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  2. Down-the-hole drill - Wikipedia

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    In DTH drilling, the percussion mechanism – commonly called the hammer – is located directly above the drill bit. The drill pipes transmit the necessary feed force and rotation to the hammer and the bit, along with the fluid (air, water or drilling mud) used to actuate the hammer and flush the cuttings.

  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– American Association of Professional Landmen; AAODC – American Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors (obsolete; superseded by IADC) AAV – Annulus access valve; ABAN – Abandonment, (also as AB and ABD and ABND)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. 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 ...

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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]

  8. Offshore drilling - Wikipedia

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    Offshore drilling presents all environmental challenges, both offshore and onshore from the produced hydrocarbons and the materials used during the drilling operation. Controversies include the ongoing US offshore drilling debate. [1] There are many different types of facilities from which offshore drilling operations take place.

  9. Reed Tablemount - Wikipedia

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    In July 2011 the Philippines' Department of Energy (DOE) approved the commencement of a 2-year phase of the project leading to the drilling of 2 wells, and preparations commenced. However, the PRC Government had also granted exploration rights to the area to the PRC State-owned China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC). The PRC objected ...