Drilling Mud
Oil Company:
Eddy Pump was recently approached by one of the biggest drilling companies in the world in order to help them find a solution to a drilling mud problem. Due to high viscosity of the drilling mud they were having difficulties pumping the material through a 400 ft pipeline and could not exceed a flow rate over 5 barrels/min or 200-300 GPM. Eddy Pump rose to the challenge and setup a 400 ft pipeline demonstration with 43 barrels of drilling mud that was composed of 2.25 yards of P-gravel, 2.25 yards of sand, and 16 bags of quick gel. The final specific gravity of this material was between 1.6-1.8. The results were astonishing as the 8 x 6’’ Eddy Pump with a 250 HP motor achieved a flow rate of 22-24 barrels/min or 990-1080 GPM, over 4 times greater than that of the existing pumps.
