Recently, GN Solids Control has provide to an offshore drilling platform a high technical system, an automatic mud tank cleaning unit. For easy transportation and flexible layout, the whole system is divided into several modules, as below:

1, automatic flushing gun module: in the mud tanks, there are lots of sentimental on tank bottom, especially on the bottom corners. An automatic flushing gun is a high pressure device used to flushing the tank thoroughly.

2. mud sucking module. After flushing ,the mud shall be taken out from the tank. Here GN designed a mud sucking module with powerful pump for moving the mud from mud tank to the next module for cleaning purpose.

3. mud cleaning module. This module is used to treat the dirty mud with physical and chemical solutions. After the cleaning procedure, the liquid phase, which is expensive drilling mud, could be recycled back to the drilling mud system, and the solids phase, which are drilling cuttings, will be removed.

4. mud transfer and storage module. The recycled drilling mud could be storage in a module with pumps. By using this pump, the clean mud could be returned to the drilling procedure or other places.

5. discharged drilling cuttings containers. Those containers are especially designed for receiving the cuttings from the mud cleaning system. They are equipped with a cover for sealing. And also, it can be moved by both forklift and cranes. On top there are lifting eyes and on bottom there are slots for forklift working.

As a leading separation solution provider, based on your customized requests, GN Solids Control can come up with different solutions. Like for this tank cleaning system, if the material is different, the cleaning procedure and equipment to be invited are sure different. If you have such project at hand, welcome to contact GN for consultancy.