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eTools Home : Oil and Gas Well Drilling  Safety and Health Topic Page | Viewing / Printing Instructions | Credits   Illustrated Glossary Drilling Rig Components* Click on the name below or a number on the graphic to see a definition and a more detailed photo of the object. Crown Block and Water Table Catline Boom and Hoist Line Drilling Line Monkeyboard Traveling Block Top Drive Mast Drill Pipe Doghouse Blowout Preventer Water Tank Electric Cable Tray Engine Generator Sets Fuel Tank Electric House Mud Pump Bulk Mud Components in Storage Mud Pits Reserve Pits Mud Gas Separator Shale Shaker Choke Manifold Pipe Ramp Pipe Racks Accumulator Additional rig components not illustrated at right. Annulus Brake Casing Head Cathead Catwalk Cellar Conductor Pipe Degasser Desander Desilter Drawworks Drill Bit Drill Collar Drillers Console Elevators Hoisting Line Hook Kelly Kelly Bushing Kelly Spinner Mousehole Mud Return Line Equipment used in drilling Ram Blowout Preventer Rathole Rotary Hose Rotary Table Slips Spinning Chain Stairways Standpipe Surface Casing Substructure Swivel Tongs Walkways Weight Indicator   *This is an abridged version of the Dictionary of Petroleum Terms provided by PETEX and the University of Texas Austin © PETEX 2001 Site Preparation | Drilling | Well Completion | Servicing | Plug and Abandon Well General Safety | Additional References | JSA |  Site Map | Illustrated Glossary | Glossary of Terms eTools Home : Oil and Gas Well Drilling  Safety and Health Topic Page | Viewing / Printing Instructions | Credits

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