Well-known HDD Driller manufacturer-Vermeer

As a manufacturer of the solids control equipment and the drilling mud system for Horizontal directional drilling,I am interested to know about the well-known directional driller manufacture-Vermeer.
 
Vermeer Corporation, a well-known company in the HDD industry,is located in Pella, Iowa USA

Referred to as “The Mile” due to its one-mile length, the 1.5 million square foot manufacturing and parts facilities is where employees design, test and produce machines that are used around the world.Continuing to set the standard on jobsites around the world.

From a heritage of underground utility installation going back decades, Vermeer has been a market leader and innovator in the horizontal directional drill industry for more than 20 years.

Brightway ZJ70 mud system for 7000 m oil drilling

Here is one example of Brightway ZJ70 drilling mud system for 7000 m oil drilling.

ZJ70 mud system

This system is for oil drilling with solids control equipment as below.
1. Shale shaker: 2 sets BWZS70-3P2
2. Mud cleaner: 1 set BWZS70-3S16N
3. Centrifuge: 2 sets BWLWF450-842N
4. Mud gas separator: 1 set BWZYQ1200
5. Mud tank: 8 sets.

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Brightway HDD mud system

Horizontal directional drilling (HDD), is a steerable trenchless method of installing underground pipes, conduits and cables in a shallow arc along a prescribed bore path by using a surface-launched drilling rig, with minimal impact on the surrounding area. Directional boring is used when trenching or excavating is not practical. It is suitable for a variety of soil conditions and jobs including road, landscape and river crossings.

Brightway is a leading manufacturer of Horizontal Directional Drilling(HDD) Mud Recycling System.

We can manufacture the HDD Mud recycling system in 150GPM / 350GPM / 500 GPM / 800GPM/ 1000GPM / 1500 GPM according to customer requirement.

Fast moving compact system: more compact design with fast connection for removable parts, convenient in transportation.

Mud Tanks Options: Skid Mounted or Trailer Mounted or Hydraulic Jack Up mud Tanks.

Brightway equipment for HDD mud system:
Shale shaker, mud cleaner, centrifugal pump, mud agitator, jet mud mixer, mud tank.

Shale Shaker Innovations

I am interested in the innovations of the shale shaker.

Let's know about the company Fluid Systems Inc firstly.
FLUID SYSTEMS, INC. (FSI) began operations in early 1979 doing developmental and engineering work on solids control equipment and mud handling systems used on drilling rigs. FSI’s Corporate Charter was issued on June 16, 1981.

Their equipment innovations include side-mounted vibrators, Wedgelok™ fasteners and pretensioned screen panels – all of which are being incorporated by competitors today. Single Panel, Dual Panel, Triple Panel, Quad Panel, and Five Panel Units are all available for varying process applications. Cascading Systems (Shaker-Over-Shaker) are available for special applications where the footprint for installation is restricted. Dual-Feed Units are being used in applications where only triple-feed machines could handle the processing requirements heretofore.

Shale shaker

Cascading shale shaker

Brightway produce the traditional linear motion shaker shakers, with the wedge structure for shaker screen similar as  Fluid Systems's shale shaker.

shale shaker

Brightway shale shaker is with reliable and stable features and competitive price which has been sold to overseas markets.

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3 Drilling Mud System for COSL

Brightway shipped the 3 sets drilling mud system for COSL.
With 45 days production, we passed the strict inspection of COSL(China Oil Service Ltd) .

We applied the galvanizing treatment for the equipment on the tank,the walkways, the guardrails, ladders etc, which bring the excellent anti-rust performance,and without any corner missed in this process.

mud tank

Shipment of Centrifuge pump, jet mud mixer and mud guns

August 7th, 2013 , Brightway finished a shipment for a Singapore drilling platform with centrifugal pumps , brine pumps ,Jet mud mixers and mud guns.

centrifugal pump, jet mud mixer, mud gun

Operation Instruction of the centrifugal pump:

1. Before operation, please ensure the rotating direction of the motor is correct. Turning the pump axis by hand, it needs to work normally and the opposite working direction forbidden.

