Installation for drilling a well into a soil and associated drilling method

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PATENT NO 9631473
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14371720

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An installation (11) for drilling a well (13) into a soil comprising: —a discharge pipe (25) connected to the well (13) for recovering a drilling mud created by the drilling fluid mixing with components from the soil; —a flow rate sensor (92) to measure at least one parameter of the recovered drilling mud and generate a parameter value; —a calculator (94) connected to the flow rate sensor (92) to receive the parameter value in order to calculate a flow rate of the recovered drilling mud using the parameter value; characterized in that it further comprises a flume (90) having a throat and an approach channel hydraulically connected to the discharge pipe (25) to receive the recovered drilling mud, the measured parameter of the recovered drilling mud being representative of a height of the recovered drilling mud in the approach channel.

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GEOSERVICES EQUIPEMENTS95700 ROISSY EN FRANCE

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cadalen, Sebastien Aubervilliers, FR 6 18

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