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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2004
Gary S Strong, Huntsville, TX (US);
Dale A. Pierce, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Lyndon Stone, Humble, TX (US);
Cliff Gaddis, Pasadena, TX (US);
Bradford R Wood, Houston, TX (US);
Kenneth W. Seyffert, Houston, TX (US);
Cecil Lee, Hixson, TN (US);
Gary S Strong, Huntsville, TX (US);
Dale A. Pierce, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Lyndon Stone, Humble, TX (US);
Cliff Gaddis, Pasadena, TX (US);
Bradford R Wood, Houston, TX (US);
Kenneth W. Seyffert, Houston, TX (US);
Cecil Lee, Hixson, TN (US);
Varco I/P, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for treating material, the material contaminated with contaminants, the method including: introducing material with contaminants to a system for remediation including a thermal treatment system, a quench system, a weir tank system and a condensing system; feeding a slurry of the material to the thermal treatment system and heating the material therein producing heated discharge solids and a discharge stream with liquid and solids therein; optionally, discharging the heated discharge solids and feeding them to a mill system; feeding the discharge stream to a quench system producing a cooled discharge stream which is fed to the weir tank system; the weir tank system having a clean side and a dirty side; the cooled discharge stream fed to the dirty side of the weir tank system, and from the weir tank system producing at least one stream of cleaned liquid and a stream with contaminants therein; and, in one particular aspect, remediating drilled cuttings material using such a method.