Patent ID: 8506821
Filing Date: 2013-08-13
Classification: B01D,C02F,E21B

Abstract:
1. A method of processing drilling waste, the method comprising: providing drilling waste from a primary separation device to a primary separation tank; producing a drilling mud from the primary separation tank; injecting a polymer into the drilling mud to produce a treated drilling mud; directing the treated drilling mud down the inside of a pipe disposed in a clarifying tank, allowing fine particulates to drop out of the treated drilling mud into a settling zone from which a first effluent is drawn, directing the treated drilling mud out of the pipe and up the outside of the pipe from which a second effluent is drawn; removing the fine particles from the clarifying tank by directing the first effluent out of the clarifying tank wherein the first effluent comprises the fine particles; transferring the first effluent into a first collection tank; and transferring the second effluent into a second collection tank.