Treatment systems for drilling muds, completion fluids, and workover waste with high solids handling capacity and oil recovery for efficient oilfield waste management.
Refinery wastewater treatment including API separators, DAF, advanced biological treatment and polishing for strict discharge.
Oil and gas wastewater treatment for produced water treatment.
Sour water and desalter effluent treatment for petroleum refineries.
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Managing Oilfield Drilling Waste
Drilling and workover operations generate significant volumes of waste including drilling muds, completion fluids, and contaminated cuttings. These wastes contain drilling fluids, formation solids, oil, and chemical additives that require treatment before disposal. Reynolds & Bauhm systems efficiently separate solids, recover valuable drilling fluids, and treat wastewater for compliant discharge or reuse. Shale shakers, centrifuges and chemically enhanced separation recover reusable fluids and produce disposable, dewatered cuttings. This cuts mud costs and disposal volumes while keeping drilling-waste handling compliant in remote field conditions.
High-capacity solids separation removing drill cuttings and barite from drilling fluids for reuse or disposal.
Recovery of valuable synthetic and oil-based drilling fluids reducing operating overheads and waste volumes.
Mechanical dewatering of drill cuttings to reduce disposal requirement and oil content for landfill or land farming.
Treatment of wash water and excess fluids for discharge compliance or reuse in drilling operations.
Drilling Waste Sources
Treatment of water-based, oil-based, and synthetic drilling fluids for solids control and fluid recovery.
Separation and dewatering of formation cuttings contaminated with drilling fluids for reduced disposal requirements.
Treatment of spent completion and workover fluids containing brines, polymers, and formation solids.
Handling and treatment of fluids and solids from wellbore cleanout and workover operations.
Treatment of equipment wash water and deck drainage from drilling rig operations.
Processing of waste from reserve pit closure and site remediation activities.
Drilling Waste Management
Products for Drilling Waste
High-capacity vibrating screens for primary cuttings removal from drilling fluids.
Benefit: Primary solids control
Desanders and desilters for fine solids removal from drilling mud circulation.
Benefit: No moving parts
High-speed centrifuges for ultrafine solids separation and barite recovery.
Benefit: Fluid recovery
Vertical or horizontal dryers reducing oil-on-cuttings to <5% for disposal.
Benefit: Reduced disposal requirements
Dissolved air flotation for oil removal from wash water and excess fluids.
Benefit: 95% oil removal
Containerised treatment plants for remote drilling locations and rapid deployment.
Benefit: Rapid deployment
Why Choose Reynolds & Bauhm
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