API Standard Drilling Mud Fluids Storage Tank 40m³

Drilling mud fluids storage tank API standard

A mud tank is a sizable storage container that is used to hold drilling fluids. It's an integral part of the solids control system. AIPU Solids Control designs and manufactures various types of mud tanks. The tank meets the utility request of the drilling solids control system, mud plant, and solid-liquid separation system. 

In the past, people called mud tank a mud pit because it used to be just a pit dug out of the earth. it's used to hold drilling mud.

Mud tanks are constructed from weld-up steel plates and tubes. the bottom of the tank can either be square or cone-shaped. A tank can have several compartments.

For safety reasons, a catwalk with guard rails may be installed at the top of the container. this allows workers to inspect the dilling fluids without the danger of falling into it.

Parameters of drilling mud tank

Solids control system drilling mud tanks features

• Customized drilling mud purification system.
• Benefits of Low Solids In Drilling Mud.
• Increased drilling penetration.
• Increase bit or back reamer life.
• Reduce investment, but enjoy high efficiency.
• Reduce triplex mud pump, mud motor & surface equipment maintenance cost.
• Reduced cleanup & haul off or disposal cost.

Active and reserve mud tank

A mud tank is classified as either active or reserve. You can find many tanks in one oil rig. While the rig doesn't use all the tanks at once, it does use several.

An active tank holds the mud that circulates during drilling. The number of active tanks depends on the volume of mud required to keep the hole full. It's also vital that the amount of mud is sufficient for proper circulation.

An active tank can have different compartments with different roles. for example, the suction tank is where the pump picks up the mud that is used for the hole. the active tank can also have a chemical tank for mixing different chemicals and additives.

The reserve mud tank is not a part of the drilling process, but it has some critical functions. it can store excess mud and sometimes heavy mud for emergencies.

In the mud tanks, no matter for reserve or process tank there are mud agitators to make sure the proper drilling fluid property. For almost solids control system, the agitator will be the lateral type and every set agitator will be fit with the control panel. Besides mud agitators, the mud guns are another mixer to maintain drilling mud quality.

Mud tanks including the process tank, active tank, reserve tank, mixing tank, trip tank, pill tank. Between tanks, there are many different connections and lines. Such as the suction line, the discharge line, the drain port, the cleaning gate, and so on.