What is the nickname given to the workers who work on a drilling rig drill floor?
Roughnecks
Sparkies
Chippies
Bean counters
What is the term commonly used to refer to the act of deviating a well bore to head in the direction desired?
deviated septum drilling
directional drilling
miracle drilling
advanced angle drilling
What is the name commonly given to the liquid used in drilling a well?
black gold
syrup
mud
hole milk
What is the name commonly given to the Oil Company representative who is present while drilling is taking place?
the Head Well Digger
the Company Man
the Offshore Installation Manager
the Tool Pusher
What is the name given to an offshore drilling rig?
Drill ship
Semi-submersible
All are names given to an offshore drilling rig
Jack-up
What type of formations are oil and gas usually found in?
sand
granite
shale
sulfur
What is the name given to the tall, main structure of a drilling rig?
the bridge
the stand pipe
the Jacob's ladder
the derrick
It smells like rotten eggs, and one good whiff of it in high concentrations will kill you instantly. It is sometimes encountered in formations while drilling for oil.
Hydrogen Peroxide
Boric Hydroxide
Sodium Sulfide
Hydrogen Sulfide
Which of these terms describes the situation when the pressure of an oil or gas well overcomes the hydrostatic pressure exerted on it by the drilling fluid while drilling?
an outflow
a wash out
a kick
a spew out
What is a well drilled in an area without previous oil or gas production known as?
Offset Well
Wildcat
Newbie
Tomcat
