tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950727852821572506.post7405623280809327235..comments2024-03-04T04:08:54.486-05:00Comments on Accidental Remediation: drill rig optionsShort Geologisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08047258159927129336noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950727852821572506.post-71110802347188250162014-01-15T22:47:42.224-05:002014-01-15T22:47:42.224-05:00The "drill rig" in your title caught my ...The "drill rig" in your title caught my eye. Funny how we're both geologists (I'm in oil & gas) and both experienced with drill rigs (I worked around O&G rigs for over 30 years), but in some ways we seem to come from two different solitudes. Your "drill rods" are my "drill pipe", your "hydraulic breakout wrench" is my "breakout tong", and your geotechnical rigs seem to me to be cute little mini-rigs (sorry, what can I say? the smallest rig I've ever dealt with is at least double the size of any shown in the CME catalog). Much of the equipment has analogues on both sides, but the terminology can differ somewhat. But we probably both have the same headaches trying to get good samples! :-)<br /><br />--HowardAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5950727852821572506.post-57144562459174888212014-01-15T20:26:41.793-05:002014-01-15T20:26:41.793-05:00Actually much of this technology is used on offsho...Actually much of this technology is used on offshore oil rigs. The breakout wrench is a smaller version of the iron roughneck, which puts does what you describe the breakout wrench to do. It has wrenches on both sides of the joint, and encloses it, and seperates the joints. <br />The pipe carosel sounds also like a automated pipe handling system. In this mode you don't have guys on the drill floor and up the derrick manhandling the 90 foot sections, instead the driller does it by joystick. <br />So its interesting that the tech for the big boys in drilling has come down the food chain. Lylenoreply@blogger.com