A vacuum assisted remediation plant for remediating drilling mud, cuttings, and fluids, said remediation plant comprising: (a) a reboiler, said reboiler being adapted to provide heat to the drilling mud, cuttings, and fluid; (b) a mud drum; said mud drum being operatively connected to the reboiler to promote flow between the mud drum and reboiler and promote settling of solids in the mud drum; (c) a vacuum fractional distillation column, said distillation column being operatively connected to receive vapor from the reboiler; (d) a heat exchanger, said heat exchanger being operatively connected to the reboiler, and configured to transfer heat to a stream of the drilling mud and cuttings before entering the reboiler; (e) a condenser, said condenser being operatively connected to the distillation column to condense vapors from the distillation column; (f) a condenser tank, said condenser tank being operatively connected to the condenser to collect liquid from the condenser; (g) an oil-water separator, said oil-water separator being operatively connected to the condenser tank to separate oil and water from the liquid; (h) a pump or a control valve; said pump being operatively connected to the oil-water separator to pump the liquid from the condenser tank to the oil-water separator, or said control valve being operatively connected to the oil-water separator to control flow rate of the liquid from the condenser tank to the oil-water separator along a piping, said control valve automated with a flow instrument on the piping; and (i) a vacuum pump configured to provide a vacuum within said distillation column, wherein the remediation plant is adapted to remove synthetic drilling fluid from the drilling mud, cuttings, and fluids. (a) a reboiler, said reboiler being adapted to provide heat to the drilling mud, cuttings, and fluid; (b) a mud drum; said mud drum being operatively connected to the reboiler to promote flow between the mud drum and reboiler and promote settling of solids in the mud drum; (c) a vacuum fractional distillation column, said distillation column being operatively connected to receive vapor from the reboiler; (d) a heat exchanger, said heat exchanger being operatively connected to the reboiler, and configured to transfer heat to a stream of the drilling mud and cuttings before entering the reboiler; (e) a condenser, said condenser being operatively connected to the distillation column to condense vapors from the distillation column; (f) a condenser tank, said condenser tank being operatively connected to the condenser to collect liquid from the condenser; (g) an oil-water separator, said oil-water separator being operatively connected to the condenser tank to separate oil and water from the liquid; (h) a pump or a control valve; said pump being operatively connected to the oil-water separator to pump the liquid from the condenser tank to the oil-water separator, or said control valve being operatively connected to the oil-water separator to control flow rate of the liquid from the condenser tank to the oil-water separator along a piping, said control valve automated with a flow instrument on the piping; and (i) a vacuum pump configured to provide a vacuum within said distillation column, wherein the remediation plant is adapted to remove synthetic drilling fluid from the drilling mud, cuttings, and fluids.