US 11,753,884 B2
Downhole cuttings collector
Daniel Duncan Blue, III, Houston, TX (US); and Ian David Campbell Mitchell, The Woodlands, TX (US)
Assigned to Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Appl. No. 16/480,585
Filed by Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 2, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/025314
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 24, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/212670, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 7, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/664,704, filed on Apr. 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0404272 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. E21B 21/06 (2006.01); B01D 33/044 (2006.01); B65B 1/06 (2006.01); B65B 43/52 (2006.01); B65C 3/16 (2006.01); G01N 15/02 (2006.01); B65C 3/06 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01)
CPC E21B 21/066 (2013.01) [B01D 33/044 (2013.01); B65B 1/06 (2013.01); B65B 43/52 (2013.01); B65C 3/06 (2013.01); B65C 3/16 (2013.01); G01N 15/0227 (2013.01); G06T 7/0004 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a flow line to convey a fluid from a borehole, wherein the fluid includes cuttings;
a suction line in fluid communication with the flow line;
a flow line pump to move the fluid via the suction line onto a surface of a cuttings separation conveyor to collect the cuttings, wherein the surface of the cuttings separation conveyor comprises a separation screen;
a cuttings container positioned under an edge of the cuttings separation conveyor;
a cover device positioned along the cuttings separation conveyor; and
a computer coupled to the flow line pump, the computer configured to:
selectively activate the collection of the cuttings based, at least in part, on exceeding a threshold fluid amount or a time threshold;
determine that the cuttings container is to be covered based on a preset boolean value;
cover, via the cover device, the cuttings container with a screw lid, wherein the cover device is configured to rotate the screw lid onto the cuttings container;
determine that the cuttings container is full; and
based on the determination that the cuttings container is full, temporarily deactivate the flow line pump and the cuttings separation conveyer.