PG & Putzmeister join forces
By Roy Norum
( 20.12.2011. 14:28 )
PG Marine Group – Ing Per Gjerdrum AS / Norway (PG) has entered into a cooperation with highly specialized, pump manufacturer Putzmeister Solid Pumps GmbH / Germany (PSP) to address the rapidly rising, global market of DRILL CUTTING handling & transportation from the offshore oil & gas industry.
The strong exploration- and production- drilling activities world wide in pursuit of oil and gas reserves, triggers massive amounts of drill cuttings and drilling slops to be handled in an effective way, which at the same time caters for environmental, personnel and economical interests alike. Such processes have been established by PG and PSP, proven in North Sea Operations. These processes present themselves as the most novel technological solutions to the industry.
Drill Cuttings (DC) is the resulting product of the offshore oil & gas drilling activities.
Drilling Mud is used to cool and lubricate the drilling bit (crown), and establish an overpressure in the well being drilled to avoid uncontrolled blow-out when penetrating reservoirs or pockets with hydro carbons and gas.
In turn the drilling mud is pumped down under high pressure, and return through the risers carrying rock, sediment and sand components to the surface – which is called Drill Cuttings.
DC will contain chemicals used for efficient drilling, and absorb substances and liquids from the drilled formations, and represent an environmentally challenging “slop” waste fluid.
High global drilling activities in pursuit of more oil & gas generate vast volumes of DC, which needs to be handled and transported in safe, secure and efficient way.
PG-MACS represent the most novel, proven solution for such DC handling and have proven effective in the most demanding conditions in the North Sea already.
Our alternative to a deck full of waste carrying containers:Below-deck, efficient and safe, hull-integrated tanks, which handle all liquids and dry bulk in the most flexible layout ever seen aboard OSV’s.
By joining forces, PG and Putzmeister Solid Pumps create the widest portfolio of solutions for DC-handling, from seabed to rig - from rig to ship - and from ship to shore base in the safest, fastest and least resource-consuming way.
Ill. 2: DC handling transportation from drilling rig to supply vessel to onshore treatment plant
Through access to Putzmeister’s high density, high pressure pump solutions PG and Putzmeister are able to offer solutions which meet all demands in terms of challenges emerging from this highly sophisticated market.
Ill. 4: sectional view of PG- MAPS |
 Ill. 3: PG-MAPS subsea pump 1,6 MW |
Through PG’s revolutionary PG-MAPS® drill cutting subsea lift-pump – which basically works like a human heart – PG offers a most efficient, hermetically enclosed pumping solution to extract drill cuttings from the drilling string on the sea floor and pump this to surface and thereby enable enhanced drilling performance. On the rig, PG-RigMACS – which might also comprise Putzmeister’s high density solids pumps – transfer, store and discharge drill cuttings to the waiting offshore supply vessel. This in turn ship and discharge drill cuttings by its onboard, below deck, fixed installed PG-MACS® cargo system to the shore base. Here again, PG and Putzmeister have developed solutions to efficiently receive, store and transfer drill cuttings to shore magazines or processing plants in which drill cuttings are turned into valuable construction material.
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 Ill. 8: PG- MACS skid |
Beside the PG-MACS® a volume optimised transportation solution for high density drill cuttings, compromising a rectangular storage silo with it’s discharge sliding frame, feeder screws and high density solids pump is also available.
Ill. 9: Putzmeister rectangular DC- storage silo for vessels
Last updated: 20.12.2011. 14:54