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List of components of oil drilling rigs information


This article lists the main components of a petroleum onshore drilling rig.

Offshore drilling rigs have similar elements, but are configured with a number of different drilling systems to suit drilling in the marine environment.

The equipment associated with a rig is to some extent dependent on the type of rig but typically includes at least some of the items listed below.

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List of components of oil drilling rigs

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components of a petroleum onshore drilling rig. Offshore drilling rigs have similar elements, but are configured with a number of different drilling systems...

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Drilling rig

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into the earth's subsurface. Drilling rigs can be massive structures housing equipment used to drill water wells, oil wells, or natural gas extraction...

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Oil well

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with advances to oil drilling rigs and technology during the 20th century. Wells are frequently sold or exchanged between different oil and gas companies...

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Deepwater Horizon

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positioned, semi-submersible offshore drilling rig owned by Transocean and operated by BP. On 20 April 2010, while drilling at the Macondo Prospect, a blowout...

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Crown block

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pounds. List of components of oil drilling rigs "Crown Block Guide In Oil & Gas Rigs". Drilling Manual. Azar, J.J. (2004). "Oil and Natural Gas Drilling". Encyclopedia...

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Drilling fluid

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engineering, drilling fluid, also known as drilling mud, is used to aid the drilling of boreholes into the earth. Used while drilling oil and natural gas...

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Traveling block

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larger drilling rigs, when raising and lowering the derrick, line tensions over a million pounds are not unusual. List of components of oil drilling rigs v...

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List of abbreviations in oil and gas exploration and production

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– dummy-run log DR – drilling report DRI – drift log DRL – drilling DRLCT – drilling chart DRLOG – drilling log DRLPR – drilling proposal/progress report...

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Directional drilling

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Directional drilling (or slant drilling) is the practice of drilling non-vertical bores. It can be broken down into four main groups: oilfield directional...

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Glossary of oilfield jargon

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A hole on the drilling rig floor used to store the kelly and swivel. Roughneck: an honor reserved for the top tier members of a drilling crew. Sidetrack:...

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Blowout preventer

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pressure and the flow of oil and gas, blowout preventers are intended to prevent tubing (e.g. drill pipe and well casing), tools, and drilling fluid from being...

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Nabors Industries

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400 rigs in more than 20 countries. The company consists of the following business segments: U.S. Drilling, Canada Drilling, International Drilling, Drilling...

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National Iranian Oil Company

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Iranian oil industry. The objective is to become self-sufficient by 85% before 2015. The strategic goods include onshore and offshore drilling rigs, pumps...

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Halliburton

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Horizon oil rig in the Mexican Gulf. Halliburton staff completed cementation of the final production well 20 hours prior to the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig...

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Measurement while drilling

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natural resources such as gas or oil. During such drilling, data is acquired from the drilling rig sensors for a range of purposes such as: decision-support...

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California oil and gas industry

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construction of Panama Canal 1908 - Rotary drilling rigs and crews arrive in California from Louisiana and successfully drill wells at Midway-Sunset field. 1908...

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Petroleum industry in Canada

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Saskatchewan, very little of Manitoba's oil is heavy crude oil. A few rigs drilling for oil in South western Manitoba There are no oil refineries in Manitoba...

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Valaris Limited

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the world, and owns 52 rigs, including 36 offshore jackup rigs, 11 drillships, and 5 semi-submersible platform drilling rigs. In 2022, the company's...

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Shell plc

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secondary listings on Euronext Amsterdam and the New York Stock Exchange. A core component of Big Oil, Shell is the second largest investor-owned oil and gas...

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Baker Hughes

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Houston, Texas. As one of the world's largest oil field services companies, it provides products and services for oil well drilling, formation evaluation...

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Health and environmental impact of the petroleum industry

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from tankers, pipelines, railcars, offshore platforms, drilling rigs and wells, as well as spills of refined petroleum products (such as gasoline, diesel)...

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APA Corporation

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imitation of the Washington Monument, became the company's headquarters from the early 1960s until 1984. In 1967, the oil well Fagerness #1 was drilled, yielding...

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Petroleum in the United States

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technologies are some of these technologies. Smaller “slimhole” drilling rigs are able to drill smaller exploratory wells to reduce the size of the impacted area...

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Drill string

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A drill string on a drilling rig is a column, or string, of drill pipe that transmits drilling fluid (via the mud pumps) and torque (via the kelly drive...

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Deepwater Horizon investigation

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Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, National Academy of Engineering, National...

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Well logging

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and quality of hydrocarbons present. Specialists involved in well log interpretation are called log analysts. Drilling mud Drilling rig Erygmascope Formation...

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