US 12,214,569 B2
Removing waste from an oilfield rig
Ahmed Abdulaziz Al-Mousa, Dhahran (SA)
Assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran (SA)
Filed by Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran (SA)
Filed on May 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/738,234.
Prior Publication US 2023/0356491 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B30B 15/32 (2006.01); B30B 1/36 (2006.01); B30B 9/30 (2006.01); E21B 41/00 (2006.01)
CPC B30B 1/36 (2013.01) [B30B 9/3032 (2013.01); B30B 9/3042 (2013.01); B30B 15/32 (2013.01); E21B 41/00 (2013.01); E21B 41/005 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An oilfield rig waste disposal system, comprising:
a container mounted on a side of an oilfield rig adjacent a rig platform area, the container defining a volume sized to receive and store oilfield rig waste, the container positioned to hang off the side of the oilfield rig adjacent the rig platform area;
a compression plate positioned in the volume, the compression plate sized to extend between and orthogonal to two sides of the container and in planar parallel with a back wall of the container;
at least one powered arm connected to the compression plate and configured to adjust the compression plate between a retracted position in the volume adjacent the back wall and an extended position to compress the oilfield rig waste into at least one portion of compressed waste; and
an adjustable door connected to the container opposite the back wall and configured to swing away from the container to release the at least one portion of compressed waste from the volume.