A Handbook of English for Offshore Oil Drilling

Drilling

1. Carry out drilling operation in accordance with the drilling program.

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2. Prepared bell nipple. . 3. Make up 2 joints of drill pipe. . 4. Break out this connection. . 5. Run hole opener to sea bed. 6. Mix gel fluid for drilling conductor hole. . 7. Make up bottom hole assembly. 8. Check and reset crown-saver on every tour.

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9. Number stands on trip out and trip in. . 10. Pick up BHA and run to seafloor. . 11. Pick up stands. 12. Dont drill faster than 15 minutes for 1 stand. 15 1

13. Drop TOTCO. () 14. Fish TOTCO with overshot.

15. Resume drilling to T.D. 16. Circulate 15 minutes. 15 17. Run in hole. 18. Put out of hole. 19. Make an inventory of all ring gaskets. 20. Use spinning tong. 21. Operate the air winch. 22. Lay down 57 joints of 5 drill pipe. 57 23. Pick up drill stem test tool. 24. Circulate mud for 2 hours. 2 25. Move string during circulation. 26. Circulate hole clean. 27. Circulate bottoms up. 28. Fill up every 5 stands. 5 29. Check mud weight every 15 minutes. 15 30. Reverse out excess cement. 31. Change/replace old mud by new mud. 32. Stop drilling. 33. Drilling ahead. 34. Pull out of hole bit. 35. Change bit.

36. Run the wear bushing. 37. The bit thread type is regular pin. 38. Whats the make-up torque? ? 39. Run in 9 collars. 9 40. The cathead cant give enough torque. 41. Connect crossover sub. 42. The tong angle is too small. 43. Stop circulating. 44. Break out the stand. 45. Set the single into the mousehole. 46. Can we break out the pipe with rotary table? ? 47. No! Break it out with tong. ! 48. Spin it out with the air spanner. 49. Put the pipe wiper on the string. 50. Dont set this stand back. 51. Make up the lift sub. 52. Secure the safety clamp. 53. The bit is nearing the shoe. 54. Slow down the running speed. 55. This is the undergauged interval. 56. This is the drilling program.

57. How much weight on bit is required? ? 58. Keep the rotary speed at 120---140 RPM. 120---140 / 59. Keep the flow rate at 3000 LPM. 3000 / 60. The pump pressure is too high. 61. Dont ream the hole too fast. 62. Notice the rotary torque. 63. The penetration rate is getting slower. 64. The bit is nearly worn out. 65. Stop drilling at 2000 meters. 2000 66. Circulate for one hour. 67. The pump pressure has increased. 68. One nozzle may be plugged. (: ) 69. What is the hook load? ? 70. Whats the pick-up weight? ? 71. Whats the lowering weight? ? 72. Run in HWDP. 73. A stabilizer is needed here. 74. This is a flexible sub. 75. This is the BHA log. 76. Record all outside and inside diameters. () 77. We need a short drill collar.

78. Pull the cat line. 79. Operate the break lever. (:) 80. Stop the pumps. 81. Make a wiper trip. 82. Retrieve wear bushing. 83. Bleed off pressure. ()() 84. Keep 5 wraps on the drum. 5 85. Set slips. 86. If tight hole, repeat wiper trip. , 87. Setback bottom hole assembly. 88. Make sure all alarms are on. 89. Lay down TDS spinner. 90. Run in hole bit #15 to bottom. 15 91. Run in hole to casing shoe. 92. Pick up same bit and BHA. 93. Lay down 5 HW drill pipe. 5 94. Move string every 2 hours. 2 95. Keep area around shaker clean. 96. Control trip gas. 97. Ream if needed. 98. Select the best penetration rate. 99. Fix the traveling assembly.

