METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DELIVERING LOST CIRCULATION MATERIALINTO DRILLING PITS

摘要

Disclosed herein are embodiments of a method and system for delivering lo st circulation material, particularly cottonseed hulls, into oil and gas drilli ng pits. According to one exemplary embodiment, a method of delivering lost circulati on material from a bulk source to a drilling well mud system for controlling lo st circulation within a drilling well bore includes positioning a bulk containe r of lost circulation material at a location in the vicinity of but removed from drilling well mud system. Lost circulation material is introduced from the bulk container into a sorting mechanism. The method further includes conveying the lost circulatio n material with a moving device from the sorting mechanism to the drilling wel l mud system along a path separated from the moving device.