Drilling mud Equipment

April and March is the most business months for GN Solids Control. During the month, GN Solids Control with his branch brand GN Separation have been taken part in many exhibitions in China and aboard. The exhibitions are covering the separation applications of petrochemical field, mining separation, water treatment and environment projection. The worldwide famous exhibition includes the IE expo Shanghai China environmental show, the NEFTEGAZ Russia Oil Exhibition in Moscow, the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston, which is just ended right away.

GN Solids Control has a 100% owned branch company in Houston: GN Solids America. GN Solids America has big warehouse in Houston for fast delivery to the market. Till the year, GN Solids America is operating there over 10 years. It developed fast and the team is growing bigger and bigger.

Below is the major equipment GN has taken for OTC. Clients can check GN equipment on the booth, and chat with GN sales engineer. If they want to know more, they can also arrange a visit to GN Solids America office and warehouse in Houston.

1. The vacuum screen shaker. It is the combination of vacuum unit and shale shakers. The vacuum screen unit package can be used to replace the combination of solids control shale shaker plus drying shaker. Compared with drying shaker, GN vacuum screen unit is much less footprint, less maintenance. And plus, clients can save big cost on drying shaker screen consumption.

2. Decanter centrifuge. It is wide used for liquid and solids separation in drilling mud system, dewater system, slurry separation system, waste water treatment, etc… Many clients showed interests on it. It is the most hot sale production of GN.

3. Portable solids and sludge vacuum pump. It is a 100% air driven pump for harzardous areas, the advantage of the pump is allow big particles, and for long distance discharge which up to 500m / 1000m which is various per models.

4. Replacement shaker screen for drilling fluids shale shakers

If you have missed to meet GN in the past exhibitions, there is still other changes. Welcome you visit GN at CIPPE Beijing oil show at end of May, and the ADIPEC in Abu Dhabi early Oct.

GN Solids Control will ask for pictures and / or videos of the raw waste sludge to design and implement the different phases of clients’ project for the waste management coming from the Oil & Gas sector.

GN Solids Control offers 2-phase separation and 3-phase separation treatment on oil base mud (OBM), oil sludge treatment solution, tank cleaning, vessel cleaning, etc…

The 2-phase separation treatment: It is for liquid and solids separation. Most clients only need to reduce the solids waste and recover the usable drilling fluids for reuse. In this situation, they will choose 2-phase separation system.
It is more popular and the process is relative easier. Oil base mud and water base mud is used for different drilling sections. The separation equipment for OBM and WBM is different. The major separation equipment for OBM cuttings is vertical cuttings dryer. It can reduce the oil on cuttings to 5% and less.

If for water base mud, high G drying shaker is used to reduce the liquid content.

After vertical cuttings dryer and High H drying shaker, decanter centrifuge is used to remove the fine solids in the recovered fluids which comes from cuttings dryer with high content fine solids content. The purpose of the centrifuge application is to reduce the mud weight to make it suit for reused. After high speed centrifuge separation, the fluids will go back to solids control mud system for drilling activities. Some time, will use chemical dosing system for flocculation.

Another option is more complex, it is 3 phase separation: it means the separation of solids, water and oil. GN Solids Control have both 2-phase and 3-phase centrifuge. 3-phase centrifuge can only allow slurry with less than 3% solids contend. In this case, clients have to use 2-phase centrifuge before 3-phase centrifuge. But while treating the sludge with less ultra fine particles, clients can use 3-phase decanter centrifuge or disc centrifuge to separate oil and water.

GN Solids Control Sludge Vacuum Pump is widely used for oil and gas drilling. There are many functions of the pump whiled used for different applications.

The GN Solids Control sludge vacuum pump can be used to carry drilling waste and drilling cuttings from drilling mud system, and transfer to trucks or other separation device. As the vacuum pump is high pressure for suction and discharge, it is normally used together with drilling waste distributor stations for buffering and for discharge to next step process stage.

In the field of mud cleaning, as the tank size is huge in some cases, or the slurry is hazardous, which is not suits for human operation by entering the internal tank, GN Solids Control vacuum pump can be used to suck the hazardous waste from the huge tank, and transfer to the tank cleaning slurry waste treatment system. GN Solids Control can also offer the dewatering centrifuge packages, as well as the waste slurry separation system from tank cleaning. GN Solids Control offers different proposal and solutions to treat oily sludge and non-oily sludge.

