AU1682801A - A method and apparatus for treating pressurized drilling fluid returns from a well - Google Patents

A method and apparatus for treating pressurized drilling fluid returns from a well

Info

Publication number: AU1682801A
Authority: AU; Australia
Prior art keywords: well; drilling fluid; fluid returns; pressurized drilling; treating pressurized
Prior art date: 1999-11-18
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Abandoned

Application number

AU16828/01A

Inventor

Carel W. J. Hoyer

Theodore Allen Morgan

David Speed

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Precision Energy Services ULC

Original Assignee

Northland Energy Corp

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1999-11-18

Filing date

2000-11-15

Publication date

2001-05-30

1999-11-18 Priority claimed from US09/442,450 external-priority patent/US6315813B1/en

2000-07-27 Priority claimed from US09/626,857 external-priority patent/US6413297B1/en

2000-11-15 Application filed by Northland Energy Corp filed Critical Northland Energy Corp

2001-05-30 Publication of AU1682801A publication Critical patent/AU1682801A/en

Status Abandoned legal-status Critical Current

Classifications

- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
- B01D—SEPARATION
- B01D19/00—Degasification of liquids
- B01D19/0031—Degasification of liquids by filtration
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
- B01D—SEPARATION
- B01D19/00—Degasification of liquids
- B01D19/0042—Degasification of liquids modifying the liquid flow
- B01D19/0052—Degasification of liquids modifying the liquid flow in rotating vessels, vessels containing movable parts or in which centrifugal movement is caused
- B01D19/0057—Degasification of liquids modifying the liquid flow in rotating vessels, vessels containing movable parts or in which centrifugal movement is caused the centrifugal movement being caused by a vortex, e.g. using a cyclone, or by a tangential inlet
- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
- E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
- E21B21/00—Methods or apparatus for flushing boreholes, e.g. by use of exhaust air from motor
- E21B21/06—Arrangements for treating drilling fluids outside the borehole

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Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Geology (AREA)
Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis (AREA)
Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
Mining & Mineral Resources (AREA)
Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
Fluid Mechanics (AREA)
Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
Degasification And Air Bubble Elimination (AREA)
Physical Or Chemical Processes And Apparatus (AREA)
Physical Water Treatments (AREA)

AU16828/01A 1999-11-18 2000-11-15 A method and apparatus for treating pressurized drilling fluid returns from a well Abandoned AU1682801A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (5)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US09/442,450 US6315813B1 (en)	1999-11-18	1999-11-18	Method of treating pressurized drilling fluid returns from a well
US09442450		1999-11-18
US09/626,857 US6413297B1 (en)	2000-07-27	2000-07-27	Method and apparatus for treating pressurized drilling fluid returns from a well
US09626857		2000-07-27
PCT/CA2000/001358 WO2001036561A1 (en)	1999-11-18	2000-11-15	A method and apparatus for treating pressurized drilling fluid returns from a well

Publications (1)

Publication Number	Publication Date
AU1682801A true AU1682801A (en)	2001-05-30

Family

ID=27033170

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
AU16828/01A Abandoned AU1682801A (en)	1999-11-18	2000-11-15	A method and apparatus for treating pressurized drilling fluid returns from a well

Country Status (5)

Country	Link
AU (1)	AU1682801A (en)
CA (1)	CA2380308C (en)
GB (1)	GB2372061B (en)
NO (1)	NO326068B1 (en)
WO (1)	WO2001036561A1 (en)

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GB2521374A (en)	2013-12-17	2015-06-24	Managed Pressure Operations	Drilling system and method of operating a drilling system
GB2521373A (en) *	2013-12-17	2015-06-24	Managed Pressure Operations	Apparatus and method for degassing drilling fluid
CN104265267B (en) *	2014-09-19	2017-02-01	中国石油大学(华东)	Gas-liquid bi-phase flow measuring device and measuring method applied to control pressure well drilling
DE102021107660A1 (en) *	2021-03-26	2022-09-29	Robert Staudacher	Hydrocyclone degassing device

Family Cites Families (5)

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Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US4397659A (en) *	1981-06-22	1983-08-09	Lucas Industries Limited	Flowline degaser
US5129468A (en) *	1991-02-01	1992-07-14	Conoco Specialty Products Inc.	Method and apparatus for separating drilling and production fluids
NO953318D0 (en) *	1995-08-24	1995-08-24	Read Process Eng As	Oil Processing Equipment
US5900137A (en) *	1996-06-27	1999-05-04	Homan; Edwin Daryl	Apparatus and method for separating components in well fluids
CA2188839C (en) *	1996-10-25	2001-01-02	David Speed	Recovery of gas from drilling fluid returns in underbalanced drilling

2000
- 2000-11-15 GB GB0203936A patent/GB2372061B/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 2000-11-15 CA CA002380308A patent/CA2380308C/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 2000-11-15 AU AU16828/01A patent/AU1682801A/en not_active Abandoned
- 2000-11-15 WO PCT/CA2000/001358 patent/WO2001036561A1/en not_active Ceased
2002
- 2002-02-25 NO NO20020906A patent/NO326068B1/en not_active IP Right Cessation

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
GB0203936D0 (en)	2002-04-03
NO20020906L (en)	2002-04-29
CA2380308A1 (en)	2001-05-25
NO20020906D0 (en)	2002-02-25
NO326068B1 (en)	2008-09-15
WO2001036561A1 (en)	2001-05-25
GB2372061B (en)	2003-09-24
GB2372061A (en)	2002-08-14
CA2380308C (en)	2005-05-24

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Legal Events

Date	Code	Title	Description
2002-07-18	MK6	Application lapsed section 142(2)(f)/reg. 8.3(3) - pct applic. not entering national phase