Types of onshore
offshore rigs
Rotary drilling Rigs
Marine Land
Bottom
Floating Conventional Mobile
support
Semi
Platform Barge Jackups Jackknife
submersible
Self Portable
Drill Ship
contained mast
Tendered
Derrick
Rotary Hose
Swivel Stand
pipe
Bell Nipple
• Rotary Drilling rigs are used for almost all drilling done today BOP
• The hole is drilled by rotating a bit to which a downward force Emergency
is applied flow line
• The bit is turned by rotating the entire drill string using a
Drill pipe Conductor casing Earthen
rotary table at the surface pit
• Downward force is applied to the bit by using a section of Drill
Annulus
heavy thick-walled pipe, called as drill collars, in the drill string collar
above the bit
Bit
• The cuttings are lifted to the surface by circulating a fluid
down the drill string through the bit, and up the annular space
between the hole and the drill string
Legs that can be jacked
up
Floatable barge-like hull
• Acts as support platform for the drilling
rigs
• Equipped with storage facility, living
quarters, power generation facilities,
cranes, and helicopter platforms.
• Tender rigs are built on barges or as
jackup- or semi-submersible platforms
• A barge rig is designed to work in shallow water
(less than 20 ft deep).
• The rig is floated to the drillsite, and the lower hull
is sunk to rest on the sea bottom.
• The large surface area of the lower hull keeps the
rig from sinking into the soft mud and provides a
stable drilling platform.
• Jackups are similar to platforms except that the
support legs are not permanently attached to the
seafloor .
• The weight of the rig is sufficient to keep it on
location.
• The rig's legs can be jacked down to drill and
jacked up to move to a new location. When under
tow, a flotation hull buoys the jackup.
• The derrick is cantilevered over the rear to fit over
preset risers if necessary.
• A submersible rig is a barge that is
designed to work in deeper water
(to 50 ft deep).
• It has extensions that allow it to raise
its upper hull above the water level.
• The drilling apparatus on a drill ship is
mounted in the center of the ship over a moon
pool, which is a reinforced hole in the bottom
of the ship through which the drill string is
raised and lowered .
• The ship can be turned into the oncoming
wind or currents for better stability, and it can
operate in water too deep for anchors.
A rig with a folding mast that can be lowered
and raised relatively quickly.
