18 July 2017
1) a cylinder around which wire rope is wound in the drawworks. The drawworks drum is that part of the hoist on which the drilling line […]
18 July 2017
Somewhat loosely used in oil work, but in general any well that does not produce oil or gas in commercial quantities. A dry hole may flow […]
18 July 2017
Utilization of two active heave drawworks to provide full load compensation without the need of a crown-mounted compensation system and to increase the speed of the […]
25 July 2017
Dual gradient drilling (DGD) is a subset of MPD. As defined by the IADC, DGD means “two or more pressure gradients within selected well sections to […]