Patent ID: 8844650
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: E21B

Abstract:
1. A closed loop apparatus for reclaiming drilling mud used in a down hole well drilling process with a drilling rig, the apparatus comprising at least one clean mud mixing tank adapted to mix and store clean mud, the clean mud mixing tank being in mud flow communication with the drilling rig through a predefined mud flow communication path, at least one conveyor belt system in mud flow communication with the drilling rig, at least one recycled mud reclamation tank in mud flow communication with the conveyor belt system, one or more pump systems in mud flow communication with the drilling rig and the recycled mud reclamation tank, and one or more centrifuges in mud flow communication with the recycled mud reclamation tank and the clean mud mixing tank, the apparatus adapted to continuously circulate the drilling mud to and from the drilling rig while substantially removing one or more cuttings excavated during the drilling process, the apparatus further comprising one or more dirty mud shakers, each dirty mud shaker adapted to receive dirty mud from the drilling rig and being in mud flow communication with the clean mud mixing tank and the conveyor belt system, each shaker further adapted to partially separate undesired particles from the dirty mud resulting in shaker processed mud and used mud, each shaker further adapted to transport the used mud to the clean mud mixing tank and reintroduce the shaker processed mud back into the mud flow communication path.