100. Check power tongs and spinning rope are on drill floor.

100. Whats the weight on bit? ? 101. What is the BHA of this well? ? 102. Drill out cement. 103. Drill out 20 casing shoe. 20 104. Latch the elevator. 105. Unlatch the elevator. 106. Set the slips. 107. Adjust the crown-o-matic (crown saver). 108. Lock the hook pin. 109. Check OD of stabilizer. 110. Perform leak off test. (:) 111. Connect kill and choke line. 112. Reverse out the drill pipe. 113. Make a short trip. 114. Change the cutters. 115. Slug the pipe. 116. Drill the stand down. 117. Start/run the shale shaker.

118. Start the desanders. 119. Start the desilters. 120. Change it with a 40 mesh screen. 40 121. Shut it off. 122. Pull it to the cat ramp. 123. Make a fast connection. 124. Dont dump the mud into the sea. 125. Disconnect it with a chain tong. 126. Put a thread protector. () 127. Can we use the power slips? ?

Casing and Cementing

128. Run in hole to bottom for wiper trip. 129. This is the casing program. 130. Prepare for running casing. 131. Make everything ready for running 7casing. 7 132. Make cementing job. 133. Displace cementing with mud pump. 134. Set cement plug from 2940 to 2790m. 2940 2790

135. Pick up cementing head. 136. Cement samples are hard. 137. Pump in 3 cubic meters of spacer. 3 138. Pump down the plug. () 139. Wait on cement. 140. The guide shoe will be connected. 141. Connect the floor collar. 142. Connect the air line to the casing stabbing board.

143. Run casing with the 350T slip elevator. 350 144. Clean and dry 20 casing threads with rags. 20 145. Where is the rabbit for drifting the casing? ?

Rig Move, Anchoring and Positioning , ,

146. What is our position now? ? 147. Whats the moving speed now? (Whats the towering speed?)

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148. The speed is about 4 knots. 4 149. Which one is the main tug? ? 150. The main tug is Nanhai 205. 205 151. Which one is the chase boat? ? 152. How much is the horse power? ?

153. She has 6000 HP. 6000 154. Move the rig off location 50 feet. 50 155. We are ready to drop the anchor. 156. Secure all the movable equipment. 157. Preload. () 158. Ballast. () 159. Put the preload water into the tank. 160. We need 5500 tons of preload water. 5500 161. Shall we preload right now? ? 162. Drain the water off. 163. The rig is overloaded. 164. Jack up (jack down) the rig. () 165. The draft is 3.5 meters. 3.5 166. The jetting pressure is 100psi. 100psi 167. Penetrate the legs. 168. How much penetration do we have? ? 169. No.1 and No.2 legs indicate 10 meters. 1,2 10 170. Fix the upper and lower wedges. 171. Pay out the anchor line. 172. Skid the derrick. 173. The rig is short of potable water now.

174. Drop No.2 and No.3 anchors. 2 3 175. Why has the main engine stopped? ? 176. Unleash the drilling tools. 177. Tighten up. (:) 178. Turn on the cooling water for the windlasses. 179. Retrieve the No.1 to No.8 anchors. 1 8 180. Check the paint marks at the anchor winches. 181. Prepare for a location move. 182. Commence anchor handling. () 183. Secure all equipment stored on deck. 184. Carry out stability and load calculations. 185. Pass pendant line, shackle and buoy to anchor handling vessel.

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186. Lower the windward anchor to seafloor. 187. Pick up the leeward anchor first. 188. Take anchor chaser (or chaser) back to rig. / 189. Hook up towing lines to tug boat. 190. Sound fog signal for two seconds every twenty seconds. , 20

Fishing

191. The bit cutters have been lost in the hole. 192. Run in the reverse-circulation basket. 193. There is a lot of junk in the hole. 194. The fish is 235.46 meters long. 235.46 195. The fish top is at 2478.34 meters. 2478.34

Coring

196. Stop drilling for coring. 197. Make up core bit. 198. What type of core bit is it? ? 199. Run in a diamond core bit. 200. Lets drop the ball for coring. 201. The core has been broken off. 202. Put the core in the boxes. 203. Dont brake suddenly. 204. Take out the core. 205. How long is the core? 206. The core recovery is 98%. 98% 207. Run in the core barrel again. (: )

