10 November 2021

Driller’s Control Panel (DCP)

An enclosure, mounted near the driller’s position on the rig floor, displaying an array of switches, push buttons, lights and/or valves and various pressure gauges or […]
18 July 2017

Drilling block

A lease or a number of leases of adjoining tracts of land that constitute a unit of acreage sufficient to justify the expense of drilling a […]
18 July 2017

Drilling contractor

An individual or group that owns a drilling rig or rigs and contracts services for drilling wells.
18 July 2017

Drilling crew

A driller, a derrickman, and two or more helpers who operate a drilling or workover rig for one tour each day.