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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2008
Applicants:
Jan Thore Eia, Kvernaland, NO;
Gordon M. Logan, Aberdeen, GB;
Inventors:
Jan Thore Eia, Kvernaland, NO;
Gordon M. Logan, Aberdeen, GB;
Assignee:
M-I LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 7/12 (2006.01); E21B 21/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for using a vessel assembly including two or more vessels in multiple drilling unit operations, the method including using a vessel in the container assembly for cuttings storage, and operating at least one vessel in the container system in at least two of a slurrification system, a drilling fluid recycling system, and a tank cleaning system.