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5. Circulating Component

Circulating component consist of the following:

1. Mud Pump 7. Return Line

2. Pump Manifold 8. Shale Shaker

3. Standpipe 9. Desander

4. Swivel 10. Desilter

5. Drillstring 11. Degasser

6. Annulus 12. Mud Pit

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1. Mud Pump

A large, high-pressure reciprocating pump used to circulated the

mud on a drilling rig.

A typical mud pump is a two cylinder, double acting or a three-

cylinder, single acting piston pump whose pistons travel in
replaceable liners and are driven by a crankshaft actuated by an
engine or motor.
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1. Mud Pump

1. SUCTION TANK
2. PREHYDRATION TANK
3. CHARGING PUMP
4. AGITATOR MOTORS
5. MUD HOPPPER
6. SUCTION LINE
7. CHARGING PUMP (MP)
8. MUD PUMP
9. VALVE AND PUMP PISTON
10. MUD PUMP DISCHARGE
MANIFOLD
11. PRESSURE GAUGE
12. PULSATION DAMPENER
13. PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE
14. DISCHARGE LINE
15. MUD PUMP ENGINE
16. INTERMEDIATE TANK
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2. Pump Manifold

An arrangement of piping and valves that receives drilling fluid from

one or more mud pumps and transmit the drilling fluid to the
succeeding circulating component.
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2. Pump Manifold
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3. Standpipe

The vertical pipe rising along the side of the Derrick or Mast, which
joins mud pump manifold to the rotary hose.
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7. Return Line

The passageway of the drilling fluid as it comes out of the well.

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8. Shale Shaker

An equipment the uses a vibrating screen to remove cuttings from

the circulating fluid in rotary drilling operations.

1. RETURN LINE

2. POSSUM BELLY

3. ELECTRIC MOTOR

4. SHAKER SCREEN
 Mesh to Micron Conversion Chart

U.S. mesh Inches Microns Millimeters

10 0.0787 2000 2.000

20 0.0331 841 0.841

40 0.0165 400 0.400

100 0.0059 149 0.149

200 0.0029 74 0.074

400 0.0015 37 0.037

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8. Shale Shaker

Shale shakers are designed to handle 100-1600 gpm flowrate of mud

and be able to remove cutting to size of 77 microns using a 200 mesh
screen.
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8. Shale Shaker

Shale shakers are designed to handle 100-1600 gpm flowrate of mud

and be able to remove cutting to size of 77 microns using a 200 mesh
screen.
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9. Desander

A centrifugal device for removing sand from the drilling fluid to

prevent abrasion of the pumps.
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10. Desilter

Also a centrifugal device for removing free particles of silt from the
drilling fluid to keep the amount of solids in the fluid at the lowest
possible point.
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11. Degasser
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12. Mud Pit

A waste pit, usually an excavated earthen-walled pit.