Drilling Rig

Definition: Drilling Rig

Drilling Rig

Noun

1. Rig used in drilling for oil or gas.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Mining

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Drilling Rig

Crosswords: Drilling Rig

Books

• The Discoverer Enterprise: World's Largest Offshore Drilling Rig (Thomas, Mark. Record-Breaking Structures.) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Oil drilling rig (foreground), lined reserve pit to the left of drilling rig, workover rig (smaller, in background). Credit: Merv Coleman.

Closeup of oil drilling rig. Credit: Merv Coleman.

Sunrise with drilling rig silhouetted. Credit: Merv Coleman.

Picking up drill pipe of the rack of an oil drilling rig. Credit: Merv Coleman.

Drilling rig. Credit: Merv Coleman.

Drill controls of drilling rig. Credit: Merv Coleman.

Roughnecks working on drilling rig platform. Credit: Merv Coleman.

Large drilling rig in forested area. Credit: Simontacchi.

William Besson and his drilling rig. Near Winton, Minnesota. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Economic History

Azerbaijan

The DSS-20, a new semi-submersible drilling rig, is currently under construction in a Baku shipyard - the first new rig to be built in the Caspian in over ten years. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Danish

tre eller fire boredaeksmaend er paa en rotationsboringsrig beskaeftiget med at anbringe kiler(slips),der skal holde boreroeret,og ved hjaelp af taenger og skruenoegler at skrue boreroer sammen eller skille dem ad,at lukke eller aabne loefteanordningerne, (and generally handle equipment around the rig floor, etc., handle the tongs or wrenches for screwing up or unscrewing the drill pipe, latch and unlatch the elevators, ployed on the rotary drilling rig to set the slips to hold the drill pipe, three or four floormen are e), selvloeftende platform (jack-up drilling rig, jack-up platform, jack-up rig, self-elevating drilling rig, self-elevating platform), naar de stikkes kaede ud fra en halvnedsaenkbar boreplatform,foeres kaeden ud af kaedekassen,over kaedetromlen,gennem det nederste klyds og ned paa havbunden (and down to the ocean bottom, in deploying chain from a semisubmersible drilling rig, over the wildcat, the chain is played out of the chain locker, through the lower fairleader), en boreingenioer er ansvarlig over for borelederen for,at alle selskabets regler og forskrifter saavel for arbejde som for vedligeholdelse af boreriggen overholdes;han har ogsaa ansvaret for alle uddannelsesprogrammer og for planlaegning af og tilsyn med (are obeyed;he is responsible also for all training programmes and planning and supervising a drilling programme from the start(spud-in)to completion, both for operation and maintenance of the drilling rig, the drilling engineer is responsible to the drilling superintendent for ensuring that all company rules and regulations). (various references)

Dutch

drie of vier boorvloerassistenten op de boorinstallatie hebben tot taak de boorpijpkeggen te plaatsen die de boorpijp moeten vasthouden;zij bedienen ook de boorpijptangen of schroefsleutels waarmee de boorpijp vast-of losgeschroefd wordt,de pijpheffers,et (and generally handle equipment around the rig floor, etc., handle the tongs or wrenches for screwing up or unscrewing the drill pipe, latch and unlatch the elevators, ployed on the rotary drilling rig to set the slips to hold the drill pipe, three or four floormen are e), de boortechnicus is aan de chef boortechnische dienst verantwoording verschuldigd voor het nakomen van alle maatschappijregels en-voorschriften met betrekking tot exploitatie en onderhoud van de boorinstallatie;hij is ook verantwoordelijk voor alle traini (are obeyed;he is responsible also for all training programmes and planning and supervising a drilling programme from the start(spud-in)to completion, both for operation and maintenance of the drilling rig, the drilling engineer is responsible to the drilling superintendent for ensuring that all company rules and regulations), zelfopvijzelbaar platform (jack-up drilling rig, jack-up platform, jack-up rig, self-elevating drilling rig, self-elevating platform), zelfheffend platform (jack-up drilling rig, jack-up platform, jack-up rig, self-elevating drilling rig, self-elevating platform), jack up (jack-up drilling rig, jack-up platform, jack-up rig, self-elevating drilling rig, self-elevating platform), hefeiland (jack-up drilling rig, jack-up platform, jack-up rig, self-elevating drilling rig, self-elevating platform), hefboorplatform (jack-up drilling rig, jack-up platform, jack-up rig, self-elevating drilling rig, self-elevating platform), hefbooreiland (jack-up drilling rig, jack-up platform, jack-up rig, self-elevating drilling rig, self-elevating platform), bij het laten vieren van een ketting vanaf diepdrijvende boorinstallatie,wordt de ketting uit de kettengbak,via de kettinschijf en door het onderste geleideblok naar de oceaanbodem geleid (and down to the ocean bottom, in deploying chain from a semisubmersible drilling rig, over the wildcat, the chain is played out of the chain locker, through the lower fairleader). (various references)

French

derrick. (various references)

German

bohrinsel. (various references)

