Dating someone who works on an oil rig
11-Dec-2019 11:41
Typically this is done when changing a drill bit or when "logging" the well.A single joint of pipe is typically some 30 feet long.Until internal combustion engines were developed in the late 19th century, the main method for drilling rock was muscle power of man or animal.The technique of oil drilling through percussion or rotary drilling has its origins dating back to the ancient Chinese Han Dynasty in 500 BC, where percussion drilling was used to extract natural gas in the Sichuan province.RC drilling proved much faster and more efficient, and continues to improve with better metallurgy, deriving harder, more durable bits, and compressors delivering higher air pressures at higher volumes, enabling deeper and faster penetration.Diamond drilling has remained essentially unchanged since its inception.Auger drilling is done with a helical screw which is driven into the ground with rotation; the earth is lifted up the borehole by the blade of the screw.
Small to medium-sized drilling rigs are mobile, such as those used in mineral exploration drilling, blast-hole, water wells and environmental investigations.Each has its advantages and disadvantages, in terms of the depth to what it can drill, the type of sample returned, the costs involved and penetration rates achieved.