208. Run in hole core barrel. 209. Drop ball. 210. Recover core. 211. Use same parameters as for core #1. 1#

Freeing Stuck Pipe

212. The down-hole problems are very complicated. 213. The hole is tight. 214. Overpull while tripping out. (overpull: ) 215. The formation is unstable. 216. The wall caving is severe. 217. There are many return cuttings. 218. The mud returns have decreased. 219. The hole is enlarged. 220. The pipes stuck. 221. Pull up to 150 tons. 150 222. Slack off to 50 tons. 50 223. Ream down all the tight points. 224. The rotary table cant rotate.

225. Where is the sticking point? 226. Make a tensile test. 227. Back it off above the free point. 228. Where is the back-off position? 229. Plug the well for side tracking.

Abnormal Well Condition and Well Control

230. The mud is gas out. 231. The pit has lowered quickly. 232. The hole lost returns. 233. The returns are unstable. 234. Wheres the thief zone? 235. Cut down the flow rate. 236. Lower the mud density. 237. Cut down the hydrostatic pressure. 238. The gas smell is strong. 239. Theres some trace of oil. 240. The pump pressure is fluctuating.

241. It is a zone of abnormal pressure. 242. The hole (well) is kicking! ! 243. Shut in the BOP! 244. Sound the general alarm quickly! 245. The stand pipe pressure is 10 kg/cm2. 10 / 2 246. The casing pressure is 25 kg/cm2. 2510 / 2 247. Fill out the kill sheet. 248. Kill the well. 249. Theres a combination of lost returns and the kick. , 250. Reverse the gas out of the hole. 251. Whats the lag time? 252. The well is now stable.

BOP and subsea Equipment

253. Cut off the 30 conductor. 30 254. Weld on the 30 bottom flange. 30 255. Hoist and nipple up 30 diverter. 30 256. Change the 5 pipe rams to 3-1/2 rams. 5 3-1/2 257. Install blind ram.

258. Check the seal ring of the conductor. 259. Cut off the lifting eye of the conductor. 260. Test BOP. 261. Change annular BOP packing. 262. Full pressure test the ram preventers. 263. Test annular BOP at 2500psi. 2500psi 264. Check annular pressure. 265. Confirm the angle of the guide base. 266. The thread is covered with the quick-release protectors. 267. Establish the guide lines. 268. Connect the TGB running tool. 269. Land the TGB to sea. 270. Retrieve the running tool.

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1. Run the BOP and risers. 2. Pick up the marine riser. 3. Pick up the slip joint. 4. Adjust the riser tensioners. 5. Function test the diverter system.

6. Retrieve the pin connector. 7. Move the BOP to the moonpool door.

8. Run the test plug. 9. Close the upper pipe ram. 10. Open the kill line valve. 11. The compensation capacity is 400000 pounds.

400 12. The locking load is 1000000 pounds. 1000

13. Support the riser. 14. Remove the hose bundles. 15. Assure the self-controlled rotation. 16. Set the LMRP on the test pump.

17. Connect the flex joint to the riser.

18. Land the BOP onto the well head.

19. Run the subsea TV for monitoring. 20. Remove all the riser running tools.

21. BOP carrier. 22. Lower the universal guide frame. 23. Paint mark the top 6 meters of 30 conductor white.

30 6 24. Check adequate length for guidelines. 25. Move temporary guide base (TGB) into moonpool.
26. Test pull to check connection. 27. Grease TGB and running tool as required.

28. Test fit TGB and running tool.

29. Check for junk inside shoe joint. 30. Pick up 30 conductor handling slings and shackles.

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31. Is slope indicator properly mounted? ? 32. Ensure subsea TV is in good condition.

33. Place BOP stack on the test pump. 34. Check condition of all 30 casing connectors. 30
35. Replace O-rings as required. , O 36. Attach slope indicator below camera position.