Besides transfer, the GN Solids Control vacuum pump can also be used an a big industry cleaner to clean the spilled oil and mud on tank surface. Operators can choose auto-control and manual control on the vacuum pump control panel. Many oil company requests at least a vacuum cleaner for each rig mud system to clean the spilled mud and oil on tank surface.

While choose the Auto-control function, the vacuum pump will be suck material at the setup time, while the suck time is over, the vacuum device will then discharge at the setup time. The Auto-control is mainly used while it is used as a transfer device.

The manual control function is mainly used for vacuum cleaner. When the pump is power on, it can suck wastes, when the tank is full, as when operators want to discharge the waste, he presses the discharge bottom to empty the vacuum pump tank.

Shaker screen is the most common and important wearing spares of shale shaker separator, such as solids control shale shaker, drilling waste drying shaker, comboned type shale shaker with desander and/or desilter, coarse shale shaker, etc…

In many cases, clients are looking for replacement screens to suit for their shale shakers purchased from various companies. But many clients many wonder that, every company have their own screen part no., they do not know how can they make sure that, the quoted screens can suit for their shakers and applications.

API RP13C is an internal standard for replacement screen manufacturing, labeling and packing. If the Screens are made per API RP13C, it proves that that the same API size from different makers are fully interchangeable. This is the root reason that all major screen users requested screens must be complied with API RP13C.

GN Solids Control makes various models replacement shaker screens which are all complied with API RP13C. GN Solids Control is the only one screen manufacturer from China who has third party test report from U.S lab for all the API sizes. Some companies said they have API RP 13C testing report, but it only cover a few API size. The reason is that, the qualified third party lab will test the samples offered by the manufacturer.

Sometimes, manufacture will have to provide more than 1 screen samples in order to get a certain API size. This should be the reason that, some OEM screen manufacturer have more than 1 part no, for the same API size: they design is for a API size, but after lab testing, the data approve it is another API size. Hence they have to adjust, and send samples again for a specified API size.

Besides replacement shaker screens, GN Solids Control is focusing on full line drilling mud solids control equipment, drilling waste management equipment, transfer equipment, as well as industry centrifuge separators.

As GN Solids Control major is mainly focusing on domestic high level market, and international market. GN Solids Control design is compete with U.S and EU brands, the quality and design of GN Solids Control products must be high standard, reliable HSE standard, as well as user friendly.

Take screw conveyor for example, it is a sample transfer device to carry drilling waste and drilling cuttings, and transfered to waste pits for disposal. It is widely used with solids control shale shaker, desander cleaner, desilter cleaner, combined type shale shaker, decanter centrifuge, as well as drilling waste management high G dryer, vertical cuttings dryer, etc… Many people say the screw conveyor is sample device. Frankly speaking, its design is really complex, but it is easy to make it durable and safety.

Firstly, as the screw conveyor is mainly used to carry drilling cuttings, sludges, hence it must be good at wearing resistant. GN Solids Control use high quality hard iron for long lifetime.

Secondly, some clients said they faced HSE issues caused by screw conveyor. Their workers hurt their figures or feet while touch the augers accidentally. It is serious HSE issue and caused the job site shut down for correction.

GN Solids Control has 3 safety protections to avoid the problem:

1. There a closed loop grab wire along the whole auger length. The operators can stop the auger at any position of the auger by pull the grab wire in case of any accident issue happened.

2. GN Solids Control offered fixed covers on top of the auger. The top cover material can be metal plate for good sealing, and small hole gratings for watching side to check the auger discharge.

3. The covers can be fixed at both sizes, or with hinges on one side & provision for locks and bolts on the other side. It is for fast open and close. And plus, it can avoid the missing of the cover at job site.

4. And plus, in case of the auger top cover can be opened unexpectedly, or un-locked well, the auger will be auto-stop for protection.

5. GN Solids Control equips Audio / visual alarm on auger starter control panel, which is located near the auger. The Audio & visual alarm which will be automatically activated once the power is switched on followed by the actual auger start-up with a safety delay time. Audio / Visual Alarm to be in the OFF mode after some time once the auger starts operation.

