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Modern AC Land Drilling Rig

Editorial direction and coordination from Nina M. Rach, Drilling Editor Warren R. True, Chief Technology EditorLNG/Gas Processing

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Content by the Nabors technical team: Ron Morrison, Senior Vice-President, NDUSA Engineering & Technical Services Artwork & rendering: Lowell Reed, Loadmaster Universal Rigs Inc. Graphic coordination: Chris Jones, Xenon Group | www.xenongroupdesign.com
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LEGEND
MAIN RIG 1. Crown block 2. Mast, derrick 3. Drill pipe, triple stand 4. Monkey board 5. Gooseneck 6. Traveling block 7. Tubing board 8. Top drive 9. Drillers cabin 10. Standpipe 11. Mud-gas separator 12. Mud pit, cuttings containment 13. Flare pipes 14. Wireline spool 15. Pipe racks 16. Catwalk with pipe skate 17. Pipe ramp, V-door 18. Hydraulic raising cylinder 19. Substructure 20. Parts house 21. Accumulator unit 22. Water tank

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23. Fuel tank 24. Engine/generator sets 25. Variable frequency drive (VFD) house & motor control center (MCC) RIG FLOOR 26. Drawworks 27. Iron roughneck 28. Rotary table 29. Mousehole, covered 30. Standpipe manifold 31. Deadline anchor 32. AC motors 33. Winches FLUID SYSTEM 34. Choke manifold 35. Mud return line 36. Mud (shale) shakers 37. Desander/desilter, mud cleaner 38. Degasser 39. Tanks, agitators 40. Mud pumps

PRESSURE CONTROL SYSTEM 41. Annular blowout preventer 42. Pipe rams 43. Blind rams 44. Choke line & valves 45. Kill lines & valves 46. Drilling spool 47. Pipe rams DOWNHOLE COMPONENTS 48. Cellar 49. Casing head 50. Cemented conductor 51. Casing 52. Drill pipe 53. Bottomhole assembly 54. Drillbit

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Mast, substructure
This poster depicts typical equipment being manufactured for mid-depth range drilling, designed for mobility, drilling efficiency, safety, and minimal environmental impact. These fast-moving rigs can be transported in predetermined loads that meet permitted dimensions and weights for roads. No cranes are needed for assembly (self-erecting); the telescoping derrick 2 and three-piece substructure are lifted by two hydraulic raising cylinders 18 . The substructures subbase 19 has removable girder sections to provide clearance for the rig to be moved (skidded) along a row of wells for cluster drilling (skids not shown here).

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AC drive

Developed in the early 1990s, alternating-current drives were first used to drill offshore before being adapted for land. Troll A in the North Sea used the worlds first AC drilling system. AC drives offer more precise speed and torque control and quieter operation. The engine/generator sets 24 provide power to the variable-frequency-drive house. The VFD and MCC 25 feed the AC motors 32 that power the drawworks 26 .

Pipe handling

Automated systems provide a safer work environment than manual and reduce potential for injuries. Automated pipe-handling equipment reduces the chance of dropped pipe, casing, and tubing used in drilling and completing wells. With a handheld remote control (a redundant control board is at the far end of the catwalk), the driller directs mechanical arms to move tubulars from the pipe racks 15 onto the catwalk 16 . The skate moves individual tubulars up the pipe ramp (V-door) 17 to the drill floor.

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