37. Inspect and repair diverter. 38. Prepare spud plate and wireline to check water depth.

39. Record all pressure tests on a chart recorder.

40. Visually inspect all sealing element.

41. Check and tighten all bolts. 42. Bleed off surface accumulators. 43. Check for leaks. 44. Lift BOP stack and replace wellhead connector AX ring.

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45. Function test wellhead. 46. Fill kill and choke valves with seawater.

47. Pressure test to 500psi then bleed off test pressure.

500psi, 48. Reduce hydraulic control manifold pressure to 5200 kpa. 5200 49. Switch to alternate control pod.
50. Guidelines are slacked off. 51. Slack off drill pipe and release running tool.

52. Run subsea TV to observe bit entering the TGB.

53. Dont rotate until hole opener passes through the TGB. 54. Position permanent guide base (PGB) below rotary table. 55. Monitor riser level via trip tank.
56. Pressure test to 5000psi. 5000psi 57. Pick up test mandril and place in BOP.

Safety and Firefighting

328. Get a Work Permit before you can start the hot work.

329. Welding is not allowed. 330. Put on your (safety) helmet. 331. Its a high voltage area. 332. Thats against the rule. 333. Dont walk under the crane load. 334. The repairing is under way. 335. Keep your hands clear! (Keep you hands off! Do not

touch!)
336. Wear and secure your safety belt. 337. Life jacket must be worn when working outboard or

overhead. 338. Have your breathing apparatus near you.

339. Its a drill. 340. It was a BOP drill. 341. Get in the lifeboat in order. 342. Put on life jacket! 343. Abandon the vessel! 344. Sound the abandonment alarm! 345. Go to the helideck! 346. Aboard the lifeboat. 347. Aboard the supply boat to shore!

348. Check life saving apparatus periodically.

349. Its for fire fighting. 350. Start the fire pump. 351. This rope is too small. 352. It should be function tested. 353. A warning notice should be set up. 354. Do you have an emergency program (contingency

plan)? ?
355. It must be ready in an emergency condition.

356. Will the typhoon hit our rig? ?

357. We will have to evacuate the rig. 358. Personnel on board (POB). 359. Sound fire alarm. 360. This is a fire drill. 361. conduct abandon ship drill. 362. Release the boat hooks. 363. Board the life boat. 364. Remove the rust and paint with anti-corrosive primer.

365. Three rafts are located near life boat station port side.

3 366. Wear work vests when working below the cellar deck. 367. The station bills need to be updated. 368. Check the expiry date for all foam extinguisher.

369. Close all the water-tight doors. 370. Safety procedure shall be followed at all the times.

371. Anchor wires should have a Spelter type socket at

anchor side. 372. Colour code all the connection at the loading station. 373. Verify that a high level alarm is installed on the sludge tank. 374. Dont switch on during drilling operation. 375. Provide two independent means to start the emergency generator engine. 376. Have the boom pennant wires of port crane re-certified. 377. Clean the internals of the emergency switchboard.

Helicopter and Supply Vessel

378. Load out Contractors riser at Zhanjiang anchorage.

379. Offload casing. () 380. Load (offload or unload) the boat. () 381. Get the food container loaded on the boat.

382. The helicopter will land on rig soon.

383. Tell the base to get (or send) a chopper here.

384. Helicopters are not allowed to land here. 385. Report the weather condition to the pilot.

386. Inform the boat come to standby. 387. Call the boat to come along port side.

388. We will take the personnel basket.

Repair and Maintenance

389. Have an overall check. 390. MPI the brake linkage system.

391. Demonstrate that the make-up cathead can pull 7000

lbs. 7000 392. Determine the origin of the air leak and rectify this. 393. Adjust the brake band equalizer beam properly. 394. Note that the 3000 hour inspection on TDS is due. 3000 395. Check sheave rope pocket wear with a 1 3/8+1 1/32 template. 1 3/8+1/32
396. Repair the handrails on the crown. 397. Function test the anti-freefall brake on monthly basis.

