oil rig

engineering

Also known as: oil derrick

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In derrick
In the petroleum industry, a derrick consisting of a framework or tower of wood or steel is erected over the deep drill holes of oil wells to support the tackle for boring, to raise and lower the drilling tools in the well, and to insert and remove the well casing…
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In petroleum production: The derrick
The hoisting equipment that is used to raise and lower the drill pipe, along with the machinery for rotating the pipe, is contained in the tall derrick that is characteristic of rotary drilling rigs. While early derricks were constructed at the drilling site, modern…
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