2. Pouring the liquid full of the pump and inlet piping in order to discharge the air, it works normally.

3. When the pump work continuously, no need to clean the pump, but when it stopping work, must wash it by clean water in order to avoid the aging of the pump body and impeller because of the rust, which influence the future usage.

4. All the bearings of the pump are added with lubricating grease as our regulation before shipment. When the work temperature is below 120℃, no need to add the lubricating grease, but above 120℃, must add the lubricating grease regularly in order to guarantee the pump lifetime.

5. For the lubricating grease, must adopt the one compatible to the original bearing grease, otherwise, bad lubricating effect shortens the bearing lifetime.

6. In the condition of high work pressure and high temperature, suggest to check the lubricating grease in the centrifugal pumps every day, if necessary, add the lubricating oil to the bearings.

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What centrifuge we can provide similar as MI Swaco CD-250 centrifuge?

Brightway Centrifuge BWLWF220 can be used for the mineral drilling rigs, with the similar capacity as MI Swaco CD-250 centrifuge. 

decanter centrifuge

Model	CD-250	BWLWF220
Brand	MI-SWACO	Brightway
Bowl diameter	253mm	220mm
Bowl length	941mm	880mm
Rotary speed	0~4500rpm	0~4800rpm
	4000rpm operation speed	4000rpm operation speed
G-force	2773G	2840G
Weight	1010 KGS	1000KGS

Advantage:

• Small footprint
• High efficiency, with max speed as 4800 rpm and separation force as 2840G
• Already being used in mineral drilling,diamond drilling, HDD etc.
• Competitive price 

As the professional solids control equipment manufacturer, we also produce shale shaker, vacuum degasser, mud cleaner, mud tank, and mud gas separator etc.

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What We Learn from Derrick Mud Agitator?

Derrick mud agitators is with the below features.

Derrick Mud Agitator

• Reducer: Helical-bevel gearbox
• C-face explosion-proof electric motor
• Sized to process 20 ppg drilling fluid
• 5-30 HP available

Attaching the motor directly to the reducer gearbox prevents misalignment that can result in premature bearing failure and provides 95 percent efficiency in power transfer to the impeller. Using this superior design surpasses standard worm drive gear assemblies by 30 percent, allowing Derrick agitators to do the same work at far less horsepower. By unitizing the motor and gearbox, weight and space requirements are reduced. Horsepower, mechanical configuration, impeller diameter, and shaft length are customized to tank dimensions and maximum mud weights. Available horsepower ratings* are: 5, 7.5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30.
*Horsepower is de-rated for 50 Hz power configuration

Mud agitator from Brightway is with the same direct connection structure between motor and reducer as Derrick mud agitator.
For the reducer, we can adopt the Helical-bevel design or the worm design up to customer requirement.
Available horsepower ratings are : 7HP, 10HP, 15HP, 20HP
*Horsepower is de-rated for 50 Hz power configuration

Brightway Mud Agitator

Features:

• Reduce: Helical-bevel design or worm design 
• Motor: Explosion-proof electrical motor, and can be the style of horizontal or vertical
• Shaft and impeller: With galvanizing treatment
• Available horsepower: 7HP, 10HP, 15HP, 20HP
• Small footprint

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Compact Drilling fluids System for HDD

Always compact drilling fluids system is welcome for horizontal directional drilling(HDD).
Compact represents cost saving in transportation&labor, easy for maintenance,smaller footprint, etc.

I am very interested in the different compact drilling fluids system designs in market. I respect our competitor and in some aspect, their good work helps us to think and grow.

Have a look at the below Triflo compact HDD system 100GPM-150GPM

Compact HDD System 100GPM-150GPM

1x shale shaker

1xmud cleaner (4x4" desilter+bottom shaler shaker)

1x mud hopper

3x pump-2x3 centrifuge pump 5.5kw

( one for desilter, one for mud mixing, the last one for pumping the mud from the tank back to the drilling)

1xtank overall size: 1.5x5.4x1.8m, tank size:1.5x2.7x1.8m

Advantage:

• Small footprint
• In the 3 pumps, including the pump to have the mud back to the drilling use
• 2 stage of separating: shale shaker-mud cleaner with desilter

Disadvantage: 

• The tank body without the folds decrease the loading strength.

