Drilling Mud Treatment Poor Boy Degasser Mud Gas Separator

Poor Boy Degasser / Mud Gas Separator For Drilling Mud Treatment

Breif of mud gas separator

Mud gas separator is the ideal equipment to separate gas out of drilling mud before shale shaker to reduce gas explosion. The mud gas separator has another name poor boy degasser too. AIPU supply 3 models of mud gas separator with 800mm, 1000mm and 1200mm diameter tank vessel. The model selection can be done as per mud flow capacity requirement or budget requirement. Some clients requires only mud gas separator and some require mud gas separator  and flare ignition device both depending on drilling conditions. If no flare ignition device, the gas vent line on MGS will be set on vessel top with meters of gas vent line to allow separated gas discharge out.

What is the main configuration of such degasser?

Vessel diameter of mud gas separator is 1200mm, the inlet and discharge line is 5'', 10''. While the gas vent line is 8''. The overal dimension of whole degasser is about 2200x2200x6634mm. The vessel material is made of high quality carbon steel, or the special carbon steel Q345R to resist the H2S. Another specification is the vent line length.

Some clients request we to deliver the vent line togehter with the degasser. Some request 60m, while some request 100m. The vent line is the connection between degasser and flare ignition device.

Mud gas separator is made of steel sheet thicks 10mm for normal pressure working condition. Some of the degassers are made of steel sheets thick 14-20mm per different working pressure requirements. The pipelines and the valves will be different with normal pressure degasser, too.

Why do we need the mud gas separator?

For oil and gas well drilling, we usually set mud gas separator ahead of shale shakers. The drilling mud out of well bore will flow into degasser via the chock manifold. After degassed, fluid will flow out of degasser into shaker by pass or possum belly. Degasser will help get rid of large quantity invading gas. These is harmful and toxic gas may lead blow out

Especially when we drill the gas well at the gas field. The degassing is very important to safety working. We use the poor boy degasser and vacuum degasser together to control the gas volume entrained in drilling fluids and remove them efficiently.

Is there other type or model poor boy degasser?

Yes. There are APMGS1000, APMGS800. The differenc is the diameter the lines diameter and the vessel thickness. Based on working conditions, there are normal pressure degasser and middle pressure, high pressure degasser. And the working pressure can be 0.1Mpa to 6.4Mpa, or even higher according to practical condition. 

Besides the normal standard poor boy degasser, there are some degassers can be customized. For example, we have made the APMGS500, APMGS600 degassers for clients request smaller degasser and smaller flow rate. Please feel free to let us know the requirement of your degasser.

There is a customizable configuration the mud leg. That means the U tuber or mud seal length for a degasser. The mud seal will help to prevent gas flowing out of the degasser during operation. For the degasser leg and base, we can configure it as the adjustable one. That means, the laydown leg and the supporting base can be configured flexibly.

Features of APMGS1200 mud gas separator

High quality national standard steel.

Large flow rate.

Efficient degassing performance.

Mud seal design for clean mud flow out.

Pressure vessel certification available.

Customization on vessel diameter.

Support leg with elevation or not.

Common steel at economical cost is for option.

Heavy anticorrosive painting both internal appearance and external

Technical parameters of APMGS1200 liquid gas separator

For any question or demand, please feel free to contact AIPU solids. You will get a free offer on an optimal solution