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  2. Down-the-hole drill - Wikipedia

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    DTH drill tool operated with drilling mud (Drillstar MUDHammer) A down-the-hole drill, usually called DTH by most professionals, is basically a jackhammer screwed on the bottom of a drill string. The fast hammer action breaks hard rock into small cuttings and dust that are evacuated by a fluid (air, water or drilling mud). The DTH hammer is one ...

  3. List of abbreviations in oil and gas exploration and production

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    AADE – American Association of Drilling Engineers [1] AAPG – American Association of Petroleum Geologists [2] AAPL – American Association of Professional Landmen; AAODC – American Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors (obsolete; superseded by IADC) AAV – Annulus access valve; ABAN – Abandonment, (also as AB and ABD and ABND)

  4. Drilling - Wikipedia

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    Titanium drilling. Drilling is a cutting process where a drill bit is spun to cut a hole of circular cross-section in solid materials. The drill bit is usually a rotary cutting tool, often multi-point. The bit is pressed against the work-piece and rotated at rates from hundreds to thousands of revolutions per minute.

  5. List of components of oil drilling rigs - Wikipedia

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    Mud pump (#4) is a reciprocal type of pump used to circulate drilling fluid through the system. Mud tank (#1) is often called mud pits and stores drilling fluid until it is required down the wellbore. Setback (#17) is a part of the drill floor (#21) where the stands of drill pipe are stood upright. It is typically made of a metal frame ...

  6. Digital terrestrial television in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    One of the Philippines broadcasting firms, ABS-CBN Corporation, criticized the NTC for conveying varied indications on the Philippines' official stand on digital television standards. The firm panned the commission on its incompetence in supporting its initial pronouncement to implement the Brazilian digital television standard, the ISDB-T ...

  7. Sky Direct - Wikipedia

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    Sky Direct (stylized as SKYdirect) was a direct-broadcast satellite subscription television service in the Philippines owned and operated by Sky, a subsidiary of ABS-CBN Corporation. Sky Cable had been eyeing for a DBS service and considered on acquiring Dream Satellite TV from Antonio O. Cojuangco, Jr.

  8. Drilling rig - Wikipedia

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    A drilling rig is an integrated system that drills wells, such as oil or water wells, or holes for piling and other construction purposes, into the earth's subsurface.

  9. Alegria oil field - Wikipedia

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    President Rodrigo Duterte discusses matters with Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi on the sidelines of the oil and gas production ceremonial commencement on May 19, 2018.. In 2009, China International Mining Petroleum Co. Ltd. (CIMP Co. Ltd.) was granted Petroleum Service Contract No. 49 allowing the firm to explore and drill oil in Alegria. [6]