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How to treat radioactive NORM sludge with VacuDrv
NORM doesn't sound like a big thing. But Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material might let the alarm bells ring. Everyone has heard of "radioactive material" and that sounds dangerous. However, most of this material is trapped deep in the ground beneath our feet. From there it reaches the surface, for example via the water cycle. Another possible pathway for NORM to reach the light of day is ...
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FAQ`s: What is the mud system? How to recycle drilling fluid?
The "mud system" is the recovery of drilling mud in the oil and gas industry. Using its worldwide unique vacuum desorptjon system called VacuDry®, econ industries' process is able to recycle the expensive drilling fluids in all technical components by practically 100%. Oil & gas, which is found nowadays in considerable low depths, is made accessible through drill holes in the earth's ...
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Fast, easy on-site measurement of hydrocarbons in drilling mud and oil in water
Portable infrared analyzers, such as the InfraCal Analyzers from Wilks, have been used worldwide for measuring off-shore oil in produced water for over 30 years. They have the advantage over other analytical instruments in that the measurement can be performed by non-technical users and it is relatively unaffected by composition changes in the effluent. They also provide off-shore users with the ...
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Centrifugal Mission Pump in China
The Mission pumps has been engineered for the toughest jobs in drilling, production, well-servicing, and industrial applications. The revolutionary design of the MAGNUM I provides supreme-duty performance in all types of fluid pumping operations. Although it offers greater capacity and higher heads, the MAGNUM I remains the competitive pump of choice for aggressive applications. The MAGNUM I is ...
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Scientists collect water near site of blown well
Scientists from several universities are working to learn whether a gas well that blew wild last week off the Louisiana coast is polluting the Gulf of Mexico. Joseph Montoya, a biology professor with Georgia Tech, was performing tests aboard a vessel near the site of the 2010 BP oil spill when the Hercules 265 well blew Tuesday and caught fire. All 44 people on the rig were evacuated and not ...
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Tricanter® centrifuge delivered to Zambian copper mine
Flottweg, a German centrifuge manufacturer, has supplied and commissioned the Tricanter® centrifuge for the First Quantum Minerals (FQM) Kansanshi Copper Project. The international co-ordination for the latest addition to the FQM interests in Zambia was supervised by the Australian consulting company who provided Flottweg with the purchase order for the Crud Tricanter®. One component of First ...
By Flottweg SE
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Extended Measurement Ranges for Testing Oil Content in Water and/or Soil with the InfraCal 2 Analyzers
There are several options for InfraCal users who would like to measure from sub-ppm to percent levels of fats, oil and grease (FOG) or total petroleum hydrocarbons in water, drill cuttings or soil. The new InfraCal 2 has the capability of multiple calibrations for different concentration ranges while the standard InfraCal TOG/TPH Analyzers only hold one calibration. Listed below are the typical ...
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Board: Oil Drilling Risks Remain from Device Woes
The key last-ditch safety device that failed to prevent the 2010 BP oil spill remains a potentially catastrophic problem today for some offshore drilling, according to a federal safety board investigation. The report issued Thursday by the U.S. Chemical Safety Board details the multiple failures and improper testing of the blowout preventer and blames bad management and operations for the ...
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Drill cuttings treatment in Azerbaijan
Drill cuttings containing hydrocarbon contaminants from the Oil & Gas industry are generally considered to be special waste. They are the broken bits from boreholes mixed with water and drilling fluids. Fluids released during the drilling process comprise of water, diesel or other hydrocarbons used for lubrication. There are various different ways to handle drill cuttings. To this day, most ...
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Industry Knowledge: What is Directional Drilling?
Directional drilling is defined as the practice of controlling the direction and deviation of a wellbore to a predetermined underground target or location. The term is also used as a catch-all for the method of drilling for oil or gas or for installing underground utilities in which special assemblies are used to drill at any angle and around obstacles. At ClearPath, we use this application of ...
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Sensing Success
The Australian Deep Exploration Technologies Co-operative Research Centre has signed a commercialisation agreement with Boart Longyear for its downhole sensing tool The Deep Exploration Tech- nologies CRC (DET CRC) has been established to address the most significant chal- lenge to the future of the miner- als industry, i.e. the reduction in the mineral-resources inventory due to high production ...
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Eaton’s new hp30 motors enhance overall performance of SIMCO drilling rigs
Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation today announced that SIMCO Drilling Equipment, Inc. of Osceola, Iowa, has selected Eaton’s new Char-Lynn HP30 Series motors for its SIMCO 2800 HS (HT) drilling rigs, resulting in enhanced overall performance. The HP30 high-pressure disc valve motors power standard drillheads on the all-hydraulic, tophead-drive rotary drills used for ...
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China Mission Magnum 8x6x14 Centrifugal Pump and Parts
Tobee Mission Magnum I 8x6x14 pumps and spare parts have ready for shipping, that will be used for water well drilling solid control system application. MISSION Magnum I pumps are proven as reliable, heavy-duty, low-cost slurry pumps. The 3x2x13 through 8x6x14 pumps all feature the same power end, which ensures production and reduced spare-part inventory requirements. Standard models are ...
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Vermeer D60x90 S3 provides solution for contractors completing large utility, small pipeline work
With the launch of the D60x90 S3 Navigator® horizontal directional drill (HDD), Vermeer has extended its S3 drill portfolio to meet the needs of contractors whose projects cross over between the large underground utility and small pipeline installation markets. With 60,000 pounds (27,240 kg) of thrust/pullback and 9,000 ft-lb (12202.4 Nm) of rotational torque, contractors can use the D60x90 ...
By Vermeer
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New Vermeer D100x140 Navigator® horizontal directional drill equipped with Tier 4i engine and class-leading torque
Vermeer Corporation has introduced the all new D100x140 Navigator® horizontal directional drill (HDD), designed for the needs of the water, sewer and gas pipeline market, among other installation applications. A number of design considerations have been incorporated to provide enhanced drilling performance and productivity in challenging soil conditions. The D100x140 is powered by a ...
By Vermeer
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