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Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022

Filed:

Mar. 31, 2021
Applicant:

Canrig Robotic Technologies As, Sandnes, NO;

Inventor:

Kenneth Mikalsen, Sandnes, NO;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 21/01 (2006.01); E21B 33/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 21/01 (2013.01); E21B 33/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system including a mud bucket with a clam shell enclosure and a storage tank. The clam shell enclosure can have a first portion and a second portion, with the second portion being rotationally coupled to the first portion, where the first portion and the second portion are configured to form a sealed chamber around a joint of a tubular string when the second portion is rotated into engagement with the first portion, where the sealed chamber is configured to receive expelled fluid from the tubular string when the joint is unthreaded, and the storage tank is configured to receive and store the expelled fluid from the sealed chamber while the mud bucket is located at the well center.


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