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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:
Apr. 25, 2023

Filed:

Feb. 06, 2019
Applicants:

Astee, Inc., Chattanooga, TN (US);

Municipal Enterprises Ltd., Bedford, CA;

Inventors:

Wendell Feltman, Hixson, TN (US);

Patrick Rooney, Dartmouth, CA;

Jerry Scott, Halifax, CA;

Kevin Risley, Chattanooga, TN (US);

Bob Reed, Ooltewah, TN (US);

Dusty McNabb, McDonald, TN (US);

Assignees:

Astec, Inc., Chattanooga, TN (US);

Municipal Enterprises Ltd., Bedford, CA;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 3/10 (2006.01); E21B 43/34 (2006.01); B01D 3/32 (2006.01); B01D 3/02 (2006.01); B01D 17/04 (2006.01); C09K 8/34 (2006.01); E21B 21/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 3/322 (2013.01); B01D 3/02 (2013.01); B01D 3/106 (2013.01); B01D 17/042 (2013.01); C09K 8/34 (2013.01); E21B 21/066 (2013.01); E21B 43/34 (2013.01);
Abstract

A remediation plant for remediating drilling mud, cuttings, and fluids. The preferred plant includes a reboiler that is adapted to provide heat to the drilling mud, cuttings, and fluid, a mud drum that is operatively connected to the reboiler, a distillation column that is operatively connected to the reboiler, a heat exchanger that is operatively connected to the reboiler, a condenser that is operatively connected to the distillation column, a condenser tank that is operatively connected to the condenser, an oil-water separator that is operatively connected to the condenser tank, and a pump that is operatively connected to the oil-water separator. The preferred remediation plant is adapted to remove synthetic drilling fluid from drilling mud, cuttings, and fluids. A method for remediating drilling mud, cuttings, and fluid.


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