Maintenance Steps of Mud Gas Separator

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Mud gas separator is commonly called a gas-buster, poor boy degasser


and liquid gas separator. It captures and separates large volume of free
gas within the drilling fluid. If there is a KICK situation, this vessel
separates the mud and the gas by allowing it to flow over baffle plates.
Maintenance steps of Mud/gas Separator
1. Open the screw plug for sand discharge in the manifold side to remove
sand when the mud discharge manifold is blocked.
2. The separator assembly is pressure container,so it must be used in
designed working pressure and surrounding. Overpressure work is
forbidden. The safety valve should be checked at least once a year.
3. The baffle should be checked after a well has been completed. Replace
it if there is something wrong.
4. Welding on the separator assembly is forbidden.
5. The exhaust pipe and liquid discharge pipe should be arranged
separately when the separator is paralleled. Uniting the pipe is forbidden .

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