DRILL CUTTINGS THERMAL DESORPTION

Low Temperature Thermal Treatment System

MAXIMISING RECYCLING AND MINIMISING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT Over the last two decades there has been a growing awareness of environmental issues involving the oil and gas industry. Today, waste generation, handling, treatment and recycling are high on the list of priorities. The Scomi Oiltools Thermal Desorption system takes care of your drill cuttings maximising recycling and minimising the environmental impact, generating clean cuttings and base oil fit for recycling in drilling fluids. THE PROCESS The Porcupine Processor is a low temperature indirect thermal desorption system utilising a closed loop heat transfer fluid. Drill cuttings or sludge, of any composition are conveyed into a feed hopper prior to entering the Porcupine Processor. The cuttings are heated to a maximum temperature of 340 C to produce water and oil vapours, and clean dry solids. The water and oil vapours are condensed in the Vapour Recovery Unit and phase separated. The recovered water is further treated to minimise any hydrocarbon content prior to being discharged or sprayed back onto the dry cuttings to re-hydrate them. The recovered base oil is temporarily stored prior to recycling.

Processed solids contain less than 1% Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons and subject to local regulations are suitable for reuse, for example as an engineering material. FLEXIBLE UNITS Projects around the world are all unique from multi-service requirements to remote location applications. To ensure the most cost effective application, Scomi Oiltools offers a range of Thermal Desorption systems to maximise utilisation of the equipment. Other system sizes are available on request. Optional second stage treatment processors are also available to treat higher boiling point materials such as crude oil sludges and asphaltine contaminated materials.

DRILLING WASTE MANAGEMENT

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SAFETY Safety is paramount to everything we do. The Thermal Desorption system has been through a hazard and operability study and therefore designed with safety in mind incorporating: blanketing to avoid formation of flammable Nitrogen atmosphere

BASE OIL RECYCLABILITY The low controlled temperature utilised in Scomi Oiltools Thermal Desorption process produces base oil in an un-cracked form making it suitable for recycling into new oil-based mud. Flash point analysis further confirms that the base oil is unaltered during processing.

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THERMAL EFFICIENCY The hot oil system offers heat transfer coefficients many times those of alternative thermal technologies. Skin temperatures can be controlled ensuring the base oil remains chemically unaltered. This results in a fuel-efficient system that recycles the base oil whilst minimising the environmental impact.
Recovered Oil Drill Cuttings

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