18 July 2017

Active Heave drawworks

A drawworks with an advanced controls system and additional power to provide the heave compensation of the string on a floating vessel instead of the traditional […]
18 July 2017

Adiabatic accumulator system

An accumulator system is regarded as adiabatic when the pressure change is fast enough that no significant heat is transferred between the outside environment and the […]
18 July 2017

Adjustable choke

A choke in which the position of a conical needle, sleeve, or plate may be changed with respect to their seat to vary the rate of […]
18 July 2017

Air drilling

A method of rotary drilling that uses compressed air as the circulation medium. The conventional method of removing cuttings from the wellbore is to use a […]