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Meaning of "drilling rig" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DRILLING RIG

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DRILLING RIG

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Drilling rig is a noun.
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WHAT DOES DRILLING RIG MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Drilling rig

A drilling rig is a machine which creates holes in the ground. Drilling rigs can be massive structures housing equipment used to drill water wells, oil wells, or natural gas extraction wells, or they can be small enough to be moved manually by one person and are called augers. They sample sub-surface mineral deposits, test rock, soil and groundwater physical properties, and also can be used to install sub-surface fabrications, such as underground utilities, instrumentation, tunnels or wells. Drilling rigs can be mobile equipment mounted on trucks, tracks or trailers, or more permanent land or marine-based structures. The term "rig" therefore generally refers to the complex of equipment that is used to penetrate the surface of the Earth's crust. Drilling rigs can be: ▪ Small to medium sized and mobile, such as those used in mineral exploration drilling, blast-hole, water wells and environmental investigations. ▪ Large and capable of drilling through thousands of metres of the Earth's crust. Large "mud pumps" circulate drilling mud through the drill bit and up the casing annulus, for cooling and removing the "cuttings" while a well is drilled.

Definition of drilling rig in the English dictionary

The definition of drilling rig in the dictionary is a mobile drilling platform used for exploratory offshore drilling.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DRILLING RIG

drill
drill down
drill pipe
drill press
drill sergeant
drill string
drillability
drillable
driller
drilling
drilling fluid
drilling mud
drilling platform
drilling ship
drillmaster
drillship
drillstock
drily
Drin
drink

WORDS THAT END LIKE DRILLING RIG

accommodation rig
Bermuda rig
brig
cat rig
derig
fore and aft rig
frig
grig
gunter rig
Marconi rig
oil rig
prig
rerig
rig
runrig
schooner rig
semisubmersible rig
sprig
strig
trig

Synonyms and antonyms of drilling rig in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «drilling rig» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DRILLING RIG

Find out the translation of drilling rig to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of drilling rig from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «drilling rig» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

钻机
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

plataforma de perforación
570 millions of speakers

English

drilling rig
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ड्रिलिंग रिग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحفر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

буровая установка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sonda de perfuração
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ড্রিলিং রিগ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

forage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pelantar penggerudian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bohrinsel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

掘削リグ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

드릴링 장비
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pengeboran rig
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giàn khoan
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தோண்டுதல் ரிக்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ड्रिलिंग रिग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sondaj kulesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

impianto di perforazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wiertnia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бурова установка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

instalatii de foraj
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γεωτρύπανο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

boorplatform
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

borrigg
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

borerigg
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of drilling rig

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DRILLING RIG»

The term «drilling rig» is regularly used and occupies the 67.927 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DRILLING RIG» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about drilling rig

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DRILLING RIG»

