A Handbook of English for Offshore Oil Drilling

Drilling

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Carry out drilling operation in accordance with the drilling program. . Prepared bell nipple. . Make up 2 joints of drill pipe. . Break out this connection. . Run hole opener to sea bed. Mix gel fluid for drilling conductor hole. . Make up bottom hole assembly. Check and reset crown-saver on every tour. . Number stands on trip out and trip in. . Pick up BHA and run to seafloor. . Pick up stands. Dont drill faster than 15 minutes for 1 stand. 15 1 Drop TOTCO. () Fish TOTCO with overshot. Resume drilling to T.D. Circulate 15 minutes. 15 Run in hole. Put out of hole. Make an inventory of all ring gaskets. Use spinning tong. Operate the air winch. Lay down 57 joints of 5 drill pipe. 57 Pick up drill stem test tool. Circulate mud for 2 hours. 2 Move string during circulation. Circulate hole clean. Circulate bottoms up. Fill up every 5 stands. 5 Check mud weight every 15 minutes. 15 Reverse out excess cement. Change/replace old mud by new mud. Stop drilling. Drilling ahead. Pull out of hole bit. Change bit. Run the wear bushing. The bit thread type is regular pin. Whats the make-up torque? ? Run in 9 collars. 9

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The cathead cant give enough torque. Connect crossover sub. The tong angle is too small. Stop circulating. Break out the stand. Set the single into the mousehole. Can we break out the pipe with rotary table? ? No! Break it out with tong. ! Spin it out with the air spanner. Put the pipe wiper on the string. Dont set this stand back. Make up the lift sub. Secure the safety clamp. The bit is nearing the shoe. Slow down the running speed. This is the undergauged interval. This is the drilling program. How much weight on bit is required? ? Keep the rotary speed at 120---140 RPM. 120---140 / Keep the flow rate at 3000 LPM. 3000 / The pump pressure is too high. Dont ream the hole too fast. Notice the rotary torque. The penetration rate is getting slower. The bit is nearly worn out. Stop drilling at 2000 meters. 2000 Circulate for one hour. The pump pressure has increased. One nozzle may be plugged. (: ) What is the hook load? ? Whats the pick-up weight? ? Whats the lowering weight? ? Run in HWDP. A stabilizer is needed here. This is a flexible sub. This is the BHA log. Record all outside and inside diameters. () We need a short drill collar. Pull the cat line. Operate the break lever. (:) Stop the pumps. Make a wiper trip. Retrieve wear bushing. Bleed off pressure. ()()

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Keep 5 wraps on the drum. 5 Set slips. If tight hole, repeat wiper trip. , Setback bottom hole assembly. Make sure all alarms are on. Lay down TDS spinner. Run in hole bit #15 to bottom. 15 Run in hole to casing shoe. Pick up same bit and BHA. Lay down 5 HW drill pipe. 5 Move string every 2 hours. 2 Keep area around shaker clean. Control trip gas. Ream if needed. Select the best penetration rate. Fix the traveling assembly.

100. Check power tongs and spinning rope are on drill floor.

100. Whats the weight on bit? ? 101. What is the BHA of this well? ? 102. Drill out cement. 103. Drill out 20 casing shoe. 20 104. Latch the elevator. 105. Unlatch the elevator. 106. Set the slips. 107. Adjust the crown-o-matic (crown saver). 108. Lock the hook pin. 109. Check OD of stabilizer. 110.Perform leak off test. (:) 111. Connect kill and choke line. 112.Reverse out the drill pipe. 113.Make a short trip. 114.Change the cutters. 115.Slug the pipe. 116.Drill the stand down. 117.Start/run the shale shaker. 118.Start the desanders. 119.Start the desilters. 120. Change it with a 40 mesh screen. 40 121. Shut it off. 122. Pull it to the cat ramp. 123. Make a fast connection.

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Dont dump the mud into the sea. Disconnect it with a chain tong. Put a thread protector. () Can we use the power slips? ?

