Introduction to Drilling
Engineering
by
Dr. Paul Bommer
Dept. of Petroleum and Geosystems
Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
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Regardless of the size and complexity of the rig they all drill wells in
similar ways.
A rig needs to have:
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Drilling Hoisting
The swivel is suspended below a
hook which is part of the
traveling block
block.
All of this is suspended from the
crown block at the top of a
derrick.
The crown and traveling block
are a set off pulleys
ll
that
h are strung
on wire rope.
The weight that can be pulled is a
function of the number of lines
strung through the blocks.
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