398. Get me a spanner, please. 399. Renew brake rim because of excessive wear.

400. Clearly mark safe working load (SWL) on the air

winch below the rig floor. 401. Measure the master bushings for wear. 402. Have BOP ram opened up for internal inspection. 403. Install a ground cable on the triplex pump motor.


404. We need a 48 pipe wrench. 48 405. Strike it with a sledge hammer. 406. We want a triangle file. 407. Tighten up the screw. 408. Check it with a level. 409. Put some engine oil. 410. Have it greased. 411. Put out of hole test string. 412. Check all the equipment. 413. Theres something wrong with it. 414. Rig inspection will be performed in August.

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415. Maintain the hoisting system. 416. Adjust the brake band. 417. Change the oil in the rotary gear box (transmission).

418. Replace one water pump. 419. Its quick-discharge air valve. 420. This clutch needs repair. 421. This tong needs replacing. 422. Slip 6 meters of the drilling line. 6 423. Cut off 45 meters of the drilling line. 45 424. Check the pump liners and pistons. ()


425. The piston has been washed. 426. The supercharge pump doesnt take in water.

427. Regulate the relief valve. 428. This part number is wrong. 429. The multi-pen recorder has some problem.

Miscellaneous

430. No smoking here. 431. Everything is OK. 432. Speed up please. 433. The geologist must be present. 434. We have to wait on weather. 435. There will be strong wind. 436. Give me a hand, please. 437. Do you understand? ? 438. No way! 439. Man overboard! 440. Help! Help!

441. Someone is injured. Medic! , 442. Call for the medic. 443. Get a stretcher please. 444. No more than 4 persons. 4 445. Drinking liquor is not allowed. 446. Dont overrun your equipment. 447. Be careful at work. 448. No joking here. 449. Rig up for logging. 450. What is the next step? ? 451. Get everything ready as soon as possible!

. ( Contractors Personnel )

Rig Manager

Equipment Supervisor

Materials Supervisor

Senior Toolpusher

Junior Toolpusher

Driller

Sub Sea Engineer (SSE)

Assistant Driller (AD)

Derrick Man

Floor Man (roughneck)

Barge Master (captain)

First Mate (Barge engineer)

Control Room Operator (CRO)

Ballast Control Operator (BCO)

Chief Engineer

Head of Routabout

Crane Operator

Routabout

Mechanic

Electrician

Repairman

Motorman

Welder

Radio Operator

Warehouse Man (stock Keeper)

Medic

Safety Supervisor

Interpreter (translator)

Chief Steward

Cook

Steward

Laundry Man

. ( Operators Personnel and Service Company Personnel)

Drilling Superintendent

Company Man (Operators Representative)

Geologist

Mud Logging Engineer (Mud logger)

Sample Catcher

Mud Engineer

ROV Engineer

Cementer

Cement Engineer

Testing Engineer

Coring Engineer

Wireline Logging Engineer

. (Drilling Equipment):

Drawworks

Rotary Table

Bushing

Top Drive System (TDS)

Swivel

Crown Block

Traveling Block

Hook

Derrick

Pipe Spinning Wrench

Ezy-Torq

Elmagco Brake

Pipe handling Equipment

Iron roughneck

Pipe Racking System

Drill String

Drilling Sub

Fishing Tool

Power Tong

Air Winch (air tugger)

Crown-O-Matic (Crown Saver)

. (Mud System)

Mud Pump

Shale shaker

Mud Cleaner

Desilter

Desander

Degasser

Centrifuge

Mud Agitator

Mud Mixing System

Centrifugal Pump

Standpipe Manifold

Rotary Hose

Bulk Air System and Tank

. (Well Control Equipment):

Ram Type Preventor

Annular Type Preventor

BOP Stack

Gate Valve

Choke and Kill Manifold

Remotely Operated Panel

Choke Control Panel

BOP Handling Equipment

Diverter

. (Marine System)

Ballast System

Bilge System

Vent ,

Air Supply Fan

Mooring System

Communication Equipment

Jacking System

Skidding System

Windlass

Anchor

Pendant

Buoy

Lifting and Handling Equipment

. (Engine Room)