If you need more information of GN Screw conveyor, welcome you contact GN sales engineers.

GN Solids Control makes various sizes and various designs of oil sludge treatment system. GN Solids Control oily sludge separation system is customized per client’s job site situation and clients’ demands.

A full package of GNOST-15B Oil Sludge Treatment Equipment has finished job site installation. Currently, GN Solids Control engineer is at the job site for commission, and offer training services to the job site operators.

The handling capacity of the GNOST-15B Oil Sludge separation system is 15m3/h, which is defined per the decanter centrifuge rather than the 1rst stage shale shaker. It means it is the not the raw material treatment capability. Decanter centrifuge is the last separation equipment, but its capacity is the smallest inside the system. Then we use the centrifuge capability to define the system.

It is a full function separation system including following treatment modular.
#1: Feeding pump modular. The vacuum pump is used to suck the oil sludge and transfer to the treatment equipment.
#2: Coarse shale shaker separation modular. There is a coarse shale shaker GNLMP1236 with coarse screens to remove the big particles.
#3: Crusher machine: It is used to crush large particles and rocks to help for the next stage separations.
#4: Pre-mixing and heating modular. There are 2 ea 20ft containerized mud tank to do the work.
#5: Fine screen separation shale shaker. Double deck shale shaker GNZS706 is used in this stage.
#6: Decanter centrifuge separation modular. Big bowl centrifuge GNLW553D-VFD is used in this stage. This process is for 2-phase separation.
#7: 3-phase centrifuge separation unit. It is equipped with disc centrifuge or 3-phase decanter centrifuge. For this project, it is GNSD-125 disc centrifuge.

And plus, there is a containerized chemical dosing unit in side the oil sludge separation system. It is suitable for both liquid and powder chemicals. It is equipped in the system to dosing chemicals for the whole process.

The ViST screen shale shaker is a vacuum screen shale shaker utilizing vacuum power. GN Solids Control specially designed it to treat drilling mud in oil and gas drilling. It is work together to recycle the drilling fluids and reduce the drilling waste.

GN Solids Control started to developing the Vacuum Screen Technology since 2017 and owned many pending patent design on it. With the feedback from different jobsites, GN Solids Control keeps updrading its design to make it mode it more stable, less maitenance, and more user friendly. Through the years’ running, GN Solids Control Vacuum Screen Technology proved to be very efficient for recycling drilling fluids.

Based on GN Solids Control standard shale shaker, there is a catch pan installed under the discharge side of the shaker deck. There is a suction pipe with a rubber hose connected to the bottom of the catch pan for collecting the recycled drilling mud. As the sucktion pipe and rubber hose to the catch pan is short in length, GN Solids Control offers extension suction pipe to connecting the shale shaker to the vacuum unit. After that, there are discharge hose from vacuum unit to mud tanks.

And GN Solids Control screen vacuum unit is driven by air, the will be air hose from air compressor or other air suppliers, and feed air for the vacuum screen unit. The compressed air from air compressor or the rig air supply is required to create suction on the last screen surface, pulling additional fluid off the cuttings. It can reduce the liquid on the cuttings by 30-50%.

There must be a set of catch pan with its suction pipe, suction rubber hose and extension rubber hose for connecting to the vacuum unit. If the vacuum screen unit is connecting to 2 shakers or 3 shakers, there must be 2 packages or 3 packages of catch pan with its hoses. One vacuum screen unit only need a rubber hose with its extend discharge hose to mud tanks. And with an air hose to the air compressor or to the rig air supplier.

GN Solids Control finished a ViST vacuum shale shaker package for a drilling company in China. It is a triple shale shaker vacuum screen package, there are 3 linear motion shale shakers with the vacuum driven unit.
The features and advantages of GN Solids Control screen vacuum unit:

1) The 3 linear motion shale shakers with its vacuum unit are allocated on the same skids. It is for fast installation and easy for shipment and movement.

2) With regarding GN vacuum screen unit, the clients can choose to use a vacuum unit to drive 1 shale shaker, 2 shale shakers, and up to 3 shaler  shaker; Or they can choose to use 1 vacuum unit installed together with the shaker and driven a shaker.

3) The model of the linear motion shale shaker is GNZS594J. It is the latest version with advanced design specially for oil field drilling mud separation.

