The equipment used to bore into the earth. There are two types: a. Rotary b. Cable tools. The rotary type is more modern and efficient.
A structure, which drills wells in the bottom in order to search for oil.
Is a sophisticated combination of machinery and controls. The key functions are lifting and lowering pipe, rotating the drill bit, circulating fluid to remove rock cuttings, and controlling the pressure in the hole. The principal components of a rotary rig are the derrick, the drawworks, the engines, the mud system, and the drillstring. The derrick is the structure placed over the well. The drawworks is the hoisting equipment. The engines drive the mud pumps and drawworks and provide power for miscellaneous equipment. The mud system is comprised of the mud pumps, the mud tanks, the mud flow lines, and the circulating hose. The drill string is the entire rotating assembly and consists of the kelly, drill pipe, drill collars and drill bit. Rigs are described as "singles", "doubles" or "triples" depending on how many nine-metre (30-foot) sections of pipe can be lifted and stacked in the derrick. Generally, the taller the derrick, the deeper the rig can drill.
The surface equipment used to drill for oil or gas, consisting chiefly of a derrick, a winch for lifting and lowering drill pipe, a rotary table to turn the drill pipe, and engines to drive the winch and rotary table.
The machine used to drill a wellbore. In onshore operations, the rig includes virtually everything except living quarters. Major components of the rig include the mud tanks, mud pumps, the derrick or mast, drawworks, the rotary table or topdrive, the drillstring, power generation equipment and auxiliary equipment. Offshore, the rig includes the same components but not those of the vessel or drilling platform itself. The rig is sometimes referred to as the "drilling package," particularly offshore.
rig used in drilling for oil or gas
a massive piece of industrial machinery and engines
a structure housing equipment used to drill for and extract oil or natural gas from underground reservoirs
The surface equipment used to drill for oil or gas. It consists of a TOWER framework (derrick) which supports the WINCH (pulley system) used to lift and lower drill pipe, a ROTARY TABLE that turns the drill string (and drill bit connected to the drill string), ENGINES to drive the winch and rotary table, and PUMPS to control the flow of the drilling mud.
The complete machinery and structures needed for drilling a well.
Offshore installation continually drilling new wells
A drilling unit that is not permanently fixed to the seabed, e.g. a drillship, a semi-submersible or a jack-up unit. Also means the derrick and its associated machinery.
A drilling rig is a structure housing equipment used to drill into underground reservoirs for water, oil, or natural gas, or into sub-surface mineral deposits. The term can refer to a land-based structure, or a marine-based structure (oil platform) commonly called an 'offshore oil rig'. While marine-based rigs can drill through the ocean bottom for minerals, the technology and economics of under-sea mines is not yet commercially viable.