Diesel Engine

Emergency Generator

Water Maker (desalinization unit)

Air Compressor

Boiler

Air-conditioning System

Sea Water Service Pump

Piping System

Generator

Transformer

DC Motor

AC Motor

. (Safety Equipment)

Fire Control System

Fire Detection System

CO2 System

Fixed Fire Extinguishing System

Portable Extinguisher

Fire-Fight Equipment

Foam System

Lifeboat

(Inflatable) Life Raft ()

Davit

Escape Routes

Breathing Apparatus

Life Buoy

Gas Detection System

Helicopter Facility

Sick-Bay (Hospital)

Pollution Control

. ( Others)

Cementing Unit

Well Testing Equipment

Mud Logging Unit

Wire Logging Unit

ROV

Meter

Foot

Inch

Supply Boat (supply vessel)

Standby boat

Day (night) Shift ()

Crew Change

Crew , ,

Position

Draft (draught)

Air Gap ,

Penetration ()

Evacuation

Rig (Drilling rig) ,

Bow

Stern

Forward (FWD) or fore

Aft

Port

Starboard (STBD)

Upper Deck

Main Deck

Quarters (living quarters, accommodation area)

Drill Floor (Rig floor)

Bridge (Pilot house, Steerwheel house)

Control Room

Helideck

Cementing Unit Room

Air Compressor Room

BOP Control Room BOP

Radio Room

Engine Room

Thruster Room

Warehouse (Store)

Paint Room (paint locker)

Leg

Jacking House

Column

Sack Storage Area

Mud pit

Cellar Deck

Riser Rack Area

Pipe Rack Area

Pipe Slide

Ramp

Spud Tank

Pontoon

Moonpool /

Pump Room

Shale Shaker House

Coffee Room

Rig Office

Mess (dining) Room

Recreation Room

TV Room

Change Room

Kitchen

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Drill Pipe

Drill Collar

Heavy Weight Drill Pipe

Elevator

Tong

Make-up Tong

Break-out Tong

Mud Box

Casing Stabbing Board

Slips

Spider

Mouse Hole ()

Kelly Spinner

Kelly Cock

Chain Tong

Casing

Tubing

Drill String

Jar (drilling jar)

Right Hand Thread

Left Hand Thread

Stabilizer

Rabit

Liner

Conductor

Thread Protector

Stand ()

Single ()

Joint ()

Bend

Sub

Pup Joint ,

Connector

Bit

Bit Breaker

Box

Pin

Hole Opener

Reamer

Overshot

Junk Basket

Junk Mill

Spear

Fishing Tap

Cross Over Sub (XO Sub)

Bottom Hole Assembly (BHA)

Steel

Iron

Wood

Chemicals

Cement

Barite

Potable Water

Drilling Water

Sea Water

Fuel

Helifuel

Lubricant (Lube/Lube oil)

Grease

Thread Dope

Ballast Water

Bilge Water

Gasoline

Mud

Bentonite

Additive

Caustic Soda

Weight Material

Thinner

Oxygen

Nitrogen

Hydrogen Sulphide

Acetylene

Compressed Air

Hydraulic Fluid

Spanner

Hammer

Screw Driver

Multimeter

Welding Machine

Bar

Shackle

Sling ()

Container

BHA: bottom hole assembly

DP: drill pipe

DC: drill collar

HWDP: heavy weight drill pipe

BOP: blowout preventer

TD: total depth

TVD: true vertical depth ()

SCR: silicon controlled rectifier

OD: outside diameter

ID: inside diameter

BBL: barrel

LB: () Libra=pound ()

PSI: pound per square inch / 2

GAL: gallon

POOH: pull out of hole

RIH: run in hole

WOW: wait on weather

WOC: wait on cement

JU: Jackup ()

SEMI: semi submersible ()

RPM: revolution per minute /

LPM: liter per minute /

KN: knot (/)

SWL: safe working load

API: American Petroleum Institute

IADC: international association of drilling contractors

MPI: magnetic particle inspection