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A reference companion to the museum — the rigs and equipment of drilling, wells and operations, the methods and fluids that make a hole, and the energy and industry the drill serves. Every entry, image, and fact is drawn from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons.
Rigs & Equipment
The iron of drilling — the rig and derrick, the drill string and bit, the mud pump and blowout preventer, and the gear of land and offshore operations.
10 entriesWells & Operations
Making a well — boreholes and casing, cementing and completion, well logging and well control, and the day-to-day of a drilling operation.
11 entriesMethods & Fluids
How the hole is drilled — rotary and directional drilling, drilling mud and cuttings, coring and coiled tubing, and modern measurement while drilling.
13 entriesEnergy & Industry
What the drill produces — oil, natural gas and geothermal energy, exploration and seismic surveying, and the wider petroleum and energy industry.
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