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Multi-component facility for well drilling (see Fig. 1).


  1. Mud tank
  2. Shale shakers
  3. Suction line (mud pump)
  4. Mud pump
  5. Motor or power source
  6. hose
  7. Draw-works
  8. Standpipe
  9. Kelly hose
  10. Goose-neck
  11. Traveling block
  12. Drill line
  13. Crown block
  14. Derrick
  15. Racking Board (Sometimes referred to as the Monkey Board)
  16. Stand (of drill pipe)
  17. Setback (floor)
  18. Swivel (On newer rigs this may be replaced by a top drive)
  19. Kelly drive
  20. Rotary table
  21. Drill floor
  22. Bell nipple
  23. Blowout preventer (BOP) Annular type
  24. Blowout preventer (BOP) Pipe ram & blind ram
  25. Drill string
  26. Drill bit
  27. Casing head or Wellhead
  28. Flow line
Fig. 1. Typical Drilling rig schematic.


See Also


Petroleum Industry / Upstream / Subsurface E&P Disciplines / Drilling Engineering / Well drilling

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