The Hoisting System
The hoisting system on a drilling rig does the heavy lifting on the rig. It is used to raise, lower, and suspend the drill string and lift casing and tubing…
Power Systems
Drilling rigs, and their support vessels in the case of barge and floating vessels, have high power requirements. Some of the equipment requiring power includes the drawworks, mud pumps, rotary system, and…
Drilling Rig Systems
Although drilling rigs differ greatly in outward appearance and method of deployment, all rotary rigs have the same basic drilling equipment. The main component parts of a rotary rig are:…
Drilling rig
A drilling rig is an integrated system that drills wells, such as oil or water wells, in the earth's subsurface. Drilling rigs can be massive structures housing equipment used to drill water wells,…
THIRD PARTY SERVICE
The third party service providers make up about half of the workforce on an offshore rig. With so many hi-tech and specialized operations being performed at all stages of the…
Components of Drilling Machines
The components of drilling equipment/machines are extremely important to obtain proper results with the different kinds of tools that were employed. In the list below, there are some construction drilling machine components:…
What’s a drilling contractor?
These are companies that own the drilling rigs. This might be a single company that owns the rig, or a small group of companies that are pooling resources. The drilling…
What does Wellbore Diagram?
A Wellbore Diagram is a simplified diagram that is used to identify the major well completion components equipped in a borehole. The information included in the diagram corresponds to the…
DRILLING AND DRILL RIGS
Once the well site has been selected and all of the legal documents obtained, drilling can only begin after the site has been prepared, ground leveled, roads built (such as…
Drilling Operations
THE DRILLING PROCESS After a workpiece is laid out and properly mounted, the drilling process can begin. The drilling process, or complete operation, involves selecting the proper twist drill…
