18 July 2017
See electrodynamic brake.
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 […]
18 July 2017
A tubular conduit serving as an extension of the wellbore from the equipment on the wellhead at the seafloor to a floating drilling rig.
18 July 2017
A calibrated funnel commonly used in field tests to determine the viscosity of drilling mud.
18 July 2017
A portable derrick that is capable of being raised as a unit, as distinguished from a standard derrick, which cannot be raised to a working position […]
18 July 2017
A device that fits into the rotary table to accommodate the slips and drive the kelly bushing so that the rotating motion of the rotary table […]
