Professional Documents
Culture Documents
• Derrick
• Crown block
• Travelling block
• Drawworks
• Drilling line
Derrick / Mast
• In drilling, the standard
derrick has four legs standing
at the corners of the rig floor
and reaching to the crown
block.
• An assembly of pulleys on a
common framework; in
mechanics, one or more
pulleys, or sheaves, mounted
to rotate on a common axis.
• an assembly of sheaves
mounted on beams at the top
of the derrick.
Travelling block
• The travelling block is the big
pulley system that holds the
top drive of kelley.
• It moves up and down via
the drawworks, drill line and
crown block.
• It is very similar to the hook
or hook block on a crane.
Drawworks
• The hoisting mechanism on a
drilling rig.
• Main engines
• Power distribution systems
• Back up generators
• Hydraulic / pneumatic compressors
Well control system