The Future in Solids Control

Solids control technology developer Fluid Systems has debuted four technological innovations that it says can save as much as 75 percent of solids control costs.

 

Drastic times require drastic measures, Fluid Systems said. Ad oil prices fall, Fluid Systems provides the tools to help improve efficiency, as well as accomplish and surplus production goals with the company’s latest technological offerings: The Barkeeper (Dual Density Solution), The Multi G, The ProdiG (Smart Shaker) and the HpEliminator.

 

BARKEEPER: a patent pending, high process volume classifier, for use in barite recovery and dual density drilling operations. The centrifugal separator is trademarked as the BARKEEPER and classifies drilling mud into concentrated high density and low density streams. Each module processes over 250 GPM, even at high mud weights.  A series of modules can process at or above circulating mud volumes for near 100 percent recovery of high density mud and the delivery of low density streams to centrifuges for the removal of drilled solids. The clean low density stream can be flowed to the active mud system or reinjection into the riser. Extensive prototype field tests have yielded excellent results without capacity issues associated with older technologies and final field trials of production units are underway. Fluid Systems Inc. believes the BARKEEPER has the ability to reduce drilling mud costs significantly through the recovery of high density fluids at high capacity while reducing traditional solids control equipment costs by 75 percent or more.   

 

HP ELIMINATOR: High Performance (HP) 8” hydrocyclone was designed to achieve optimum performance in challenging applications such as high mud weights and hot drilling muds. The cut point ranges from 37-67 microns with a capacity of 350 GPM per cone. It desilts and desands in a single step which produces significant saving costs due to lower drilling fluids costs, increased rate of penetrations and lower maintenance cost. 

 

MultiG: A high “G” force shaker that uses a patented technology of “exciters” that generate and apply very high G forces to the screen surface, allowing for a very low OOC when used as a cuttings dryer.

Since the exciters also produce multifrequency, they virtually eliminate screen blinding. The MultiG can also be used as a flow line shaker, providing a much drier discharge. MultiG features high G-forces (up to 50 Gs), high processing capacity, better efficiency and no-screen blinding.

 

ProdiG: A fully automated, computer controlled shaker that is coupled with the rig monitoring system using flow rate, density, ROP, mud Rheology and more (up to 24 channels of input data), to make the necessary adjustments to frequency (RPM), G force, conveyance rate, etc. The shaker will also adjust to keep the OOC to a minimum. It offers linear or balanced elliptical motion capabilities, G-force and conveyance control, graphic operator interface, remote control operation and real-time monitoring.