The machine used to drill a wellbore. In onshore operations, the rig includes virtually everything except living quarters. Major components of the rig include the mud tanks, the mud pumps, the derrick [..]

A large structure with equipment used to drill oil wells and natural gas extraction wells. Drilling rigs can be mobile equipment mounted on trucks or trailers, or more permanent land- or marin [..]

A drilling unit that is not permanently fixed to the seabed, e.g. a drillship, a semi-submersible or a jack-up unit. Also means the derrick and its associated machinery.

A drilling unit that is not permanently fixed to the seabed, e.g. a drillship, a semi-submersible or a jack-up unit. Also means the derrick and its associated machinery.

A movable float platform used to examine a possible oil or gasfield.

The complete machinery and structure needed for drilling a well.

The machine used to drill a wellbore.

A drilling unit that is not permanently fixed to the seabed, e.g. a drillship, a semi-submersible or a jack-up unit. Also means the derrick and its associated machinery.   

Typically large standing structure that creates holes in the ground. Sometimes referred to as a “Christmas tree” when lit up at night.

The surface equipment used to drill for oil or gas, consisting chiefly of a derrick, a winch for lifting and lowering drill pipe, a rotary table to turn the drill pipe, and engines to drive the winch and rotary table.

The surface equipment used to drill an oil or gas well.

A set of connected machines used to drill wellbores in a rock, soil or concrete.

The equipment used during the construction and drilling phase of a well to drill the borehole. This equipment is removed once well construction is complete, which may take several months.