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eTools Home : Oil and Gas Well Drilling  Safety and Health Topic Page | PDF | Viewing / Printing Instructions | Credits   Site Map Home Disclaimer Job Safety Analysis Illustrated Glossary Glossary of Terms Safety and Health Topic Viewing and Printing Instructions Credits Site Preparation Site Preparation Leveling Site Excavating and Trenching Conductor-rathole-mousehole Conductor Hole and Conductor Pipe Rathole Mousehole Transporting Equipment Transporting Equipment by Truck Unload at Drill Site Drilling Rigging Up Setting up the Substructure Setting up Rig Floor and Mast or Derrick Installing Handrails, Guardrails, Stairs, Walkways, and Ladders Installing the Power Systems Rigging up the Circulating System Installing the Auxiliary Equipment Inspecting the Rig Rigging Down Drilling Ahead Handling Tubulars Preparing Drilling Fluid Starting Drilling Making a connection Preparing to Break Out Pipe Breaking Out Pipe Making Up Pipe in Mouse Hole Raising the Kelly and New Joint Adding Pipe to the String Resuming Drilling Coring Drilling Fluid Drilling Fluid Functions Drilling Fluid Types Drilling Fluid Additives MSDS Tripping out/In Setting Slips Breaking Out and Setting Back the Kelly Attaching Elevators to Elevator Links Latching Elevators to Pipe Working on the Monkeyboard Maneuvering Pipe to Racking Area Tripping in - Latching Elevators to Top of Stand Casing Operations Installing Casing Tools Running Casing into the Hole Installing Casing Accessories Circulating and Cementing Maintenance Activities Rig Floor Drilling Line Maintenance Wire Rope Maintenance Mud Circulating System Generator, Electric Motors and Electrical System Engines Derrick Equipment Maintenance Well Control Monitoring and Maintaining Mud System Installing BOPs, Accumulator, and Choke Manifold Testing BOPs, Accumulators, and Choke Manifold Maintaining Surface Control System Servicing Transporting Rig and Rigging Up Transporting Rig Service Rig Rigging up Service Rig Set up Work Area General Servicing Removing the Horsehead Removing the Wellhead Pulling and Running Rods Pulling and Running Tubing Special Services Wireline Operations Well Logging Perforating Cementing Stimulation Swabbing Hot Oiling Snubbing Coil Tubing Workover Sand Cleanout Repairing Liners and Casing Well Recompletions Sidetracking Plug-Back Well Completion Conducting Drill Stem Test Setting Production Casing Installing Production Tubing Starting Production Flow Beam Pumping Units Plug and Abandoning the Well Removing Casing Place Cement Plugs General Safety and Health Safety and Health Program General Safety and Health Resources Slips, Trips, and Falls Strains and Sprains Weather Conditions Hot Work/Welding Hot Work, Fire, and Explosive Hazards Welding, Cutting and Brazing Cylinder Storage Grinding Well Site Ignition Sources Hydrogen Sulfide Gas Release of H2S Metal Fatigue Accumulation of H2S Additional Information Appendix A - Physical Properties and Physiological Effects of Hydrogen Sulfide H2S Special Precautions No Hazard Condition API Condition I - Low Hazard API Condition II - Medium Hazard API Condition III - High Hazard   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 | PDF | Viewing / Printing Instructions | Credits

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