Gas handling equipment

Essential design features :

 Height and diameter of MGS.
 Internal baffle arrangement (possible
tangential inlet to give centrifugal effect).
 Length and diameter of gas vent.
 U tube or dip tube arrangement for liquid seal.
 VENT
M.G.S.

Actual operating pressure

determined by length and
INLET diameter of vent line

Maximum working
pressure determined by
height and type of fluid in
liquid seal
 VENT
M.G.S.

INLET

Gas

Mud Mud
seal
 VENT M.G.S.

INLET

Gas

Mud
seal

Mud
 M.G.S.

Gas

Mud

Mud
seal

Trip tank
 VENT M.G.S.

INLET

Gas

Mud
Trip
seal
tank

Mud