About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 51. Chapters: American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Annular velocity, Apparent viscosity, Bell nipple, Casing head, Cement bond log, Conductor pipe, Corrected d-exponent, Crown block, Department of Petroleum Engineering and Applied Geophysics, NTNU, Desander, Deviation survey, Directional well, Drilling rig, ECLIPSE (reservoir simulator), Engineers India Limited, Estimated pore pressure, European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, Flow line, Flow show, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas, Institute of Petroleum Engineering, Integrated operations, Integrated Operations in the High North, Kelly hose, Klinkenberg correction, Leverett J-function, Marsh funnel, Measured depth, Minipermeameter, Mud cleaner, Mud Gun, Mud tank, Mud weight, Oil well control, Petroleum production engineering, Pipe rack, POSC Caesar, Possum belly, Proppants and fracking fluids, Reservoir engineering, Saybolt universal second, Shale Gouge Ratio, Slickline, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Society of Petroleum Engineers, Society of Petroleum Evaluation Engineers, Solids control, SPE Certified Petroleum Professional, SPE John Franklin Carll Award, Squeeze job, Stand (drill pipe), Steel catenary riser, Subsurface engineer, Swivel (drill rig), Top drive, Tracer use in the oil industry, Traveling block, Tripping (pipe), University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Volume units used in petroleum engineering, Wellbore. Excerpt: A drilling rig is a machine which creates holes in the ground. Drilling rigs can be massive structures housing equipment used to drill water wells, oil wells, or natural gas extraction wells, or they can be small enough to be moved manually by one person and are called auger. They sample sub-surface mineral deposits, test rock, soil and groundwater physical properties, and also can be used to install sub-surface fabrications, such as underground utilities, instrumentation, tunnels or wells. Drilling rigs can be mobile equipment mounted on trucks, tracks or trailers, or more permanent land or marine-based structures (such as oil platforms, commonly called 'offshore oil rigs' even if they don't contain a drilling rig). The term "rig" therefore generally refers to the complex of equipment that is used to penetrate the surface of the Earth's crust. Drilling Rig in Operation, North Yorkshire, United KingdomDrilling rigs can be: Swanson Drilling drilling directional oil wells in East TexasOil and natural gas drilling rigs can be used not only to identify geologic reservoirs but also to create holes that allow the extraction of oil or natural gas from those reservoirs. Primarily in onshore oil and gas fields once a well has been drilled, the drilling rig will be moved off of the well and a service rig (a smaller rig) that is purpose-built for completions will be moved on to the well to get the well on line. This frees up the drilling rig to drill another hole and streamlines the operation as well as allowing for specialization of certain services, i.e., completions vs. drilling. New portable drillcat technology uses smaller portable trailer mounted rigs with shorter 10 foot (3.0 m) drill pipe. DIY users and missionary groups and even preppers use these to drill water wells as they can be operated by 1 or 2 people with a minimal skill level. The shorter drill pipe also allows a much smaller mast, which lets you have a much smaller and lighter rig which is cheaper to ship ov