Taking our tank body panel as below for example, the folds on the body can avoid the shape transformation, then strengthen the load ability.

Brightway Mud Tank

• 3x2 centrifugal pump, 5.5kw, from my knowledge, such pump flow is about 20 m3/h, about 88GPM, I wonder if it can meet the requirement of the 4x 4" desilters?

• Such compact HDD system, I can not see the walkways and guardrail.

• From the aspect of separating stages, it is without the desander stage.

In general, this Triflo system is the compact one and only the end user can tell the final treatment effect is good or not.

The above is only my thoughts from my understanding read from the picture.

How we Brightway design the compact HDD system?

We want to do the 2 in 1 mud system or 3 in 1 system including the 3 separation stages of shale shaker, desander and desilter and the mud mixing hopper, with the size as 5.5x2.3x1.8m, Volume about 10 m3, capacity about 250GPM. 

Attractive, isn't it?

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How Mud Gas Separator/ Poor Boy Degasser Work?

Mud gas separator, also named as poor boy degasser, how does it separate the gas from the drilling mud?


The below drawing can explain the mud flow.

There are 4 colors (blue/green/red/brown) of arrows in the drawing, which present mud, gas, liquid of mud and mud deposit.

mud gas separator

• The mud from the drilling well goes into the poor boy degasser as showed in the blue arrow. Because of the gravity, the mud drops down at the inner structure of poor boy degasser. 

• With the gas bubbles bursting out, the gas flows with the routine of the green arrow. If to burn the harmful gas, connect gas exist of poor boy digasser to flare ignition device by pipe  in about 30 meters away from the poor boy degasser.

• The mud liquid flows out as the red arrow showed, and this mud liquid can go to the drilling fluids recycling equipment such as shale shaker, mud cleaner, centrifuge, etc for further separation. 

• If to clean the mud deposit accumulated in the poor boy degasser, the bottom hole is to drain the mud solids out as specified in the brown arrow. 

• The safety valve on the top is to release the gas in case the inner pressure is very big, and the pressure meter on the top is to read the inner pressure.

Brigthway liquid gas separator are sold at home and abroad.

liquid gas separator

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Brandt Shale Shaker VS Brightway Shale shaker

Shale shakers separate solids from liquids by utilizing a vibrating basket, which is outfitted with specially designed and sized screens. Shakers are considered the most important tool for removing drilled solids.

The well-known Brandt shale shaker is produced by National Oilwell Varco, which began to provide the solids control equipment from year 1974.

Brightway respect the leading shale shaker manufacturers including Brandt, and we also persist in our own product improvement to give our wisdom and effort for this industry.

Let's have a comparison between Brandt mini Cobra 3-panel shaker and Brightway liner motion 3-panel shale shaker.

• Brandt mini Cobra 3-panel shaker shaker:

Brandt shale shaker

Dimensions (L x W x H): 2657.6 mm x 1679.7 mm x 1346.2 mm

Weir Height: 609.6 mm

Basket Angle: Adjustable 0° to +3°

Screen Type: Pretension, repairable

Screen Dimensions (L x W x H): 1251 mm x 635 mm x 25.4 mm

G-Force: 6.5 G’s @ 60 Hz/ 6.6 G’s @ 50 Hz

Deck Area: 2.4 m2

Motor Type: (2) Vibra-Motors

Motor Power (each): 2.5 hp (1.9 kw)

Vibration Motion: Linear

• Brightway Linear motion 3-panel shale shaker:

Brightway Shale Shaker

Dimensions (L x W x H): 2403 mm x 1884 mm x 1448 mm

Weir Height: 944 mm

Basket Angle: Adjustable -1° to +5°

Screen Type: Pretension, repairable

Screen Dimensions (L x W x H): 1250 mm x 700 mm x 25.4 mm

G-Force: <=7.5G

Deck Area: 2.6 m2

Motor Type: (2) Vibra-Motors

Motor Power (each): 2 hp (1.5 kw)

Vibration Motion: Linear

• We can see the difference from the picture and specification, but we can also see the similar points as below.

1. The securing method of screens is similar,which fit snugly and will not slip or slide once secured.
2. The screen design is similar

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