(12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property 3 Orgai Z AOA {ntematona] Barca SS (10) International Publication Number i = (43) International Publication Date = Og vane 2017 206.2017) wipoipct Ree (1) International Patent Classification (81) Designated States (uriess otherwise indicated, for every BOSB 9/093 (2006.01) BOSB 4/20 (2006.01) ind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, oy eee AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, 21) International Application Number: BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, Di, DK; DM, PCT/US20161066776 DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FL, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, TD, IL, IN, IR, 1S, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, (22) Imternati ng Date: HN, HR, Hl 15 December 2016 (15.12.2016) KP, KR. KW, KZ, LA, EC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA. MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, NNW, MX, MY. MZ, NA, NG 25) Filing Language: English NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS 26) Publication Language nels RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SF, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST. SV. SY, eae oam Fratish THT, TM, TN, TR, TT, 12, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, (80) Priority Data 2K. 2M, ZW 69,069 17 December 2015 (17.12.2015) us (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every (7D) Applicant or MN only): Mel LalaCx (USUSI; 5950." kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH North Course Drive, Houston, Texas 77072 (US). GM, KP, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, UG, 2M, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, E18, TF, LT, LU LY, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI. SK, iglelf; Risabergveien 3, 4056, 4086 SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BI, CF, CG, C1, CM, GA, GN, GQ, or (NO), ERIKSEN, Frank; Schlumberger Nose GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, 76) Div Ml, Koppholen 23, (74) Agents: SMITH, David J. etal; 10001 Richmond Aven~ ue, IP Administration Center of Excellence, Room 4720, Houston, Texas 77042 (US). (7) Applicant (or all designated States except MN}: SCHLUMBERGER NORGE AS [NOINO}; Risshergve- ‘gen 3, 40S6 Tananger (NO), m Published: with international search report (Art. 21(3)) (64) Title: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLEANING MUD TANK caw dEgtggeren Bee. etica dng ec eae TA ee TS) pe 144 Separate |_se < cy = 2 Ss F gry avarac: Asem fr comings mk incisor ook. The fk ee proce The smd mind ee eens alta Senha tmron nines sas dar etaan’ pers Sous ay nal ons See ee seen eee earn ee ee mee een © howto sepa ane! fom sen! ke i Te hk cone Ses Se ere er ee ap etterWO 2017/106418 PCT/US2016/066776 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLEANING MUD TANK, CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIO! [0001 The present document is based on and claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application Serial No.: 62/269069 , filed December 17, 2015, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety Background [0002] A platform supply vessel (“PSV”) is a ship that is designed to transport goods, tools, equipment, and personnel to and from offshore oil platforms, The PSV may also include a tank for holding fluids used during the drilling, completion, and/or production processes at the oil platform. The fluids may be or include drilling fluid (e.g., mud) that is pumped into a wellbore, hydrocarbons produced from the wellbore, a combination thereof. ‘These fluids may accumulate on the walls of the tank over time, As a result, the tank is occasionally cleaned. [0003] The tank may be cleaned manually from the inside. In other words, a person may climb into the tank. The person may spray the sides of the tank with water ejected out of a pressure washer. Oftentimes, however, the tank may be so large that a person may not be able to reach some of the surfaces with the pressure washer without erecting scaffolding inside the tank. As will be appreciated, erecting scaffolding inside a tank on a PSV may take a considerable amount of time and money. Brief Description of the Drawings [0004] The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the present teachings and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the present teachings. In the figures: [0005] Figure 1 illustrates a schematic view of system for cleaning a tank, according to an embodimentWO 2017/106418 PCT/US2016/066776 [0006] Figure 2 illustrates a flowchart of a method for cleaning the tank, according to an embodiment, Description [0007] Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings and figures. In the following detailed description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present disclosure However, it will be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art that the systems and methods disclosed herein may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well-known methods, procedures, components, circuits, and networks have not been described in detail so as not to unnecessarily obscure aspects of the embodiments. [0008] It will also be understood that, although the terms first, second, etc. may be used herein to describe various elements, these elements should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one element from another. For example, a first object could be termed a second object, and, similarly, a second object could be termed a first object, without departing from the scope of the present disclosure, The first object and the second object are both objects, but they may not to be considered the same object. [0009] The terminology used in the description of the invention herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention, As used in the description of the invention and the appended claims, the singular forms “a, “the” ‘an” and are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will also be understood that the term “and/or” as used herein refers to and encompasses any and all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items. It will be further understood that the terms “includes,” “including,” “comprises” and/or “comprising,” when used in this specification, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof. Further, as used herein, the term “if” may be construed to mean “when” or “upon” or “in response to determining” or “in response to detecting,” depending on the context