The Rotary Rig

and its Components

Power System
Hoisting System / Pipe Handling System
Rotating System
Circulating System
Well Controll System

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Scheme of Drill Rig Components

Action needed:

Round trip
Rotating
Circulating

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ANIMATION Rotary Drilling

F Rotating

F Circulating

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The Rotary Rig

and its Components

Power System

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Power System
diesel-mechanical drive

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Power System
? DC-DC-Conception

diesel-electric drive:

? SCR-Conception

DC-DC

SCR

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The Rotary Rig

and ist Components

Hoisting System / Pipe Handling System

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The hoisting system consists of:

the crown block
the derrick or mast
the drilling line
the travelling block
and hook
the drawworks
Main functions:
Lifting the drillstring
in and out of the hole
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Gear-driven drawworks

KTB-Rig 1989-1994/GH 4000 EG

Offshore Rigs/GH 4500 EG

Advantages in comparision to chain-driven drawworks:

- High performance
- Less noise

- High availability
- Less weight

- Increased safety
- Less vibration
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Roundtrip:
? Lifting the drillstring in the hole and out of the hole

A) Conventional method:
? Lifting the drill pipes or stands step by step with manual work

B) Modern technology
? Lifting the drill pipes or stands with a Pipehandling System
? the Pipehandling System will be operated from
the driller`s cabin
? Advantages:

High performance

Increased safety

High availability

Decreased manual work

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Pipehandling Systems

A parallel racker lines up

the pipe in parallel rows

A star racker has fingers

that radiate around
a center

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Star Racking Pipehandlingsystem

Driller`s Cabin

KTB- Rig
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More informations and more details see

1) Video/DVD: KTB-Main Hole
2) CD: Weatherford Mechanized Rig Systems
3) CD: Weatherford Rig Systems (RT)

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The Rotary Rig

and its Components

Rotating System
Rotary system
Top drive system
Downhole motor

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Rotary system

Top drive system

Significant difference:
Rotary with Kelly drive
Rotary with Topdrive

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Rotary system

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Top drive system

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The Rotary Rig

and its Components
Circulating System
Mud pumps
Mud tanks
Solid control system
Mud conditioning equipment
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Circulating System / Overview

More details in the presentation by Bernhard Engeser

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The Rotary Rig

and its Components
Well Control System
Blowout preventer / BOP
? Annular BOP
? Ram BOP

? Remote control panel

and choke manifold

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Blowout preventer / BOP

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