Methodology and system for utilizing rig mud pump assembly
US12326061B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 12, 2023 |
| Grant date | Jun 10, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 12, 2043 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
- CPC primaryE21B21/08
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A technique facilitates a drilling operation, e.g. a land-based drilling operation, by enabling a substantial reduction in the number of equipment components. According to an embodiment, a mud pump assembly is provided with at least one mud pump located on a rig positioned at a wellsite. The mud pumps may be run to perform a mud pumping operation by pumping mud downhole during drilling of a borehole, e.g. a wellbore. During stoppage of the mud pumping operation, the same mud pumps are utilized to perform a cementing operation in which cementing fluid is pumped downhole for cementing of casing. The use of the same mud pumps enables the operator to eliminate not only the separate cement pumps otherwise used for the cementing operation but also the motive units that would be associated with those separate cement pumps.
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