Greek 

κατά την πόντιση της αλυσίδας από ένα ημιβυθιζόμενο ναυπήγημα γεωτρήσεως,η αλυσίδα ξετυλίγεται από το στρίντζο,με το WILDCAT,διά μέσου του κατ (in deploying chain from a semisubmersible drilling rig), αυτοανυψούμενη εξέδρα (jack-up drilling rig, jack-up platform, jack-up rig, self-elevating drilling rig, self-elevating platform), ο μηχανικός γεωτρήσεως είναι υπεύθυνος απέναντι στον επόπτη της γεωτρήσεως για την τήρηση των διαδικασιών και κανόνων της επιχειρήσεως πο (are obeyed;he is responsible also for all training programmes and planning and supervising a drilling programme from the start("spud-in")to completion, both for operation and maintenance of the drilling rig, the drilling engineer is responsible to the drilling superintendent for ensuring that all company rules and regulations). (various references)

Italian

tre o quattro uomini del piano sonda addetti all'impianto di perforazione rotary per fissare i cunei di tenuta delle aste,per manovrare le chiavi di avvitamento-svitamento delle stesse,aprire e chiudere gli elevatori etc.,e in generale per manovrare attre (and generally handle equipment around the rig floor, etc., handle the tongs or wrenches for screwing up or unscrewing the drill pipe, latch and unlatch the elevators, ployed on the rotary drilling rig to set the slips to hold the drill pipe, three or four floormen are e), piattaforma tipo jack up (jack-up drilling rig, jack-up platform, jack-up rig, self-elevating drilling rig, self-elevating platform), piattaforma elevatrice (elevator, jack-up drilling rig, jack-up platform, jack-up rig, self-elevating drilling rig, self-elevating platform), piattaforma elevabile in modo autonomo (jack-up drilling rig, jack-up platform, jack-up rig, self-elevating drilling rig, self-elevating platform), piattaforma autosollevante (jack-up drilling rig, jack-up platform, jack-up rig, self-elevating drilling rig, self-elevating platform), piattaforma automontante (jack-up drilling rig, jack-up platform, jack-up rig, self-elevating drilling rig, self-elevating platform), nello spiegamento della catena da un impianto di perforazione semisommerso,la catena viene esaurita,a partire dal cassone,sulla ruota dentata,attraverso i guidacavi inferiori sino al fondo aceano (and down to the ocean bottom, in deploying chain from a semisubmersible drilling rig, over the wildcat, the chain is played out of the chain locker, through the lower fairleader), jack up (jack-up drilling rig, jack-up platform, jack-up rig, self-elevating drilling rig, self-elevating platform), il capo sonda è responsabile verso il sovrintendente nel garantire che siano osservate tutte le norme e i regolamenti della compagnia,sia per il funzionamento che per la manutenzione dell'impianto di perforazione;è responsabile pure dei programmi di add (are obeyed;he is responsible also for all training programmes and planning and supervising a drilling programme from the start("spud-in")to completion, both for operation and maintenance of the drilling rig, the drilling engineer is responsible to the drilling superintendent for ensuring that all company rules and regulations). (various references)

Pig Latin

illingdray igray

Portuguese

plataforma auto-elevadora (jack-up drilling rig, jack-up platform, jack-up rig, self-elevating drilling rig, self-elevating platform). (various references)

Spanish

plataforma de perforación autoelevable con gatos (jack-up drilling rig, jack-up platform, jack-up rig, self-elevating drilling rig, self-elevating platform), plataforma de gatos (jack-up drilling rig, jack-up platform, jack-up rig, self-elevating drilling rig, self-elevating platform), en una instalacion de perforacion rotatoria se asignan tres o cuatro operarios de plataforma para colocar las cuñas de retencion que mantienen el varillaje, manejar las llaves de enroscado y dese nroscado de las varillas de perforacion, enganchar y desen (and generally handle equipment around the rig floor, etc., handle the tongs or wrenches for screwing up or unscrewing the drill pipe, latch and unlatch the elevators, ployed on the rotary drilling rig to set the slips to hold the drill pipe, three or four floormen are e), en el lanzamiento de la cadena desde una instalacion semisumergible de perforacion, la cadena se hace descender desde la caja de cadenas sobre la rueda dentada y a traves del guiacabos inferior h asta el fondo marino (and down to the ocean bottom, in deploying chain from a semisubmersible drilling rig, over the wildcat, the chain is played out of the chain locker, through the lower fairleader), el ingeniero de perforacion es responsable frente al superintendente de perforacion de garantizar que se cumplan todas las normas y prescripciones de la compañia respecto al funcionamiento y mant enimiento de la instalacion;tambien es responsable de los (are obeyed;he is responsible also for all training programmes and planning and supervising a drilling programme from the start("spud-in")to completion, both for operation and maintenance of the drilling rig, the drilling engineer is responsible to the drilling superintendent for ensuring that all company rules and regulations). (various references)

Turkish

delme tesisatı. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-3 letters: drilling, gingilli, girdling, grilling, ridgling.

-4 letters: dirling, gilding, gilling, gingili, girding, gliding, griding, ridging, rilling.

-5 letters: grigri, idling, ridgil, riding, riling.

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