18 July 2017
To encounter an interruption in the circulation of drilling fluid due to the fact that the fluid is entering into a porous or fractured formation underground […]
18 July 2017
The flex joint, or ball joint, allows the riser, which moves with the floating rig, to be connected to the BOP stack, which is locked to […]
18 July 2017
See electrodynamic brake.
10 November 2021
An event connected with a facility, including a natural event, having the potential to cause multiple fatalities of persons at or near the facility.
18 July 2017
To attach a joint of drill pipe onto the drill stem suspended in the wellbore to permit deepening the wellbore by the length of the joint […]
18 July 2017
To hoist the drill stem out of the wellbore to perform one of a number of operations such as changing bits or taking a core and […]
18 July 2017
To deepen the hole made by the bit (i.e., to drill ahead).
18 July 2017
1) to assemble and join parts to form a complete unit (e.g., to make up a string of casing). 2) to screw together two threaded pieces. […]
18 July 2017
To screw a length of pipe into another length of pipe.
25 July 2017
A device that is attached to the shaft of the drawworks and used as a power source for screwing together joints of pipe. It is usually […]
18 July 2017
An adaptive drilling process used to precisely control the annular pressure profile throughout the wellbore. While conventional drilling uses the hydrostatic pressure of the drilling mud […]
10 November 2021
A documented management system for review and approval of changes (both physical and process) to piping systems prior to implementation of the change. The MOC process […]
