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Case Study Number 1

Industry: Oil & Gas, Mining and Civil Waste Management

Application: Treatment of Waste Drilling Fluids for Recycling

Location: Brisbane, Australia

Configuration: 20’ Explosion Proof HMI Dewatering System with VFD Driven EE-1448HD Centrifuge.

Objective: Wastewater Treatment Sludge Dewatering in Order to Facilitate Landfill Disposal or Reuse.

Results: In the first month of operation, the system proces

When looking at technical brochures and marketing materials in regards to solids-control equipment, one question that should always come to mind should be: Is this really necessary? Other great questions to ask are: What are my day-to-day needs; and what are my severe, high-duty needs? Finding the right solidscontrol equipment is much like buying a personal automobile. Most vehicles’ speedometers advertise that they are able to achieve 140 mph, to even as fast as 220 mph or more, but is

When centrifuges are properly deployed, they can have dramatic effects on drilling performance. In fact, without them, many of the advances made in drilling would not have been considered achievable. Classically, we believe that centrifuges can achieve two common goals:

1. Reduce the content of drilled fines, specifically colloidal solids, and
2. Perform barite recovery in order to reduce drilling fluid additive costs.

Respectfully, each goal presents a vali

In Elgin’s last White Paper, “Common Challenges Relative to the Use of Decanter Centrifuges for Barite Recovery in the Oil & Gas Industry,” a detailed discussion was offered about the complexities involved in achieving effective solids control when deploying a dual-centrifuge “barite recovery” system. As noted in that report, when centrifuges are properly used, centrifu

For decades, the industry standard for waste management dryers (a.k.a. vertical cuttings dryers) has relied on belt-driven sheaves. Though belt-driven systems are cost effective and relatively easy to implement, at a minimum they have represented a maintenance nuisance, at worst they represent a serious safety concern when improperly design and/or maintained.

Section 1 - Belt Hazards

This year, KEMTRON Technologies is proud to celebrate 25 years of business. From the very beginning, KEMTRON has been providing quality, sophisticated solids control and waste management equipment to the oil and gas industry. This remarkable benchmark has been made possible by our unwavering commitment to our customers through offering durable value, now.

For 2014, after intensive research and development, KEMTRON is excited to introduce the KT-1655HD Barite Recover

Drilling fluid additives and the water that contains them are an essential part and expense of successfully completing a horizontal directional drilling (HDD) installation, and the longer the bore and larger the product being installed, the more drilling fluids cost.

Therefore, it makes economic sense to recycle drilling fluids by removing cuttings and recirculating the cleaned fluids. 

HDD fluid recycling technology has been adapted from t

Relative to the use of drilling fluids within the oil & gas industry, the use of drilling fluids within the horizontal directional drilling (“HDD”) industry, is new.   As the use of HDD technology did not become mainstream until the 1980’s, it took another decade before drillers started to consider the use of basic drilling fluids.  Even today, the amount of research and development aimed at HDD drilling fluids is considered

Although the use of drilling fluids within the HDD / trenchless industry is still relatively new, recent trends suggest that this standard is shifting as solids control is one of the most important phases in the drilling process. This shift is due to a growing awareness that drilling fluid maintenance and disposal can become exponential problems as they are both harmful to the environment and extremely costly. With the correct solids control system, fluid life can be doubled, if not tri

The correct solids control system can improve drilling rig efficiency, reduce costs and minimize the environmental footprint of your operation

Although the use of drilling fluids within the HDD / trenchless industry is still relatively new, recent trends suggest that this standard is shifting as solids control is one of the most important phases in the drilling process. This shift is due to a growing awareness that drilling fluid maintenance and disposal can become ex