Casing and Cementing

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Run in hole to bottom for wiper trip. This is the casing program. Prepare for running casing. Make everything ready for running 7casing. 7 Make cementing job. Displace cementing with mud pump. Set cement plug from 2940 to 2790m. 2940 2790 Pick up cementing head. Cement samples are hard. Pump in 3 cubic meters of spacer. 3 Pump down the plug. () Wait on cement. The guide shoe will be connected. Connect the floor collar. Connect the air line to the casing stabbing board. Run casing with the 350T slip elevator. 350 Clean and dry 20 casing threads with rags. 20 Where is the rabbit for drifting the casing? ?

Rig Move, Anchoring and Positioning , ,

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What is our position now? ? Whats the moving speed now? (Whats the towering speed?) ? The speed is about 4 knots. 4 Which one is the main tug? ? The main tug is Nanhai 205. 205 Which one is the chase boat? ? How much is the horse power? ? She has 6000 HP. 6000 Move the rig off location 50 feet. 50

We are ready to drop the anchor. Secure all the movable equipment. Preload. () Ballast. () Put the preload water into the tank. We need 5500 tons of preload water. 5500 Shall we preload right now? ? Drain the water off. The rig is overloaded. Jack up (jack down) the rig. () The draft is 3.5 meters. 3.5 The jetting pressure is 100psi. 100psi Penetrate the legs. How much penetration do we have? ? No.1 and No.2 legs indicate 10 meters. 1,2 10 Fix the upper and lower wedges. Pay out the anchor line. Skid the derrick. The rig is short of potable water now. Drop No.2 and No.3 anchors. 2 3 Why has the main engine stopped? ? Unleash the drilling tools. Tighten up. (:) Turn on the cooling water for the windlasses. Retrieve the No.1 to No.8 anchors. 1 8 Check the paint marks at the anchor winches. Prepare for a location move. Commence anchor handling. () Secure all equipment stored on deck. Carry out stability and load calculations. Pass pendant line, shackle and buoy to anchor handling vessel. , 186. Lower the windward anchor to seafloor. 187. Pick up the leeward anchor first. 188. Take anchor chaser (or chaser) back to rig. / 189. Hook up towing lines to tug boat. 190. Sound fog signal for two seconds every twenty seconds. , 20
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Fishing

191. The bit cutters have been lost in the hole.

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Run in the reverse-circulation basket. There is a lot of junk in the hole. The fish is 235.46 meters long. 235.46 The fish top is at 2478.34 meters. 2478.34

Coring

196. Stop drilling for coring. 197. Make up core bit. 198. What type of core bit is it? ? 199. Run in a diamond core bit. 200. Lets drop the ball for coring. 201. The core has been broken off. 202. Put the core in the boxes. 203. Dont brake suddenly. 204. Take out the core. 205. How long is the core? 206. The core recovery is 98%. 98% 207. Run in the core barrel again. (: ) 208. Run in hole core barrel. 209. Drop ball. 210. Recover core. 211.Use same parameters as for core #1. 1#

Freeing Stuck Pipe

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The down-hole problems are very complicated. The hole is tight. Overpull while tripping out. (overpull: ) The formation is unstable. The wall caving is severe. There are many return cuttings. The mud returns have decreased. The hole is enlarged. The pipes stuck. Pull up to 150 tons. 150 Slack off to 50 tons. 50 Ream down all the tight points.

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The rotary table cant rotate. Where is the sticking point? Make a tensile test. Back it off above the free point. Where is the back-off position? Plug the well for side tracking.

Abnormal Well Condition and Well Control

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The mud is gas out. The pit has lowered quickly. The hole lost returns. The returns are unstable. Wheres the thief zone? Cut down the flow rate. Lower the mud density. Cut down the hydrostatic pressure. The gas smell is strong. Theres some trace of oil. The pump pressure is fluctuating. It is a zone of abnormal pressure. The hole (well) is kicking! ! Shut in the BOP! Sound the general alarm quickly! The stand pipe pressure is 10 kg/cm2. 10 / 2 The casing pressure is 25 kg/cm2. 2510 / 2 Fill out the kill sheet. Kill the well. Theres a combination of lost returns and the kick. , Reverse the gas out of the hole. Whats the lag time? The well is now stable.

