-063197
Patent Number(s):
US 4666471
OSTI ID:
6437896
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English