CHAPTER 2 PART 1

Question 1

Lifts equipment and
drillstrings up and down
A wire rope called the
drilling line is spooled
around the drum

Answer 1

Drawworks:

Question 2

an assembly of sheaves (or
pulleys) over which the drilling
line is reeved

mounted on beams at the top
of the derrick

Answer 2

Crownblock:

Question 3

an arrangement of
pulleys through which the
drilling line is reeved

Answer 3

Travelling Block:

Question 4

A large hook with a snap-shut
locking device suspended from
the travelling block

Used to suspend the drillstring

Answer 4

Drilling Hook

Question 6

A set of clamps used when
running or pulling the drillstring or
casing into or out of the hole

connected to the travelling block.

Answer 6

Elevators:

Question 7

a heavy-duty wire rope made out of six strands of
improved plow steel

7/8 to 2 inches in diameter

Answer 7

Drilling Line

Question 7

Part of the drilling line reeled to the drawworks

travels with greater velocity than any other portion of the
line

Answer 7

Fastline

Question 8

that part of the drilling line between the crown block and
the deadline anchor

remains stationary as the travelling block is hoisted

Answer 8

Deadline

Question 9

securely fastens the deadline to the mast or derrick
substructure

Answer 9

Deadline anchor

Question 10

the travelling block is lowered to the
drillfloor; (2) the dead line anchor is unclamped, and (3) some
of the reserve line is threaded through the sheaves on the
travelling block and crown block onto the drawworks drum

Answer 10

Slip operation-

Question 11

done if the drawworks drum is full;
(1) the travelling block is lowered to the drillfloor; (2) the dead
line anchor is unclamped, and (3) the line on the drawworks is
unwound and discarded before the reserve line is threaded
through the system onto the drawworks drum

Answer 11

Slip and cut operation

Question 12

located at the start of the circulating system near the mud pumps
where drlling fluid is initially prepared, and maintained depending on
well bore conditions

Answer 12

Preparation Area

Question 13

specialized equipment for moving the drilling fluid from the
preparation area down the borehole and back to the active mud pit

Answer 13

Circulating Equipment

Question 14

Station dedicated for decontaminating and conditioning drilling fluids
brought out of the well bore

Answer 14

Conditioning Area

Question 15

A large tank holding DF on the rig or at a mud-mixing plant;

Answer 15

(Active) Mud Pit/ Mud Tank

Question 16

A mud-flow device for funneling materials
are put into the circulating mud system;

Answer 16

Mud Mixing Hopper/ Mud Hopper/ Jet
Hopper

Question 17

a drilling mud filled open steel or
earthen berm tank that is not stirred
or circulated;

Answer 17

Settling Tank/ Settling Pit

Question 18

Small compartment, normally
adjacent to the suction
compartment, used to mix
special fluids to pump downhole;

Answer 18

Slug Tank

Question 19

A small pit, typically located
immediately after the shaker
screens, which is used as a settling
pit to separate coarser solids that
accidentally bypass the shakers;

Answer 19

Sand Trap

Question 20

Used for mixing special
chemicals like caustic soda
(sodium hydroxide) before it is
placed in the active mud tank

Answer 20

Chemical Tank

Question 21

Positive displacement type
pumps are used (reciprocating
pistons) to deliver the high
volumes and high pressures
required to circulate mud through
the drillstring and up the annulus;

Answer 21

Mud Pumps

Question 22

Line connecting the pump to a
series of tubulars and equipment
to feed drilling fluids into the
wellbore.

Answer 22

Discharge Line

Question 23

A large-diameter (3- to 5-in inside
diameter), high-pressure flexible
line used to connect the standpipe
to the swivel;

Answer 23

Rotary Hose/ Kelly Hose

Question 24

The large-diameter metal pipe that
connects the bell nipple under the rotary
table to the possum belly at the mud tanks;

Answer 24

Mud Return Line/ Flow Line

Question 25

The primary and probably most
important device on the rig for
removing drilled solids from the
mud;

Answer 25

Shale Shaker

Question 26

A hydrocyclone device that
removes large drill solids
from the whole mud
system;

Answer 26

Desander

Question 27

A hydrocyclone much like a desander
except that its design incorporates a
greater number of smaller cones;

Answer 27

Desilter