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2. Drilling rig - Wikipedia

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   Mobile drilling rig mounted on a truck. In early oil exploration, drilling rigs were semi-permanent in nature and the derricks were often built on site and left in place after the completion of the well. In more recent times drilling rigs are expensive custom-built machines that can be moved from well to well.

3. Well drilling - Wikipedia

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   Well drilling can be done either manually or mechanically and the nature of required equipment varies from extremely simple and cheap to very sophisticated. Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) is defined by the International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC) as “an adaptive drilling process used to more precisely control the annular ...

4. List of components of oil drilling rigs - Wikipedia

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   This article lists the main components of a petroleum onshore drilling rig. Offshore drilling rigs have similar elements, but are configured with a number of different drilling systems to suit drilling in the marine environment. The equipment associated with a rig is to some extent dependent on the type of rig but typically includes at least ...

5. Oil well - Wikipedia

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   The daily rates of offshore drilling rigs vary by their depth capability, and the market availability. Rig rates reported by industry web service [26] show that the deepwater water floating drilling rigs are over twice the daily cost of the shallow water fleet, and rates for jack-up fleet can vary by factor of 3 depending upon capability.

6. Helmerich & Payne - Wikipedia

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   Helmerich & Payne Flex Rig drilling the Bakken. Helmerich & Payne, Inc. (/ ˈ h ɛ l m r ɪ k / HELM-rik) is an American petroleum contract drilling company engaged in oil and gas well drilling and related services for exploration and production companies [2] headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with operations throughout the world.

7. Big Stan (drill rig) - Wikipedia

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   The rig was originally built to meet the demand for a more powerful mobile drilling rig, specifically a demand for rigs capable of boring up to 260 feet (79 m) deep. [2] At the time, Big Stan was claimed to be the largest portable drill rig in the United States, [3] with some estimates placing it as the largest vehicle-mounted drill rig in the ...