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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 1977
Filed:
Feb. 03, 1975
Phil H Griffin, III, Houston, TX (US);
William A Rehm, Houston, TX (US);
Martin L Talley, Houston, TX (US);
Martin J Sharki, Houston, TX (US);
Woodrow E Renfro, Houston, TX (US);
Dresser Industries, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A system is disclosed for removing gas from drilling mud without allowing the gas to escape to the atmosphere before the gas is treated to prevent contamination. The system includes a mud-gas separator vessel with a drilling mud inlet, means for maintaining a minimum mud level in said mud-gas separator vessel, a separator vessel gas outlet, and a separator vessel drilling mud outlet. A degassing means includes a drilling mud inlet located in a position higher than said minimum mud level. Enclosed conduit means connects the separator vessel drilling mud outlet to said degassing means drilling mud inlet.