BOP and subsea Equipment

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Cut off the 30 conductor. 30 Weld on the 30 bottom flange. 30 Hoist and nipple up 30 diverter. 30 Change the 5 pipe rams to 3-1/2 rams. 5 3-1/2 Install blind ram. Check the seal ring of the conductor. Cut off the lifting eye of the conductor. Test BOP. Change annular BOP packing. Full pressure test the ram preventers. Test annular BOP at 2500psi. 2500psi Check annular pressure. Confirm the angle of the guide base. The thread is covered with the quick-release protectors. Establish the guide lines. Connect the TGB running tool. Land the TGB to sea. Retrieve the running tool. Run the BOP and risers. Pick up the marine riser. Pick up the slip joint. Adjust the riser tensioners. Function test the diverter system. Retrieve the pin connector. Move the BOP to the moonpool door. Run the test plug. Close the upper pipe ram. Open the kill line valve. The compensation capacity is 400000 pounds. 400 The locking load is 1000000 pounds. 1000 Support the riser. Remove the hose bundles. Assure the self-controlled rotation. Set the LMRP on the test pump. Connect the flex joint to the riser. Land the BOP onto the well head. Run the subsea TV for monitoring. Remove all the riser running tools. BOP carrier. Lower the universal guide frame. Paint mark the top 6 meters of 30 conductor white. 30 6 Check adequate length for guidelines.

295. Move temporary guide base (TGB) into moonpool. 296. Test pull to check connection. 297. Grease TGB and running tool as required. 298. Test fit TGB and running tool. 299. Check for junk inside shoe joint. 300. Pick up 30 conductor handling slings and shackles. 30 301. Is slope indicator properly mounted? ? 302. Ensure subsea TV is in good condition. 303. Place BOP stack on the test pump. 304. Check condition of all 30 casing connectors. 30 305. Replace O-rings as required. , O 306. Attach slope indicator below camera position. 307. Inspect and repair diverter. 308. Prepare spud plate and wireline to check water depth. 309. Record all pressure tests on a chart recorder. 310. Visually inspect all sealing element. 311.Check and tighten all bolts. 312. Bleed off surface accumulators. 313. Check for leaks. 314. Lift BOP stack and replace wellhead connector AX ring. AX 315. Function test wellhead. 316. Fill kill and choke valves with seawater. 317. Pressure test to 500psi then bleed off test pressure. 500psi, 318. Reduce hydraulic control manifold pressure to 5200 kpa. 5200 319. Switch to alternate control pod. 320. Guidelines are slacked off. 321. Slack off drill pipe and release running tool. 322. Run subsea TV to observe bit entering the TGB. 323. Dont rotate until hole opener passes through the TGB. 324. Position permanent guide base (PGB) below rotary table. 325. Monitor riser level via trip tank. 326. Pressure test to 5000psi. 5000psi 327. Pick up test mandril and place in BOP. 328.
Safety and Firefighting

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Get a Work Permit before you can start the hot work. Welding is not allowed. Put on your (safety) helmet. Its a high voltage area. Thats against the rule.

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Dont walk under the crane load. The repairing is under way. Keep your hands clear! (Keep you hands off! Do not touch!) Wear and secure your safety belt. Life jacket must be worn when working outboard or overhead.

Have your breathing apparatus near you. Its a drill. It was a BOP drill. Get in the lifeboat in order. Put on life jacket! Abandon the vessel! Sound the abandonment alarm! Go to the helideck! Aboard the lifeboat. Aboard the supply boat to shore! Check life saving apparatus periodically. Its for fire fighting. Start the fire pump. This rope is too small. It should be function tested. A warning notice should be set up. Do you have an emergency program (contingency plan)? ? It must be ready in an emergency condition. Will the typhoon hit our rig? ? We will have to evacuate the rig. Personnel on board (POB). Sound fire alarm. This is a fire drill. conduct abandon ship drill. Release the boat hooks. Board the life boat. Remove the rust and paint with anti-corrosive primer. Three rafts are located near life boat station port side. 3 366. Wear work vests when working below the cellar deck. 367. The station bills need to be updated. 368. Check the expiry date for all foam extinguisher. 369. Close all the water-tight doors. 370. Safety procedure shall be followed at all the times. 371. Anchor wires should have a Spelter type socket at anchor side. 372. Colour code all the connection at the loading station.
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 373. Verify that a high level alarm is installed on the sludge tank. 374. Dont switch on during drilling operation. 375. Provide two independent means to start the emergency generator engine. 376. Have the boom pennant wires of port crane re-certified. 377. Clean the internals of the emergency switchboard.

