Degassing apparatus

Patent · Tue Jul 29 04:00:00 EDT 1980

OSTI ID:7090665

Tillett, G; Whetstone, J

A degasser apparatus comprises: a conduit having an inlet adapted for mounting in and formed to receive drilling mud to be recycled and an open mud discharge end; a positive displacement rotary screw impeller mounted in said conduit adjacent said inlet and a drive shaft connected to said impeller and extending longitudinally through said conduit and from said discharge end; motive means connected to and for driving said shaft for inducting mud into said inlet and for driving said mud longitudinally through said conduit around said shaft and for hurling said mud from said discharge end; and a mud deflector wall mounted in surrounding relation to said shaft and in a plane substantially perpendicualr thereto and in spaced relation to said end for intercepting said mud and causing said mud to fan out in a thin sheet for liberation of gas entrapped therein.

• Assignee: IFI; EDB-81-000389; ERA-06-003453
• Patent Number(s): US 4214879
• OSTI ID: 7090665
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
020300* -- Petroleum-- Drilling & Production
03 NATURAL GAS
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Production
& Processing
15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
150901 -- Geothermal Engineering-- Drilling Technology & Well Hardware
BAFFLES
BEARINGS
BLOWERS
CONTROL
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
DEGASSING
DRILLING EQUIPMENT
DRILLING FLUIDS
EQUIPMENT
FLOW REGULATORS
FLUIDS
GASES
MACHINE PARTS
MECHANICAL STRUCTURES
PIPES
PRESSURE CONTROL
SHAFTS
SUPPORTS
VENTS