GN Solids Control built one set of mud plant for North America including 4 sets of mud tank , 1 set of shale shaker , 2 sets of high speed decanter centrifuge , 2 sets of submersible slurry pump for feeding decanter centrifuge and tank attachement . The mud plant normally close to drilling area where may allow many drill rig working but treat drilling mud together or after finish drilling . It will be contain high volume of drilling mud and need equipment to separate drilling cuttings and fine solids out of drilling mud .
Main Equipment Will Be Used For Drilling Mud Plant
Shale shaker will be required to separate drilling cuttings , depending on mud plant size and capacity , client will choose different model and quatity of shale shaker . This client choose one set 2 screen shale shaker for about 200 GPM mud flow capacity .
Decanter centrifuge will be required to separate fine solids after treatment by shale shaker , the shale shaker will treat about 150 microns by 100 mesh screen , then one set high speed centrifuge will separate solids 5 microns and above or 7 microns and above by middle speed decanter centrifuge . There are different models from GN Solids with different treating capacity and treating effictivity .
Mud tanks will be require to storage dirty and clean drilling mud before and after treatment , normally they will require many tanks to storage clean mud after treatment as they need some spares in case no space for dirty mud treatment . The mud tank size can be customized depending on jobsite condition and requirement or clients requirement . Many clients choose 40 feet container size mud tank consider of transport locally but some client like more capacity of mud tank to save space .