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Conductor-rathole-mousehole
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Transporting Equipment
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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 H
2
S
Metal Fatigue
Accumulation of H
2
S
Additional Information
Appendix A
- Physical Properties and Physiological Effects of Hydrogen Sulfide
H
2
S Special Precautions
No Hazard Condition
API Condition I - Low Hazard
API Condition II - Medium Hazard
API Condition III - High Hazard
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