Helicopter and Supply Vessel

Load out Contractors riser at Zhanjiang anchorage. 379. Offload casing. () 380. Load (offload or unload) the boat. () 381. Get the food container loaded on the boat. 382. The helicopter will land on rig soon. 383. Tell the base to get (or send) a chopper here. 384. Helicopters are not allowed to land here. 385. Report the weather condition to the pilot. 386. Inform the boat come to standby. 387. Call the boat to come along port side. 388. We will take the personnel basket.
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Repair and Maintenance

Have an overall check. MPI the brake linkage system. Demonstrate that the make-up cathead can pull 7000 lbs. 7000 Determine the origin of the air leak and rectify this. Adjust the brake band equalizer beam properly. Note that the 3000 hour inspection on TDS is due. 3000 Check sheave rope pocket wear with a 1 3/8+1 1/32 template. 1 3/8+1/32 396. Repair the handrails on the crown. 397. Function test the anti-freefall brake on monthly basis. 398. Get me a spanner, please. 399. Renew brake rim because of excessive wear. 400. Clearly mark safe working load (SWL) on the air winch below the rig floor.
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 401. Measure the master bushings for wear. 402. Have BOP ram opened up for internal inspection. 403. Install a ground cable on the triplex pump motor. 404. We need a 48 pipe wrench. 48 405. Strike it with a sledge hammer. 406. We want a triangle file. 407. Tighten up the screw. 408. Check it with a level. 409. Put some engine oil. 410. Have it greased. 411.Put out of hole test string. 412. Check all the equipment. 413. Theres something wrong with it. 414. Rig inspection will be performed in August. 8 415. Maintain the hoisting system. 416. Adjust the brake band. 417. Change the oil in the rotary gear box (transmission). 418. Replace one water pump. 419. Its quick-discharge air valve. 420. This clutch needs repair. 421. This tong needs replacing. 422. Slip 6 meters of the drilling line. 6 423. Cut off 45 meters of the drilling line. 45 424. Check the pump liners and pistons. () 425. The piston has been washed. 426. The supercharge pump doesnt take in water. 427. Regulate the relief valve. 428. This part number is wrong. 429. The multi-pen recorder has some problem.

Miscellaneous

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No smoking here. Everything is OK. Speed up please. The geologist must be present. We have to wait on weather. There will be strong wind. Give me a hand, please. Do you understand? ?

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No way! Man overboard! Help! Help! Someone is injured. Medic! , Call for the medic. Get a stretcher please. No more than 4 persons. 4 Drinking liquor is not allowed. Dont overrun your equipment. Be careful at work. No joking here. Rig up for logging. What is the next step? ? Get everything ready as soon as possible!

. ( Contractors Personnel )

Rig Manager Equipment Supervisor Materials Supervisor Senior Toolpusher Junior Toolpusher Driller Sub Sea Engineer (SSE) Assistant Driller (AD) Derrick Man Floor Man (roughneck)

Barge Master (captain) First Mate (Barge engineer) Control Room Operator (CRO) Ballast Control Operator (BCO) Chief Engineer Head of Routabout Crane Operator Routabout Mechanic Electrician Repairman Motorman Welder Radio Operator Warehouse Man (stock Keeper) Medic Safety Supervisor Interpreter (translator) Chief Steward Cook Steward Laundry Man

. ( Operators Personnel and Service Company Personnel)

Drilling Superintendent Company Man (Operators Representative) Geologist Mud Logging Engineer (Mud logger) Sample Catcher Mud Engineer ROV Engineer Cementer Cement Engineer Testing Engineer Coring Engineer Wireline Logging Engineer

. (Drilling Equipment):

Drawworks Rotary Table Bushing Top Drive System (TDS) Swivel

Crown Block Traveling Block Hook Derrick Pipe Spinning Wrench Ezy-Torq Elmagco Brake Pipe handling Equipment Iron roughneck Pipe Racking System Drill String Drilling Sub Fishing Tool Power Tong Air Winch (air tugger) Crown-O-Matic (Crown Saver)

