LIST OF

COMPONENTS
OF OIL
DRILLING
RIGS
This presentation lists
the main components
of  petroleum
 onshore drilling rig.

Offshore drilling rigs
have similar elements,
but are configured
with a number of
different drilling
systems to suit
drilling in the marine
environment.
 Power source
mud pump
Succion line – mud pump
Shale shakers
Mud tank
 Crown block

Drill line

Traveling block
Goose-neck

Kelly hose
Standpipe

Vibrating hose
 Derrick

Monkey board

Stand pipe
Swivel

Pipe rack
Kelly drive
20. Rotary table
Drill floor

Bell nipple
 23-24.
B.O.P.
Blowout preventer
Drill string
Drill bit
27. Casing head
Flow line
1. Mud tank
2. Shale shakers
3. Suction line (mud pump)
4. Mud pump
5. Motor or power source
6. Vibrating hose
7. Draw-works
8. Standpipe
9. Kelly hose
10.Goose-neck
11.Traveling block
12.Drill line
13.Crown block
14.Derrick
15.Monkey board
16.Stand (of drill pipe)
17.Pipe rack (floor)
18.Swivel (On newer rigs
this may be replaced by
atop drive)
19.Kelly drive
20.Rotary table
21.Drill floor
22.Bell nipple
23.Blowout preventer
 (BOP) Annular type
24.Blowout preventer
 (BOP) Pipe ram & blind
ram
25.Drill string
26.Drill bit
Mud tank

A mud tank is an open-top

container, typically made of
steel, to store drilling fluid
 on a drilling rig. They are
also called mud pits,
because they used to be
nothing more than pits dug
out of the earth.
The tanks are generally
open-top and have walkways
on top to allow a worker to
traverse and inspect the
level of fluid in the tanks.
A drilling rig normally has two
tanks. A tank is sectioned off
into compartments. A
compartment may include a
settling tank, sometimes called
a sand trap, to allow sand and
other solids in the drilling fluid
to precipitate before it flows
into the next compartment.
Shale shakers typically
consist of large, flat sheets
of wire mesh screens or 
sieves of various mesh
sizes that shake or vibrate
the drill cuttings.
A suction line is the 
pipe work linking the 
mud tanks/pits with
the mud pumps. This
may be gravity fed or
charged by centrifugal
pumps to provide
additional volumetric
efficiency to the mud
pumps.
A Kelly hose 
(also known as a mud
hose or rotary hose) is a
flexible, steel reinforced,
high pressure hose that
connects he standpipe to
thekelly (or more
specifically to the goose-
neck on the swivel above
the kelly) and allows free
vertical movement of the 
kelly while facilitating the
flow of drilling fluid through
the system and down the 
drill string.
A traveling block 

is the freely moving

section of a 
block and tackle that
contains a set of
pulleys or sheaves
 through which the 
drill line (wire rope) is
threaded or reeved
 and is opposite (and
under) thecrown
block (the stationary
section).
Travelling block showing
the swivel and mud line
Crown block at top
of mast (OSHA)
A crown block 

is the stationary
section of a 
block and tackle
 that contains a set
of pulleys or 
sheaves through
which the drill line
 (wire rope) is
threaded or reeved
 and is opposite and
above the 
traveling block.
A derrick is a lifting device
composed of one tower, or 
mast such as a pole.
A Stand (of drill pipe)
is two or three joints
of drill pipe connected
together and stood in
the derrick vertically,
usually while 
tripping pipe. A stand
of collars is similar,
only made up of collars
and a collar head. The
collar head is screwed
into the collar to allow
it to be picked up by
the elevators.
A Swivel 

is a mechanical device
used on a drilling rig
 that hangs directly
under the 
traveling block and
directly above the kelly,
that provides the ability
for the kelly (and
subsequently the 
drill string) to rotate
while allowing the
traveling block to
remain in a stationary
A kelly drive 

refers to a type of well

drilling device ing rig that
employs a section of pipe
with a polygonal (three-,
four-, six-, or eight-sided)
or splined outer surface,
which passes through the
matching polygonal or
splined kelly (mating)
bushing and rotary table.
The Drill Floor
is the heart of any
drilling rig and is also
known as the pad.
This is the area
where the drill string
 begins its trip into
the earth. 
A blowout preventer BOP
is a large, specialized valve
 used to seal, control and
monitor oil and gas wells.
Typical tri-cone rock bit
 Tricone rock bit
(medium worn-out)
 PDC
Polycrystalline
Diamond Compact bit
Tricone rock Bit
A casing head

is a simple metal 
flange welded or
screwed on to the
top of the 
conductor pipe (also
known as drive-pipe)
or the casing and
forms part of the 
wellhead system for
the well.
File:Wellhead 
The hoist and motor of
the Drawworks (
Schlumberger)
Top drive that can be
used in small mast
applications
Slips prepared to slip
around the drill pipe
Christmas tree for
oil
Christmas tree for
oil
Collected material by:
Arch. Carlos Eduardo
Osorio Villabona