Patent ID: 9027596
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: B65D,E21B,F17D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A fluids management apparatus for managing multiple, different fluids on an oil and gas well drilling platform, comprising: a) a structural, transportable frame that has upper and lower end portions, a plurality of side walls, a plurality of corners, a base, and an upper panel; b) a reservoir section on the frame having a plurality of storage reservoirs for holding multiple, separate fluids, one separate fluid in each reservoir; c) a plurality of flow outlets for discharging a selected fluid from a selected reservoir; d) a docking station on the frame above the reservoir section, each station configured to receive a tank having a fluid holding interior that connects to a selected reservoir, the docking station having multiple spaced apart feet; e) piping that enables a selected of the tanks to transfer its contents to a selected of the storage reservoirs; f) each side wall having an outer surface with multiple spaced apart vertical beams and multiple spaced apart horizontal beams connected to said outer surface, each vertical beam having a web, each horizontal beam connecting to a said vertical beam at said web; g) each storage reservoir having a side that is a part of a said side wall, said plurality of storage reservoirs separated by a plurality of transverse sides, and an internal longitudinal wall; h) a reservoir panel that extends a partial distance but not completely across a said storage reservoir; i) a plurality of lifting eyes attached to the frame, at least a pair of said horizontal beams attaching to each said lifting eye; j) each vertical beam having a said web attached to a said side wall and a flange attached to said web; k) a load transfer interface that enables load transfer from the docking station to the frame, said interface including a load transfer plate at a top of each vertical beam, said load transfer plate attached to both a said web and a said flange of a said vertical beam; and l) wherein each foot of the docking station rests upon a said load transfer plate.