DrillingEngineeringEnglishIntroductionPurpose&ScopeEnhanceyourEnglishcommunicationandapplicationcapabilities•DrillingEngineeringEnglish•DailyDrillingReportAnalysis•WellWorkover/InterventionIntroduction•Practice&EvaluationLet’sbegin!•Name:•Title/Position/Responsibilities:•WorkLocation:•EnglishLevel:•OtherInformation:•Anticipationofthiscourse:HowtoMASTERgooddrillingEnglish?Word,sentenceandalittlegrammar.Practice&Bold!Enough?NO!!!DrillingEngineeringDrillingRigs/HistoryandOffshoreRigsUsefulTerms&SentencesRoutineDrillingOperationsDailyDrillingReportAnalysisandTranslationListening&WritingTestDrillingRigsHistoryandOffshoreRigsCableToolRig–OldStyleCableToolRig–OldStyleWhodrilledthefirstsuccessfulwellinthestates?ColonelDrakedrilledColonelDrakedrilledto69feetin1859.to69feetin1859.Cable-toolDrilling-OldStyle•Cable-toolDrilling:Thedrillbithangsinaropeorcable.Apoweredwalkingbeamraisesanddropsthecable;ithitsthebottomoftheholewithgreatforcetopiercetherock.•Twodisadvantages:drillermuststopdrillingfrequentlytoremovepiecesofrockorcuttings.Themethodcannotdrillsoft-rockformations.RotaryRigRotaryRig(FluidCirculating)Byitself,rotatingabitonpipeisnobetterthandroppingabitoncable.Afluidcirculatingrotaryrigcirculatesfluidwhilethebitdrills.Developedinthe1850’s,gainedwidespreadacceptanceaftertheSpindletopwellwasdrilledin1901.Developedinthe1850’s,gainedwidespreadacceptanceaftertheSpindletopwellwasdrilledin1901.ClassificationofrotarydrillingrigsDrillingRigsFromLefttoright,Landbasedoilexplorationrig,Platformrig,Jack-uprig,Semi-submersible,DrillshipandanotherdeeperwaterSemi-submersible.DrillatSea•Drillingcrewshavetooperatethroughthedepthoftheseawatercolumn.•Climates&Environments•Corrosivetomachines•LimitedStoragespace•Vesseldynamicpositioning•And,$$$DrillingCrew•Companyman:Repfromoilcompany,DrillingSupervisor•Toolpusher:Thecontractor’stopmangeronthedrillsite.•Tourpusher:Workfortoolpusherasteamleader•Driller:Theonepersonwhoactuallyoperatestherig.•Derrickman:Twojobs:monitorsandrecordstheconditionofthedrillingmud,handlesthetopofthepipe.•RoughneckorFloorman:handlespipeontherigfloor•Roustabouts:Loadingandunloadingoftheequipmentandsupplies.Jack-upUnitAjack-upunitisabargewithlegsthatcanbeloweredorraised.Thebargeistowedtothedrillinglocationwithitslegsintheraisedposition.Onceinposition,thelegsarelowered.Whentheyreachthesea-bed,thebarge'sbodyishoistedabovethewater,creatingastabledrillingplatform.Thelengthofthelegsdeterminesthedepthofwaterinwhichajack-upbargecanbeused.Theycangenerallybeusedinupto100metersofwater.Jack-upbargesarewidelyemployedintherelativelyshallowwaters.Semi-SubmersibleDrillingRigAsemi-submersibledrillingrigisnormallyaself-propelledworkingplatformsupportedbyverticalcolumnsonsubmergedpontoons.Byvaryingtheamountofballastwaterinthepontoons,theunitcanberaisedorloweredinthewater.Semi-SubmersibleDrillingRigThelowerthepontoonsliebeneaththesurfaceofthewater,thelesstheyareaffectedbywaveaction.Thisreducesverticalmovementandallowsdrillingtocontinueinmoderatelyroughseas.Asemi-submersiblevesselisnormallyheldinpositionbyuptoeightverylargeanchors,orbydynamicpositioning.Dynamicpositioningsystemsusecomputercontrolleddirectionalpropellerstokeepthevesselstationaryrelativetothesea-bed,compensatingforwind,waveorcurrent.Semi-submersiblescandrillinwaterdepthsto300metersormoreal...