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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 1987
Filed:
Oct. 10, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jerry J Rayborn, Franklinton, LA (US);
Assignee:
Sun Drilling Products, Corp., Belle Chasse, LA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K / ; B08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
252-851 ; 134 40 ; 175 66 ; 252-8511 ; 252-8510 ;
Abstract
A method of treating oil contaminated cuttings comprising the steps of: contacting the oil contaminated cuttings with a detergent solution comprising a solvent and a surfactant selected from the group consisting of alcohol ethoxylates, phenol ethoxylates, alkylphenol ethoxylates, amine ethoxylates, thioethers, and combinations thereof so as to wash the oil from the cuttings and into the detergent solution; and separating the washed cuttings from the detergent solution containing the removed oil. The detergent solution containing the removed oil is optionally recycled back into the drilling mud.