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Shale shakers are devices that remove drill cuttings
Drill cuttings

Drill cuttings refers to any material removed from a borehole while drilling Oil well. Although sand and shale make up the majority of the cuttings encountered while drilling a well, depending on the location, any number of Geologic_formation will actually be encountered....
 from the drilling fluid
Drilling fluid

Drilling a very deep hole is a very costly business. The hole size is kept very small as the drilled depth increases because it is to cased and cemented after wards....
 while circulating and drilling. There are many different designs and research into the best design is constantly ongoing since solids control is vital in keeping down costs associated with the drilling fluid.

The name shale shaker is a description of what it does. The basic design consists of large, flat sheets of wire mesh screen
Screen

Screen may refer to:...
s or sieve
Sieve

In general, a sieve separates wanted/desired elements from unwanted material using a tool such as a mesh, net or other filtration or distillation methods, but it is also used for classification of powders by particle size, or for size measurement as an analytical technique....
s of various sizes that shakes or vibrates the drill cuttings
Drill cuttings

Drill cuttings refers to any material removed from a borehole while drilling Oil well. Although sand and shale make up the majority of the cuttings encountered while drilling a well, depending on the location, any number of Geologic_formation will actually be encountered....
, commonly shale
Shale

Shale is a fine-grained sedimentary rock whose original constituents were clay minerals or muds. It is characterized by thin laminae breaking with an irregular curving fracture, often splintery and usually parallel to the often-indistinguishable bedding plane....
, across and off of the screens as the drilling fluid
Drilling fluid

Drilling a very deep hole is a very costly business. The hole size is kept very small as the drilled depth increases because it is to cased and cemented after wards....
 flows through them and back into the drilling fluid
Drilling fluid

Drilling a very deep hole is a very costly business. The hole size is kept very small as the drilled depth increases because it is to cased and cemented after wards....
 system, often called a mud system.






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Shale shakers are devices that remove drill cuttings
Drill cuttings

Drill cuttings refers to any material removed from a borehole while drilling Oil well. Although sand and shale make up the majority of the cuttings encountered while drilling a well, depending on the location, any number of Geologic_formation will actually be encountered....
 from the drilling fluid
Drilling fluid

Drilling a very deep hole is a very costly business. The hole size is kept very small as the drilled depth increases because it is to cased and cemented after wards....
 while circulating and drilling. There are many different designs and research into the best design is constantly ongoing since solids control is vital in keeping down costs associated with the drilling fluid.

The name shale shaker is a description of what it does. The basic design consists of large, flat sheets of wire mesh screen
Screen

Screen may refer to:...
s or sieve
Sieve

In general, a sieve separates wanted/desired elements from unwanted material using a tool such as a mesh, net or other filtration or distillation methods, but it is also used for classification of powders by particle size, or for size measurement as an analytical technique....
s of various sizes that shakes or vibrates the drill cuttings
Drill cuttings

Drill cuttings refers to any material removed from a borehole while drilling Oil well. Although sand and shale make up the majority of the cuttings encountered while drilling a well, depending on the location, any number of Geologic_formation will actually be encountered....
, commonly shale
Shale

Shale is a fine-grained sedimentary rock whose original constituents were clay minerals or muds. It is characterized by thin laminae breaking with an irregular curving fracture, often splintery and usually parallel to the often-indistinguishable bedding plane....
, across and off of the screens as the drilling fluid
Drilling fluid

Drilling a very deep hole is a very costly business. The hole size is kept very small as the drilled depth increases because it is to cased and cemented after wards....
 flows through them and back into the drilling fluid
Drilling fluid

Drilling a very deep hole is a very costly business. The hole size is kept very small as the drilled depth increases because it is to cased and cemented after wards....
 system, often called a mud system. This separates the drill cuttings
Drill cuttings

Drill cuttings refers to any material removed from a borehole while drilling Oil well. Although sand and shale make up the majority of the cuttings encountered while drilling a well, depending on the location, any number of Geologic_formation will actually be encountered....
, often called solids, from the drilling fluid
Drilling fluid

Drilling a very deep hole is a very costly business. The hole size is kept very small as the drilled depth increases because it is to cased and cemented after wards....
 so that it can be recirculated back down the .