LCM Recovery System

Technical Overview

LCM Recovery System Overview

Environmental Drilling Solutions (EDS) has developed a proprietary LCM Recovery System which can be
used to recover and reuse lost circulation material. This reduces operators' costs of LCM, and maintains
LCM concentrations in the drilling fluid to help improve wellbore integrity.
The EDS LCM Recovery System consists of either a single auger tank with 100 bbl capacity (85 bbl working
capacity), or a dual auger tank with 195 bbl capacity (180 bbl working capacity).

How It Works

The auger tank accepts the full flow from the well bore by bypassing the rig mounted shale shakers. Bypassing the rig shakers to the EDS auger tank allowing all LCM to remain in the active mud system.
Drilling fluid flows back into the active rig pits through the equalizer line from the auger tank back to the
active system.
Zero agitation in the tank allows the cuttings removed from the wellbore to fall out of the mud system and
to the bottom of the tank.
Cuttings that fall to the bottom of the tank are then removed with the augers.
Cuttings can be conveyed to the reserve pit or trucks to be hauled from location.
To conserve valuable drilling fluid, the cuttings can instead be conveyed to an EDS vertical dryer or EDS
drying shakers.
Effluent from the vertical dryer or drying shakers can be centrifuged and returned to the active mud
system.

Flow line

Auger Tank

LCM and Drilling Fluid to

Active Mud System

Cuttings to Reserve
Pit or Hauloff

EDS Cuttings
Processing

System Benefits
Drilling Fluids

By utilizing the EDS LCM Recovery System we

minimize the need to pump and dump to
control drilling fluid weight and solids content
Since cuttings are continuously being removed by
the auger tank there is no need to jet active rig
pits to remove cuttings due to bypassing the rigs
shale shakers
By minimizing the amount of drilling fluid that is
dumped to jet pits, the amount of fresh drilling
fluid that is built on location is minimized
Retaining the LCM in the active drilling fluid
system minimizes the amount of new LCM that
needs to be mixed to keep the needed
concentration

Environmental Drilling Solutions

201 Energy Parkway
Lafayette, LA 70508
(337) 261-3305
www.environmentalds.com

Waste Management

Reduces overall waste generated at the well site

Reduces costs and liability associated with hauloff trucking for off-site disposal
Reduces the size of reserve pits needed to hold
dumped volume and cuttings
Reduces the amount of time and money spent on
cleaning cuttings from active mud pits

Auger Tank System Specifications

Single Auger System
Capacity:
Length:
Weight:

Boom Length:
Power supply needed:

100 Bbl
40L x 8W x 5H
27,000 lbs. empty
33,600 lbs. full
36 (can be modified)
480V 3-phase

Auger Tank System Features

Confined space entry doors

Explosion proof junction boxes
Remote switches & boxes
Motors, electric boxes, tank and booms are
grounded

Auger booms can be

installed at multiple
angles to
accommodate the
space in the
backyard

Rig shakers
discharge directly
into the auger tank

Dual Auger System

Capacity:
Length:
Weight:

Boom Length:
Power supply needed:

195 Bbl
40L x 8W x 6H
30,000 lbs. empty
65,520 lbs. full
36 (can be modified)
480V 3-phase

System is designed to discharge in dump trailers

or pit area and auger boom unit swivels 90
degrees
Auger tank height is adjustable to match most rig
shaker packages

Dual auger boom

discharges for
contingency

Adjustable height to
match most rig
shaker packages