دیکشنری تخصصی مهندسی نفت - نسخه آنلاین

n: 1. the steel mud tank in which solid material in mud is allowed to settle out by gravity. It is used only in special situations today, for solids control equipment has superseded such a tank in most cases. Sometimes called a settling pit. 2. a cylindrical vessel on a lease into which produced emulsion is piped and in which water in the emulsion is allowed to settle out of the oil.

n: A drilling mud filled open steel or earthen berm tank that is not stirred or circulated. By having mud slowly pass through such a container, most large drilling solids sink to the bottom, cleaning the mud somewhat. If the settling pit is small, as in the

a surface vessel where solids are allowed to settle out of a produced or circulated fluid stream.