PLANNING AND

ORGANIZATION TO RIG
DOWN

GROUP MEMBERS:
LUIS DANIEL ROCHA VARGAS
BRANDON ARNEZ
ALEJANDRO GONZALES
RIGGING DOWN

• RIGGING DOWN BEGINS AFTER

PRODUCTION CASING IS RUN AND
CEMENTED, THE RIG IS TAKEN DOWN AND
MOVED TO ANOTHER SITE. THE RIGGING
DOWN PROCESS IS BASICALLY THE
REVERSE OF RIGGING UP.
RIGGING DOWN

EQUIPMENT TYPICALLY MUST BE

DISCONNECTED FROM POWER SOURCES,
DECOUPLED FROM PRESSURIZED
SYSTEMS, DISASSEMBLED AND MOVED
OFF THE RIG FLOOR OR EVEN OFF
LOCATION.
 STEPS TO RIG DOWN

RIG-DOWN AND RIG-UP PROCEDURES INVOLVE A SERIES OF

LABOR-INTENSIVE STEPS THAT MUST BE ACCOMPLISHED
BEFORE MOVING OR DRILLING OPERATIONS CAN BEGIN. THE
RIG-DOWN PROCEDURES INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING EIGHT
STEPS:
• RIG DOWN FLOOR 
• RIG DOWN MUD PUMPS AND PITS 
• RIG DOWN BACKYARD-SCR HOUSE, ELECTRIC CABLES,
SUITCASES, ENGINE ROOMS, MUD PUMPS, AND WATER
TANK 
• CRADLE BLOCK 
STEPS TO RIG DOWN

• PREPARE DRAW WORKS TO PULL AT DAYBREAK 

• RIG DOWN FLOOR TOOLS, SLIDES, AND FLOW LINE 
• PULL STAIRS EXCEPT FOR V-DOOR SIDE
• PREPARE TOP DOGHOUSE FOR LOWERING AT DAYBREAK
UNINSTALLING THE AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT
SOME OF DRILLING AND AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT MUST BE UNINSTALLED.
THE CATWALK AND PIPE RACKS THAT WERE POSITIONED AND
THE PIPE AND DRILL COLLARS THAT ARE SET ON THE RACKS.
RIGGING DOWN THE CIRCULATING SYSTEM
WHILE ONE CREW BEGINS REMOVING OUT THE RIG FLOOR, ANOTHER CREW
MIGHT BE RIGGING DOWN THE CIRCULATING SYSTEM. THE MUD TANKS AND
MUD PUMPS ARE TRANSPORTED OF THE PREDETERMINED LOCATION TO OTHER
SITE.
UNINSTALLING THE POWER SYSTEM
THIS STEP IS USUALLY DONE SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH REMOVING OUT THE RIG
FLOOR, AFTER WE REMOVE OUT THE RIG FLOOR, WE SHUT DOWN AND
UNINSTALL THE POWER SYSTEM