Mud is circulated through a wellbore to bring the cuttings to the surface. Here cuttings are separated out so that clean mud can be reinserted into the well.
CUTTINGS HANDLING SYSTEM FOR WASTE MUD DISPOSAL
Use of traditional cuttings handling systems based on washing the cuttings. By cleaning the cuttings, the oil content in the cuttings can be brought down to approximately 100g oil content per. kg drilled cuttings, which is the average allowable discharge of oil per. well. This again means that the cleaned cuttings can be dumped to sea after cleaning is performed.
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