4) And plus, there are Splash shields on the shaker deck. It can prevent the gas, splashed mud, or heart sent out from shale shaker during drilling activities.

Solids Control shale shaker is the 1rst stage separation equipment in drilling mud system. Desander is the 2nd stage solids control equipment. The desilter is the 3rd solids control equipment. The decanter centrifuge is took as the 4th stage solids control equipment. Besides shale shaker is the necessary and pre-separation equipment which is a much in all mud system, clients can choose other solids control equipment according to the jobsite situation and the job site demands.

GN Solids Control is capable to make full package drilling mud processing equipment. Besides offering different models solids control equipment, GN Solids Control is also make customized full package mud system to suit for clients request. GN Solids Control can offer separation equipment and customzied system for oil and gas drilling, as well as non-oil drilling, like horizontal directional drilling, piling, micro tunneling, pipe jacking, etc…

China is the world’s largest oil and gas importer, also the second largest oil consumer and third largest gas consumer in the world. CIPPE is the largest oil and gas exhibition in China. It is an annual event. As the affect of the COVID policy, CIPPE was canceled in the past 2 years. It is reopen now.

The 23rd China International Petroleum & Petrochemical Technology and Equipment Exhibition (2023 CIPPE) will be held in Beijing China at end of May . Welcome visitors from worldwide.

The exhibition space of CIPPE is around 100,000 sqm, including 18 international pavilions. 1,800 exhibitors and over 123,000 professional visitors from 65 countries and regions will come and joint the big event.

Below are details of the exhibition:
Time of CIPPE: May 31rst to June 2nd, 2023
Venue of 2023 Beijing CIPPE: New China International Exhibition Center,Beijing
Booth NO. of GN Solids Control: E2168

As the major solids control brand from China, GN Solids Control will get back with latest design solids control and waste management equipment showing on the booth:

1. Shaker Screen vacuum unit
2. Decanter centrifuge in various sizes
3. Drilling waste Vertical cuttings dryer. GN Solids Control advanced design vertical cuttings dryer is equipped with
4. Solids and sludge vacuum pump for long distance suction and discharge
5. Screw conveyor for drilling cuttings collection and transfer. GN Solids Control make screw conveyor augers vary from 10 inch to 18 inch, with transfer length from 12 ft, 24 ft to 36 ft and 48 ft.
6. Replacement shaker screen for various shaker models. GN makes high quality composite frame pretension screens.

GN Solids Control engineering team and sales team will come for the exhibition, for offering professional supporting to visitors.

And plus, GN Solids Control have 2 factories nearby the exhibition center. GN Solids Control will provide shuttle bus between the exhibition center and GN Solids Control plants. If clients and visitors have interest to check and see more about GN Solids Control, they can come and check.

Solids Control shale shaker is the 1rst stage separation equipment in drilling mud system. GN Solids Control just finished 2 sets of triple shale shaker unit for a drilling company in China.

The features of GN Solids Control triple shale shaker unit:

1. There are 3 shale shakers are mounted on a general skid. It is easy and fast for movement and shipment. And clients are easier to install it at drilling mud system. They only need to move and install the triple shaker one time, but not 3 shakers for 3 times.

2. The 3 shale shaker are connected by pipelines for feeding and discharge. And there are valves on the feeding and discharge pipelines. By open and close the valves, the 3 shale shakers can work together as a full function unit, or work separately based on the job site situation.

3. Unlike other suppliers’ shale shaker, GN Solids Control shale shaker can be equipped with a separate vacuum screen unit. One GN Solids Control brand vacuum unit can be connected to 1 or 3 shakers.

The shale shaker can also be used together with hydro cyclone unit to work as desander or desilter mud cleaner.
10 inch and 12 inch cones are commonly used to separate the particle size of drilling fluid from 44 to 74 μm solid particles. The combination of hydrocyclones below 6 inch is called desilter, which is the third phase solid control equipment in drilling operations. 5 inch and 4 inch cones are commonly used to separate the particle size of drilling fluid from 15 to 44 μm solid particles.

According to the size of the handling capacity required, the customer can select several groups of hydrocyclones to form a desander or desilter.

GN Solids Control desander and desilter mud cleaner is widely used for desanding and separation of oil drilling and horizontal directional drilling.