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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018
Filed:
May. 01, 2015
Axiom Process Ltd., Newcastle upon Tyne, GB;
Marshall Graham Bailey, Dubai, AE;
Axiom Process Ltd., Tyne & Wear, GB;
Abstract
A method for separating solids from a drill cuttings and drilling mud mixture feed in a shale shaker includes providing a shale shaker () having a basket () including a stack of at least two screen decks (), wherein the screening surfaces () of the decks are spaced apart and superposed one above the other. A fluid retaining wall () and the feed receiving end () of the screening surface of the lowest screen deck define a pond region (). In use of the method a drill cuttings and drilling mud mixture feed () forms a pond of solids and liquid in the pond region that immerses a portion of the screening surface at the feed receiving end of each of the two screen decks. Apparatus for use in the method is also described.