British Gas Corporation (BGC)

the nationalized corporation that is

responsible for the purchase of gas from

oil companies and for its distribution and

sale within the United Kingdom

British National Oil Corporation (BNOC)

the state-owned corporation set up by

the UK Government to manage the country's

participation in the UK sector of the

continental shelf

British Thermal Unit (BTU)

the quantity of heat required to raise

the temperature of 1 lb of water through

1 degree Fahrenheit

Broker

an agent employed (at a customary or an

agreed rate of commission or remuneration)

to buy or sell goods, merchandise,

or marketable securities, or to negotiate

insurances, freight rates, or other matters,

for a principal, the sales or transactions

being negotiated not in his name

but in that of the principal

Drilling string

lengths of steel tubing roughly 10 m long

screwed together to form a pipe connecting

the drill bit to the drilling rig, the string

is rotated to drill the hole and also serves

as a conduit for drilling mud, also called

the drill pipe

Drilling line

the wire горе connecting the drawworks,

crown block and traveling block that is

used to raise or lower drill pipe or casing

from or into a well

Driller

the experienced operator who

controls the drawworks and heads the

drilling crew

Drilling crew

the team who actually work on or above

the derrick floor during drilling operations

- generally a driller plus four roughnecks

Derrick

the elongated pyramid of latticed steel

mounted over the bore hole for drilling

and well servicing purposes

Drawworks

the control center from which the driller

operates the drilling machinery

Drilling platform

an offshore platform used to drill exploration

and development wells but

lacking the processing facilities of a

production platform

Tour

a drilling shift (pronounced tower)

Drill pipe

see drilling string

Drilling rig

the complete machinery and structures

needed for drilling a well

Moon pool

the open hole in the center of the hull

of a drill ship through which drilling

takes place

Drill bit

the part of the drilling tool which actually

cuts through the rock

Drill ship

a ship fitted with a drilling derrick that is

used to drill in waters that are too deep

for a jack-up or semi-submersible rig

Rig

see exploration rig

Toolpusher

the supervisor in charge of the drilling rig

and associated equipment

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