18 July 2017

Magnetic brake

See electrodynamic brake.
25 July 2017

Makeup cathead

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

Managed pressure drilling (MPD)

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

Marine drilling riser

A tubular conduit serving as an extension of the wellbore from the equipment on the wellhead at the seafloor to a floating drilling rig.