KOSUN VERTI-G Cuttings Dryer can Meet Increasingly Stringent Environmental Rules

KOSUN VERTI-G cuttings dryer improves overall cost-efficiency by recovering costly drilling fluid that is recovered from cuttings, as well as whole mud lost from shaker failure and rig motion. Further, the VERTI-G cuttings dryer produces lower waste volumes by generating dryer solids in both oil- and synthetic-base drilling fluid systems. The reduced waste volume can in turn dramatically reduce disposal costs.

VERTI-G dryer gives operators a critical advantage in meeting increasingly stringent environmental rules for cuttings disposal. The flow of cuttings into the VERTI-G cuttings dryer is PLC-controlled and continuously fed to yield optimum liquid/solid separation. Once cuttings are introduced into the dryer’s charge hopper, widely spaced, independently adjustable flights continuously direct cuttings to the shaker screen surface. Flights are tungsten carbide coated to reduce abrasion and ensure optimum tolerance.

In these operations, drill cuttings and associated waste fluids are collected on the rig in cutting boxes and then sent back to shore for disposal or treatment prior to disposal. Even when the discharge of drill cuttings offshore is still allowed. There is often now a requirement to collect and transport drill cuttings on the rig for secondary process such as vertical cutting dryer that will reduce the volume of drilling fluids associated with cuttings prior to discharge. In the drilling waste management or some similar works, screw conveyor or auger is a necessary part to convey materials from base ground to a higher position for further treatment.