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Industry news, technical insights, and updates on solids control, mud treatment, and waste management.

The future development trend of clean production for oil and gas drilling in China

In the process of oil and gas exploration and development, the total amount of drilling fluid waste is large. At the same time, since the drilling fluid waste contains various processing agents, the composition of the pollutants is complex, the concentration is high, the chromaticity is large, and the chemical oxygen demand (COD) is high. To meet the new environmental protection requirements, there is an urgent need to accelerate the development and application of high-efficiency treatment agents and new technologies, new processes and new equipment for drilling fluid waste treatment, change the traditional end treatment ideas for drilling fluid waste, and establish a whole process control and clean production of well field closed-loop, fulfill the engineering applications, and achieve a n

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What are the commonly used drilling waste treatment methods at home and abroad?

Over the past few decades, the oil and gas industry has taken various measures to minimize the waste generated by drilling operations in order to better protect the environment and public safety. Drilling operators use environment-friendly three-stage waste treatment methods to treat drilling waste: In the first stage, operators adjust the drilling process or use the proper drilling fluid to minimize waste generated during the drilling process. This not only reduces the cost of waste treatment for the operator, but also is more beneficial to environmental protection. In the second stage, the minimized drilling waste is recycled as much as possible. In the third stage, the non-recyclable drilling waste will be treated legally. Foreign drilling waste management follows the 4R principle of mi

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KOSUN electronic ignition device is of high quality and low price, and is widely praised by customers at home and abroad!

The electronic ignition and combustion device, designed and manufactured by KOSUN, is a kind of treatment facility for tail gas and vented natural gas in refinery plants and natural gas gathering transportation stations. As safe and environmentally friendly equipment, it can ignite and burn vented harmful flammable gases to eliminate their hazards to environment and safety. Moreover, the device can also be used along with drilling mud-gas separators in the area of petroleum drilling engineering. As a fairly matured product, it has been extensively applied in oil and gas fields in Xinjiang and Sichuan Provinces of China, Iran, Egypt, Venezuela, etc. The device mainly consists of DN200 (or DN150) gas burner (torch), GDH-2 electronic igniter, igniting tools (including liquefied gas cylinder,

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Operating Principles, Functions and Features of KOSUN Mud Gas Separator

Gas-cut drilling fluids enter the separator from its mud inlet, spray onto wear-resisting umbrella and spread over the umbrella board, knock against the board to increase its exposed surface area, and flow downward to create a turbulent flow state and make bubbles overflow from mud surface more easily. Bubbles then break and gas is separated from the mud. The free gas is eliminated through gas vent on the top of cylinder. The exhaust pipe is available and leads to a safe place, and its length is determined on site. The degassed drilling fluids enter the logging tank of shale shaker or circulating tank and are recycled after being purified by solids control equipment. Mud gas separator serves as an ideal deviceif well blowout or kick occurs orifoperators apply under-balanced mud column in d

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Functions, Structure and Features of KOSUN Solids Control System

KOSUN solids control system can conduct a staged treatment on drilling mud, and mix, degas, weight and stir drilling mud, and can also supply wellhead mud. The set of system is made up of mud tank , cable trough and solids control equipment . The whole system includes such five-stage solids control equipment as shale shaker , desander , desilter , centrifuge , vacuum degasser and duty room, and contains mud mixing and weighting system, mud dosing system, mud make-up system, clear water supply system, electrical control system, lighting system, etc. This set of system is coated with durable material, which ensures that the system can be used in an abrasive and corrosive environment. KOSUN solids control system adopts a multifunctional design, which makes the system meet the use requirements

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Iran discovers a new oilfield in the southwest, with crude oil reserves of 53 billion barrels.

According to the reports from foreign media, Iranian President Rouhani said Irans discovery of a new oilfield in the southwest could increase its oil reserves by a third. As the reports go, Rouhani said in a television speech in Yazd, a city in central Iran, that Iranian National Oil Company staff and exploration departments had discovered a new oilfield with 53 billion barrels of reserves. Rouhani said the oilfield covers an area of over 2,400 square kilometers and is located in Khuzestan, an oil-rich province. According to the information from US Energy Information Administration, Iran is the worlds fourth largest oil depositor and the second largest natural gas depositor. The US Energy Information Administration website says that Iran has confirmed crude oil reserves of approximately 15

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What are the functions and advantages of KOSUN oilfield mud tank?

As a mud carrier, mud tank is an indispensable part in mud circulation system, and it can complete weighting, mixing, solid-liquid separating, degassing and other processes. Mud tank carries the mud circulation between well head and mud pump . The solid phase in mud are separated stage by stage through relevant solids control equipment on mud tanks and then the drilling fluids is prepared in the mixing and weighting system to meet drilling requirements. KOSUN mud tank is often rectangle with its base constructed by H-shape steel as the main frame and other building materials, made to be skid mounted after satisfying the strength requirement. KOSUN mud tank adopts centralized electric control; heating and heat preservation system applied for tank body in polar regions. When used in drilling

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Main applications and operation method of KOSUN 40+5m3 elevated diesel tank

KOSUN 40+5m 3 elevated diesel tank is the special-purpose oil tank to provide and store diesel for power machines (diesel engine, generator, etc.) of drilling crew, mainly consisting of oil storage tank, 50CYZ-20 centrifugal oil pump, Y type filter, LNV type flowmeter, UHK561B-1400 explosion-proof liquid level switch, UFZ-04-2000 magnetic reversible level meter, elevated oil tank and manifold, and stainless steel ball valve, etc. Lift up the elevated oil tank when in use and lower it during transportation; there is no need to remove the pipelines between elevated oil tank and oil storage tank during lifting and lowering operations. Walking platforms are provided on top of both oil storage tank and elevated oil tank, with safety guardrails equipped around. Drain outlet is provided at bottom

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Introduction to trenchless horizontal directional drilling (HDD) technology and its working principle

I. Brief introduction to HDD technology Trenchless technology refers to a construction technique for laying, repairing, replacing or detecting underground utilities and pipelines with less excavation or non-excavation. The principle of directional drilling technology is applied in trenchless construction, which greatly reduces the impact of underground pipeline construction on traffic, environment, infrastructure, residential life and work, and becomes an important part of construction and management of modern urban infrastructures. The trenchless construction began in the United States in 1896, and rose in the developed countries in the 1980s and formed an industry. In China, the trenchless technology was used in Beijing in 1953, started in the 1990s, and develops rapidly this year. At pr

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