Drilling Engineering

  1. Drilling Rigs and Equipment
    1. Rig Classification
      1. Land Rigs
        1. Mobile Land Rigs
          1. Conventional Land Rigs
            1. Truck-Mounted Rigs
              1. Skid-Mounted Rigs
              2. Offshore Rigs
                1. Jack-up Rigs
                  1. Independent Leg Jack-ups
                    1. Mat-Supported Jack-ups
                      1. Operating Water Depths
                        1. Structural Features
                        2. Semi-submersible Rigs
                          1. Column-Stabilized Units
                            1. Stability Principles
                              1. Mooring Systems
                                1. Ballast Control
                                2. Drillships
                                  1. Dynamic Positioning Systems
                                    1. Thruster Configuration
                                      1. Station Keeping
                                      2. Fixed Platforms
                                        1. Template Platforms
                                          1. Compliant Platforms
                                            1. Tension Leg Platforms
                                        2. Major Rig Systems
                                          1. Power System
                                            1. Mechanical Drive Systems
                                              1. Diesel Engine Prime Movers
                                                1. Compound Drive Systems
                                                2. Electric Drive Systems
                                                  1. AC Electric Drive
                                                    1. DC Electric Drive
                                                      1. SCR Systems
                                                        1. VFD Systems
                                                      2. Hoisting System
                                                        1. Derrick and Mast
                                                          1. Standard Derrick
                                                            1. Mast Systems
                                                              1. Load Ratings
                                                              2. Crown Block and Traveling Block
                                                                1. Sheave Configuration
                                                                  1. Load Distribution
                                                                  2. Drawworks
                                                                    1. Drum Configuration
                                                                      1. Brake Systems
                                                                        1. Transmission Systems
                                                                        2. Drilling Line
                                                                          1. Wire Rope Specifications
                                                                            1. Line Threading
                                                                              1. Ton-Mile Calculations
                                                                              2. Block and Tackle System
                                                                                1. Mechanical Advantage
                                                                                  1. Line Pull Calculations
                                                                                2. Rotating System
                                                                                  1. Rotary Table
                                                                                    1. Master Bushing
                                                                                      1. Rotary Drive
                                                                                      2. Top Drive Systems
                                                                                        1. Motor Configuration
                                                                                          1. Torque Capacity
                                                                                            1. Pipe Handling
                                                                                            2. Swivel
                                                                                              1. Rotary Hose Connection
                                                                                                1. Bearing Systems
                                                                                                2. Kelly and Kelly Bushing
                                                                                                  1. Kelly Drive System
                                                                                                    1. Kelly Spinner
                                                                                                  2. Circulating System
                                                                                                    1. Mud Pumps
                                                                                                      1. Duplex Pumps
                                                                                                        1. Triplex Pumps
                                                                                                          1. Pump Performance
                                                                                                            1. Liner and Piston Systems
                                                                                                            2. Mud Pits and Tanks
                                                                                                              1. Active System Volume
                                                                                                                1. Reserve Pits
                                                                                                                  1. Trip Tanks
                                                                                                                  2. Solids Control Equipment
                                                                                                                    1. Shale Shakers
                                                                                                                      1. Screen Technology
                                                                                                                        1. G-Force Calculations
                                                                                                                        2. Desanders
                                                                                                                          1. Hydrocyclone Principles
                                                                                                                            1. Cut Point Determination
                                                                                                                            2. Desilters
                                                                                                                              1. Fine Solids Removal
                                                                                                                                1. Efficiency Factors
                                                                                                                                2. Centrifuges
                                                                                                                                  1. Decanting Centrifuges
                                                                                                                                    1. Screening Centrifuges
                                                                                                                                  2. Degassers
                                                                                                                                    1. Vacuum Degassers
                                                                                                                                      1. Atmospheric Degassers
                                                                                                                                    2. Well Control System
                                                                                                                                      1. Blowout Preventers
                                                                                                                                        1. Annular BOPs
                                                                                                                                          1. Packing Element Types
                                                                                                                                            1. Closing Pressure Requirements
                                                                                                                                            2. Ram BOPs
                                                                                                                                              1. Pipe Rams
                                                                                                                                                1. Blind Rams
                                                                                                                                                  1. Shear Rams
                                                                                                                                                    1. Variable Bore Rams
                                                                                                                                                  2. Accumulator Unit
                                                                                                                                                    1. Pressure Requirements
                                                                                                                                                      1. Volume Calculations
                                                                                                                                                        1. Precharge Systems
                                                                                                                                                        2. Choke Manifold
                                                                                                                                                          1. Adjustable Chokes
                                                                                                                                                            1. Fixed Chokes
                                                                                                                                                              1. Remote Choke Operation
                                                                                                                                                              2. Kill Line and Choke Line
                                                                                                                                                                1. Line Sizing
                                                                                                                                                                  1. Valve Configuration

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