Discover the use of drilling rig in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to drilling rig and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Formulas and Calculations for Drilling Operations
This outstanding new reference: Includes detailed calculations for the most common problems engineers face daily, including offshore calculations, horizontal drilling, and many other state-of-the-art technologies in drilling operations Is ...
Robello Samuel, 2011
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Petroleum Engineering Handbook for the Practicing Engineer
RIG POWER SYSTEM The power generating system on the drilling rig is the heart of the rig. The power generated by this unit is used principally for three operations: (1) rotating, (2) hoisting, and (3) drilling fluid circulation. Several auxiliary ...
M. A. Mian, Mohammed A. Mian, 1992
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Drilling Engineering
The function of a rotary drilling rig is to allow the drilling and completion of a usable hole at the lowest overall well cost. A schematic of a typical rig and its components is provided in figure 1-4. Rotary drilling rigs are classified as onshore (land) ...
Jamal J. Azar, G. Robello Samuel, 2007
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Drilling Technology in Nontechnical Language
A variation on this theme is the Huisman LOC 400 casing drilling rig. This rig is designed to drill with casing, whereby the casing itself is used to drill the well rather than drillpipe. A drilling assembly is suspended at the bottom of the casing,  ...
Steve Devereux, 2012
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Formulas and Calculations for Drilling, Production, and ...
The third edition of this best selling book also includes computational tools and techniques for: unbalanced drilling, horizontal directional and air and gas drilling operations, evaluate ESP performance of wells, design / redesign ESP and ...
William C. Lyons, Ph.D., P.E., Thomas Carter, Norton J. Lapeyrouse, 2011
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The rotary rig and its components
This series covers the entire scope of rotary drilling operations in five units of technical information and review questions. These units are published in cooperation with the International Association of Drilling Contractors.
K. R. Bork, University of Texas at Austin. Petroleum Extension Service, International Association of Drilling Contractors, 1995
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Drilling: The Manual of Methods, Applications, and Management
Restoration of the appearance of the drilling rig should not be overlooked. A drill crew is much more likely to take pride in a rig that "looks good". A showroom appearance is impressive to the driller's clients who like to feel that the rig working ...
The Australian Drilling, 1997
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Nontechnical Guide to Petroleum Geology, Exploration, ...
In this popular text that has trained thousands in the petroleum industry for years, Dr. Norman Hyne takes readers through upstream operations--from how oil and gas are formed; how to find commercial quantities; how to drill, evaluate, and ...
Norman J. Hyne, 2012
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Dictionary of Petroleum Exploration, Drilling & Production, ...
Well intervention with coiled tubing and slickline can be a rigless operation. rig manager a person in direct charge of a company's opera- tions on an offshore drilling rig. The rig manager is involved in drilling strategy planning and orders ...
Norman Hyne Ph.D., 2014
10
Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety: Chemical, ...
Additional potential for fire and explosion exists in gas process operations. Offshore platform and drilling rig workers should be carefully evaluated after having a thorough physical examination. The selection of offshore crew members with a ...
Jeanne Mager Stellman, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DRILLING RIG»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term drilling rig is used in the context of the following news items.
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Power outage in North Dakota's capital delays drilling rig data
The outage means the state's daily drilling rig count - a closely ... of this data, including the location of each drilling rig operating in the state. «Grand Forks Herald, Jul 15»
2
Stone Energy Gains 8% on Production and Drilling Update - Analyst …
On completion of the drilling and production at Cardona #6 well, the ENSCO 8503 deepwater drilling rig will freed up for about 60 days. During ... «Nasdaq, Jul 15»
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Shell suffers first mishap as Arctic-bound Polar Pioneer drilling rig
After leaving Seattle through a flotilla of “kayactivist” protesters, the giant Shell-leased drilling rig Polar Pioneer arrived in Unalaska Bay and ... «seattlepi.com, Jul 15»
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CompaniesRig operators linked to Petrobras scandal hit back
Two New York-listed drilling rig operators have rejected suggestions of improper activity in relation to their contracts with Petrobras, the ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
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DRILLING RIG MANAGER
Job Description. We urgently require expatriates as an individual or a team having prime experience in DRILLING RIG MANAGER services. Salary: Negotiable «Rig Hands, Jul 15»
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CNOOC's COSLProspector starts drilling in SCS
COSLProspector, the seventh deepwater semi-submersible drilling rig built for China National Offshore Oil Corp., has started work at the Liwan ... «Interfax Global Energy, Jul 15»
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Statoil Suspends Drilling Rig Due to Overcapacity
on Wednesday said it has suspended the Scarabeo 5 drilling rig due to over capacity in its rig portfolio, the second such move in a week, as it ... «Nasdaq, Jul 15»
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Modernization of major drilling rig in Azerbaijan nears its completion
The repair of Azerbaijan's Dede Gorgud floating semisubmersible drilling rig, which is currently at the Baku Shipyard, is expected to be finished ... «Trend News Agency, Jun 15»
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Shell's Arctic drilling rig arrives to Dutch Harbor
Shell's Arctic drilling rig arrives to Dutch Harbor. By Emily Schwing, KUCB - Unalaska | June 29, 2015. The Polar Pioneer drill rig arrives in Dutch Harbor. (Photo ... «Alaska Public Radio Network, Jun 15»
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Iranian judiciary investigates lost drilling rig case
The Iranian parliament has announced that a drilling rig, worth $78 million, was purchased from Turkey in Iranian fiscal year 1390 (March ... «Trend News Agency, Jun 15»

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