Oil rig
An oil rig is any kind of apparatus constructed for oil drilling.
Kinds of oil rig include:
- Drilling rig, an apparatus for on-land oil drilling
- Drillship, a floating apparatus for offshore oil drilling
- Oil platform, an apparatus for offshore oil drilling
- Oil well, a boring from which oil is extracted
Components
An oil rig is made up of many different components. These components are very important to execute the overall operation of oil rig.[1] The list of components includes but not limited to:
- Crown Block and Water Table
- Catline Boom and Hoist Line
- Drilling Line
- Monkeyboard
- Traveling Block
- Top Drive
- Mast
- Drill Pipe
- Doghouse
- Blowout Preventer
- Water Tank
- Electric Cable Tray
- Engine Generator Sets
- Fuel Tanks
- Electric Control House
- Mud Pump
- Bulk Mud Components Storage
- Mud Pits
- Reserve Pits
- Mud Gas Separator
- Shale Shaker
- Choke Manifold
- Pipe Ramp
- Pipe Racks
- Accumulator
References
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