Patents
US 11633675 B2: Apparatus and method for a drill mud plant
- Granted
- 2023-04-25
- Filed
- 2019-02-06 application 16968104
- Type
- Utility · 12 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A remediation plant for remediating drilling mud, cuttings, and fluids. The preferred plant includes a reboiler that is adapted to provide heat to the drilling mud, cuttings, and fluid, a mud drum that is operatively connected to the reboiler, a distillation column that is operatively connected to the reboiler, a heat exchanger that is operatively connected to the reboiler, a condenser that is operatively connected to the distillation column, a condenser tank that is operatively connected to the condenser, an oil-water separator that is operatively connected to the condenser tank, and a pump that is operatively connected to the oil-water separator. The preferred remediation plant is adapted to remove synthetic drilling fluid from drilling mud, cuttings, and fluids. A method for remediating drilling mud, cuttings, and fluid.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg230425.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASTEC CO., Ltd. 27 patents | Foreign company or organization | Elder Mountain, TN | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Municipal Enterprises Ltd. 2 patents | Foreign company or organization | Bedford, CA | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wendell Feltman | Falling Water, TN | 2 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Patrick Joseph Rooney | Dartmouth, CA | 25 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Jerry Scott | Halifax, CA | 2 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Kevin Risley | Elder Mountain, TN | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Bob Reed | Ooltewah, TN | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Dusty McNabb | Howse, TN | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| B01D | Separation | B01D3/143 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| C09K | Materials for miscellaneous applications, not provided for elsewhere | C09K8/34 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| C10M | Lubricating compositions ; use of chemical substances either alone or as lubricating ingredients in a lubricating composition | C10M175/00 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| E21B | Earth or rock drilling; obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells | E21B21/06 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-02 | Release of security interest Release of security interest at reel/frame 062153/0169 | WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT signed 2025-07-01 | ASTEC, INC. CHATTANOOGA, TN ASTEC INDUSTRIES, INC. CHATTANOOGA, TN ROADTEC, INC. CHATTANOOGA, TN TELSMITH, INC. CHATTANOOGA, TN CARLSON PAVING PRODUCTS, INC. CHATTANOOGA, TN KOLBERG-PIONEER, INC. YANKTON, SD BREAKER TECHNOLOGY, INC. THORNBURY POWER FLAME INCORPORATED PARSONS, KS ASTEC MOBILE SCREENS, INC. STERLING, IL JOHNSON CRUSHERS INTERNATIONAL, INC. EUGENE, OR GEFCO, INC. HIXSON, TN | 71787/926 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2025-07-02 | Security interest Security interest Security agreement | ASTEC INDUSTRIES, INC. signed 2025-07-01 ASTEC, INC. signed 2025-07-01 ASTEC MOBILE SCREENS, INC. signed 2025-07-01 BREAKER TECHNOLOGY, INC. signed 2025-07-01 CARLSON PAVING PRODUCTS, INC. signed 2025-07-01 JOHNSON CRUSHERS INTERNATIONAL, INC. signed 2025-07-01 KOLBERG-PIONEER, INC. signed 2025-07-01 POWER FLAME INCORPORATED signed 2025-07-01 ROADTEC, INC. signed 2025-07-01 TELSMITH, INC. signed 2025-07-01 TERRASOURCE GLOBAL CORPORATION signed 2025-07-01 CMI/CSI LLC signed 2025-07-01 TABOR MACHINE COMPANY, LLC signed 2025-07-01 ELGIN POWER AND SEPARATION SOLUTIONS, LLC signed 2025-07-01 ELGIN SEPARATION SOLUTIONS INDUSTRIALS, LLC signed 2025-07-01 | WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT SAN ANTONIO, TX | 71787/859 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2022-12-19 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | ASTEC, INC. signed 2022-12-19 ASTEC INDUSTRIES, INC. signed 2022-12-19 ROADTEC, INC. signed 2022-12-19 TELSMITH, INC. signed 2022-12-19 CARLSON PAVING PRODUCTS, INC. signed 2022-12-19 KOLBERG-PIONEER, INC. signed 2022-12-19 BREAKER TECHNOLOGY, INC. signed 2022-12-19 POWER FLAME INCORPORATED signed 2022-12-19 ASTEC MOBILE SCREENS, INC. signed 2022-12-19 JOHNSON CRUSHERS INTERNATIONAL, INC. signed 2022-12-19 GEFCO, INC. signed 2022-12-19 | WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION CHARLOTTE, NC | 62153/169 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2020-08-07 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | FELTMAN, WENDELL signed 2018-03-23 MCNABB, DUSTY signed 2018-03-23 REED, BOB signed 2018-03-23 RISLEY, KEVIN signed 2018-03-23 ROONEY, PATRICK signed 2018-03-23 SCOTT, JERRY signed 2018-03-23 | ASTEC, INC. CHATTANOOGA, TN MUNICIPAL ENTERPRISES LTD. BEDFORD | 53431/61 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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