What are components of drilling fluid treatment system?

Drilling mud treatment system, also named drilling fluid solids control system, is an essential core unit in oil and gas drilling engineering. It realizes graded purification of drilling fluid, removes solid impurities, harmful gas and useless phase mixed in mud during drilling operation, recovers drilling fluid performance and realizes closed-loop mud recycling. It greatly reduces overall drilling cost, protects downhole drilling tools and surface pump equipment, and ensures safe drilling construction. Then, what units are included in the drilling mud processing system? TR Solids Control will elaborate on the structural composition of the system.

I. Full Components Of Drilling Mud Treatment System

Complete closed-loop drilling mud treatment system consists of 6 core graded treatment units in purification process, all equipment works in series to finish full-flow mud purification from primary screening to environmental solid waste treatment.

1. Primary Treatment: Shale Shaker

   It is the first core equipment in whole solids control system. It separates large-diameter drilling cuttings and coarse solid impurities from drilling mud through high-frequency linear vibration. The screening efficiency of shale shaker directly determines the operation load of all subsequent purification units. TR Solids Control series shale shakers realize full interchangeability with original Derrick and Swaco equipment, with stable operation and high screening precision adapted to harsh oilfield working conditions.

2. Secondary Treatment: Mud Desander

   After primary screening by shale shaker, drilling fluid flows into desander unit. With hydrocyclone separation technology, desander removes medium and fine sand solid particles in mud, reduces sand content of drilling fluid, and avoids abrasion damage to precision accessories of downstream mud pumps.

3. Tertiary Treatment: Mud Desilter

   As deep purification unit following desander, desilter separates micron-level fine mud solid particles in drilling fluid. It further optimizes mud performance parameters including density and viscosity, meets strict mud index requirements for deep and ultra-deep well drilling operations.

4. Quaternary Treatment: Mud Degasser

   Specialized equipment to remove intruded oil, natural gas and harmful combustible gas from drilling fluid. Gas invasion will cause mud performance failure and serious drilling safety hazards. Degasser recovers stable drilling fluid density and eliminates potential well kick and blowout risks.

5. Supporting Unit: Mud Circulation Tanks & Mud Agitators

   They are basic storage and bearing units of whole system, for drilling fluid storage, buffer and performance mixing. Equipped with mud agitators to prevent solid particle sedimentation and stratification, stabilize overall mud performance, and connect all purification equipment to build closed-loop mud circulation pipeline.

6. Terminal Environmental Protection Unit: Cuttings Dryer & Sludge Dewatering System

   Necessary environmental protection unit for modern green oilfield drilling. It realizes harmless solid-liquid separation, drying treatment of waste drilling cuttings and waste mud generated in previous treatment processes, achieves solid waste reduction and environment-compliant discharge, matching global oilfield environmental protection standards.  TR Solids Control can provide complete non-landing treatment equipment for water-based and oil-based mud.

In addition, the whole drilling mud treatment system is matched with auxiliary components including mud pumps, pipeline manifolds, control system and chemical dosing devices to achieve full closed-loop automatic mud circulation purification.

II. TR Solids Control: Complete Drilling Solids Control Equipment Supplier

With over 20 years of manufacturing experience in oilfield solids control industry, TR Solids Control is a professional original manufacturer of full set drilling mud treatment system and drilling solids control equipment. All our products strictly comply with API international manufacturing standards.

We can supply one-stop full range equipment covering all units of drilling mud treatment system, including shale shakers, desanders, desilters, mud degassers, circulation tank groups, mud agitators, full set pipeline accessories, as well as rear-end cuttings management and sludge dewatering environmental protection equipment.

We support bulk spot supply, complete system customized solution and parameter adjustment for global customers. Most equipment achieves full interchangeable replacement with international famous brand machines, with heavy-duty structure, wear resistance and stable separation performance. Our equipment has been delivered to global onshore and offshore oilfield drilling projects, providing reliable one-stop solids control system solutions for worldwide drilling engineering customers.