18 July 2017

Chain tongs

A tool consisting of a handle and releasable chain used for turning pipe or fittings of a diam larger than that which a pipe wrench would […]
18 July 2017

Cuttings

The fragments of rock dislodged by the bit and brought to the surface in the drilling mud. Washed and dried cuttings samples are analyzed by geologists […]
18 July 2017

Elevators

Clamps that grip a stand of casing, tubing, drill pipe, or sucker rods so that the stand can be raised from or lowered into the hole.
18 July 2017

Hydrocarbons

Organic compounds of hydrogen and carbon whose densities, boiling points, and freezing points increase as their molecular weights increase. Although composed of only two elements, hydrocarbons […]