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INDEX
GLOSSARY

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lignosulfonates, 54 mud reserve pits, 80, 84
line. See drilling line. mud return line, 51, 52f, 57, 62
links, 28 muds, 54, 59, 61, 80. See also drilling fluids.
liquid muds, 54 mud storage, 84
load ratings, 18 mud tanks/pits, 51, 55–56, 59, 62
lower kelly cock, 41, 41f mud weight, 54, 55, 60, 72, 80
lower kelly valve, 41
lower upset, 44f natural gas, 8, 55. See also fuel.
noise abatement, diesel-electric rigs and, 12

main brake, 24 nozzles, 47
makeup cathead, 20, 21f
makeup tongs, 20, 21f offshore drilling
making a connection, 54 crewmembers of, 85–86
making up a pipe, 20, 36, 42, 89 derrick delivery to, 18
drilling pipe for, 45
manifold, 72–73, 72f facilities for, 83
manually adjustable choke, 72 generators on, 79
mast, 18–19, 32. See also derrick. mechanics on, 87
master bushing, 36, 38, 39f, 43f MODUs, 77
mechanic, 87, 92 portability of rigs for, 2
mechanical drives, 9, 9f, 10f preference for diesel-electric rigs, 12
mechanical rig, 7. See also mechanical drives; rig. ram preventers, 67–68
mechanics, 88 rig, 85
mobile offshore drilling units (MODUs), 77, 85 top drive, 36
MODUs. See mobile offshore drilling units oil, 1–2, 54, 63, 82, 90
(MODUs). oil-based drilling fluid, 54
monkeyboard, 87 open hole, annular preventers and, 66, 66f, 67
morning tour, 90 operator, 2, 86
motorhands, 88, 92
mud active pits, 84 petroleum, 2, 8, 63
mud control, 61 phosphates, 54
mud-gas separators, 74f, 75. See also gas. pin, 46, 46f, 47
mud engineer, 80, 86 pipe. See drill pipe.
mud hopper, 52f, 55 pipe handler, 36
mud house, 52f pipe joints. See drill pipe joints.
mud logging, 82 pipe rack, 18, 45
mud-pit level, monitoring, 82 pipe ram blowout preventer, 65, 67, 67f
mud pump pneumatic controls/clutches, 79
circulating system and, 51, 52f polycrystalline diamond compact (PDC) bits, 48,
duplex, 56, 56f 48f
layout of, 11f, 14, 59f polymers, 54
operation of, 14 positive choke, 72
overview of, 56, 62 power system
triplex, 56, 57f drives, 9–12

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