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
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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 - High availability - Increased safety
- Less noise - Less weight - 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
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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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