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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2019

Filed:

Apr. 27, 2012
Applicants:

Trey W. Anderson, Pearland, TX (US);

Gary E. Fout, Cypress, TX (US);

Gordon Macmillian Logan, Aberdeen, GB;

John Koch, Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Trey W. Anderson, Pearland, TX (US);

Gary E. Fout, Cypress, TX (US);

Gordon MacMillian Logan, Aberdeen, GB;

John Koch, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:

M-I L.L.C., Houston, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 21/01 (2006.01); E21B 41/00 (2006.01); E21B 21/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 21/01 (2013.01); E21B 21/065 (2013.01); E21B 21/066 (2013.01); E21B 41/005 (2013.01); Y10T 137/87571 (2015.04);
Abstract

A method transferring drill cuttings, the method comprising transferring the drill cuttings from a pressurized transference device to a pressurized container; transferring the drill cuttings from the pressurized container to a land-based pit discharging station; and discharging the drill cuttings into the land-based pit discharging station. Also, a system for transferring drill cuttings while drilling, the system comprising a pressurized transfer device; a pressurized container in fluid communication with the pressurized transfer device; a conduit disposed between the pressurized transfer device and the pressurized container; and a land-based pit discharging station in fluid communication with the pressurized container.


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