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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2008
Glynda A. Addicks, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Bharat Arora, Halifax, CA (US);
Mukesh Kapila, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Glynda A. Addicks, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Bharat Arora, Halifax, CA (US);
Mukesh Kapila, The Woodlands, TX (US);
M-I L.L.C., Houston, TX (US);
M-I Drilling Fluids Canada, Inc., Calgary, Alberta, CA;
Abstract
A test kit for testing production waste includes a plurality of components including reagents, test equipment, or a combination thereof, sufficient to perform analysis on production waste and at least one protective case for shipping and for using the plurality of components, the protective case including a top portion releasably engaged with a bottom portion. The top portion includes a top side attached at an inner face of the top side to a top edge of a continuous sidewall formed by a plurality of sides such that the top portion of the protective case includes a hollow interior cavity bound by the inner face of the top side and an inner face of the continuous sidewall, wherein the hollow interior cavity is open on a bottom side, and wherein the hollow interior cavity defines a water-tight enclosure opened on the bottom side, such that the top portion, resting on a support surface inverted on an outer face of the top side, is capable of forming a liquid reservoir.