Drilling rigs are machines that create holes (boreholes) and/or shafts in the ground. They are equipped with deck engines or truck engines, hoists or lifts, compressors, pumps, and pipe-handling ...
Drill pipe is hollow, thick-walled piping that transmits drilling fluid and torque through the wellbore to the drill bit on a drilling rig. It is manufactured to withstand severe internal and external ...
Another type of drilling rig that can drill in ultra-deepwaters ... Furthermore, working in ultra-deepwaters, the drilling riser pipe may span thousands of feet from the bottom of the semisub ...
In response, someone took exception to my claim by stating that he works in the industry, and drilling rigs are stacking up. It is correct that the rig count has fallen. According to data from ...