دیکشنری تخصصی مهندسی نفت - نسخه آنلاین

n: acreage owned in the vicinity of a test well being drilled by another party and contributed to the driller of the well in return for information obtained from its drilling. The assignment of information is usually made on completion of the well.

assistant driller.

n: The process in which the bit continually breaks the formation and deepend the wellbore. It is controled by the driller who operates the brake crank and set down the drilling string to keep definite weight on bit.

n: See helper.

n: The device that can control the bit weight automatically during drilling.

n: a mechanism used to regulate the amount of weight 00 the bit without the presence of personnel. Automatic drillers free the driller from the sometimes tedious task of manipulating the drawworks brake to maintain correct weight on the bit. Also called an automatic drilling control unit.

n: Mechanism to automatically control the weight on the bit.

control unit n: see automatic driller.

n pl: the tongs latched on the drill pipe joint hanging in the totary by the slips, used to keep the pipe from turning as the makeup or breakout tongs (the lead tongs) apply torque to make up or break out the tightened tool joint connection. Compare lead tongs.

n: A tong suspended in the derrick, normally on the drillers right, used to hold box end of the tool joint while the pin end is loosened and unscrewed. Also called a make-up tong, as it is moved to pin end to tighten the joint to the recommended torque after

n: the motion a bit makes when it does not rotate around its centre but instead drills with a spiral motion. It usually occurs to a bit drilling in a soft or medium soft formation when the driller does not apply enough weight or does not rotate the bit fast enough. A whirling bit drills an overgauge hole (a hole larger than the diameter of the bit) and causes the bit to wear abnormally.

n: controls, usually located near the drillers position on the rig floor, that are manipulated to open and close the blowout preventers. See blowout preventer.