Patent ID: 6936092

Claim:
A method for moving drilled cuttings material, the method comprising conveying with fluid under positive pressure drilled cuttings material to flow conduit apparatus, applying air under positive pressure to the flow conduit apparatus to continuously move the drilled cuttings material therethrough, continuously moving the drilled cuttings material with the air under pressure to separation apparatus, with the separation apparatus continuously separating drilled cuttings from the air, wherein the separation apparatus is a cyclone separator and the drilled cuttings moved into the cyclone separator are wet, wherein a flow pipe interconnects the separation apparatus in fluid communication with drying apparatus, flowing wet drilled cuttings through the flow pipe to the drying apparatus, drying said wet drilled cuttings with the drying apparatus, flowing the drilled cuttings material to expansion chamber apparatus, reducing density of the drilled cuttings material in the expansion chamber apparatus, wherein the density of the drilled cuttings material is reduced by flowing air into said material within the expansion chamber apparatus, moving separated drilled cuttings from the separation apparatus to collection apparatus from the group consisting of cuttings box, tank, storage device, container, and receptacle on a boat, wherein the drilled cuttings material is included within a slurry of material, and wherein upon mixing of the slurry with the fluid under positive pressure a resultant slurry is produced, and wherein the slurry has a specific gravity between 2.3 and 4.0 and the particle density of the resultant slurry is between 2 pounds/gallon and 4 pounds/gallon.