. (Mud System)

Mud Pump Shale shaker Mud Cleaner Desilter

Desander Degasser Centrifuge Mud Agitator Mud Mixing System Centrifugal Pump Standpipe Manifold Rotary Hose Bulk Air System and Tank

. (Well Control Equipment):

Ram Type Preventor Annular Type Preventor BOP Stack Gate Valve Choke and Kill Manifold Remotely Operated Panel Choke Control Panel BOP Handling Equipment Diverter

. (Marine System)

Ballast System Bilge System Vent , Air Supply Fan Mooring System Communication Equipment Jacking System Skidding System Windlass Anchor Pendant Buoy Lifting and Handling Equipment

. (Engine Room)

Diesel Engine Emergency Generator Water Maker (desalinization unit) Air Compressor Boiler Air-conditioning System Sea Water Service Pump

Piping System Generator Transformer DC Motor AC Motor

. (Safety Equipment)

Fire Control System Fire Detection System CO2 System Fixed Fire Extinguishing System Portable Extinguisher Fire-Fight Equipment Foam System Lifeboat (Inflatable) Life Raft () Davit Escape Routes Breathing Apparatus Life Buoy Gas Detection System Helicopter Facility

Sick-Bay (Hospital) Pollution Control

. ( Others)

Cementing Unit Well Testing Equipment Mud Logging Unit Wire Logging Unit ROV Meter Foot Inch Supply Boat (supply vessel) Standby boat Day (night) Shift () Crew Change Crew , , Position Draft (draught) Air Gap , Penetration () Evacuation

Rig (Drilling rig) ,

Bow Stern Forward (FWD) or fore Aft Port Starboard (STBD) Upper Deck Main Deck Quarters (living quarters, accommodation area) Drill Floor (Rig floor) Bridge (Pilot house, Steerwheel house) Control Room Helideck Cementing Unit Room Air Compressor Room BOP Control Room BOP Radio Room Engine Room Thruster Room

Warehouse (Store) Paint Room (paint locker) Leg Jacking House Column Sack Storage Area Mud pit Cellar Deck Riser Rack Area Pipe Rack Area Pipe Slide Ramp Spud Tank Pontoon Moonpool / Pump Room Shale Shaker House Coffee Room Rig Office Mess (dining) Room Recreation Room TV Room

Change Room Kitchen

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Drill Pipe Drill Collar Heavy Weight Drill Pipe Elevator Tong Make-up Tong Break-out Tong Mud Box Casing Stabbing Board Slips Spider Mouse Hole () Kelly Spinner Kelly Cock Chain Tong Casing Tubing Drill String

Jar (drilling jar) Right Hand Thread Left Hand Thread Stabilizer Rabit Liner Conductor Thread Protector Stand () Single () Joint () Bend Sub Pup Joint , Connector Bit Bit Breaker Box Pin Hole Opener Reamer Overshot

Junk Basket Junk Mill Spear Fishing Tap Cross Over Sub (XO Sub) Bottom Hole Assembly (BHA)

Steel Iron Wood Chemicals Cement Barite Potable Water Drilling Water Sea Water Fuel Helifuel Lubricant (Lube/Lube oil) Grease

Thread Dope Ballast Water Bilge Water Gasoline Mud Bentonite Additive Caustic Soda Weight Material Thinner Oxygen Nitrogen Hydrogen Sulphide Acetylene Compressed Air Hydraulic Fluid Spanner Hammer Screw Driver Multimeter Welding Machine Bar

Shackle Sling () Container

BHA: bottom hole assembly DP: drill pipe DC: drill collar HWDP: heavy weight drill pipe BOP: blowout preventer TD: total depth TVD: true vertical depth () SCR: silicon controlled rectifier OD: outside diameter ID: inside diameter BBL: barrel LB: () Libra=pound () PSI: pound per square inch / 2 GAL: gallon POOH: pull out of hole RIH: run in hole WOW: wait on weather

WOC: wait on cement JU: Jackup () SEMI: semi submersible () RPM: revolution per minute / LPM: liter per minute / KN: knot (/) SWL: safe working load API: American Petroleum Institute IADC: international association of drilling contractors MPI: magnetic particle inspection