PETE 1010 Exam 2 Questions & Answers
2024/2025
toolpusher - ANSWERScontractors top manager on drill site, responsible for rigs overall operation and
performance. Makes sure crew drills well to operators specifications (aka rig superintendent or rig
manager)
driller - ANSWERSsubordinate only to toolpusher, operates drilling machinery, manages day to day
activities of the derrick hand and rotary helpers
derrick hand - ANSWERSlooks after the mud pumps and sometimes monitors and records the conditions
of mud, they handle the pipe from a platform on top of the derrick
rotary helpers - ANSWERShandle the bottom of the pipe on the rig floor when pipe is removed from or
put into the hole (aka floorhands or roughnecks)
roustabouts - ANSWERSassist in loading and unloading equipment and supplies delivered by boat to the
rig, on land rigs they're called lease hands
company representative - ANSWERSrepresentative representative of the operator on the drilling
location. Responsible for issues on location such as safety and efficiency
contract - ANSWERSagreement between the operator and the contractor that spells out what each is
expected to do and provide to drill the well to specifications
footage contract - ANSWERSoperator agrees to pay the contractor a certain amount for each foot drilled.
Riskier for the contractor because the operator pays the contractor certain amount regardless of the
time it takes
daywork contract - ANSWERSmost common, operator pays the contractor an amount per day to use the
rig, regardless of how much work the rig is performing, paid by hour not by foot
, turnkey contract - ANSWERSrequires the operator to pay the drilling contractor an agreed amount when
the well is finished. The contractor will furnish all equipment, materials, and people needed to drill,
operator assumes all financial risk
combination agreement - ANSWERScombines payment agreements. Ex: paid by footage to a certain
depth and then by day rate below that depth
hoisting system - ANSWERShoists drill pipe in and out of hole, support drill and keeps it in tension,
consists of: derrick (posts), draw-works (spool and crank), drilling line (rope), crown block (fixed atop
derrick/mast), traveling block (moves up and down)
derrick - ANSWERSpermanent A-frame structure with legs that sit on the corners of the rig floor
crown block - ANSWERSsits atop the derrick and never moves
traveling block - ANSWERSmoves up and down the center of the derrick, lifts and lowers drill strings
drilling line - ANSWERSmade of wound steel wire, runs from supply reel to crown block through sheaves,
goes down to traveling blocks and wraps around sheaves, weaves several times to increase strength,
anchored at draw works drum
draw works - ANSWERSone of the largest and heaviest equipment on a drilling rig. houses the drum
which drilling line is wrapped
rotating system - ANSWERSincludes all the equipment that turns the bit. consists of: swivel, kelly, rotary
table, top drive, drill pipe, drill collars and bit
swivel - ANSWERShangs from drilling hook on bottom of traveling block, supports drill bit, conduit for
drilling fluid, allows for everything bellow to rotate
kelly - ANSWERSfits into the kelly bushing and rotary table; rotates the drill string and bit; because the
Kelly slides through the Kelly bushing, the Kelly can move down as the bit drills deeper
2024/2025
toolpusher - ANSWERScontractors top manager on drill site, responsible for rigs overall operation and
performance. Makes sure crew drills well to operators specifications (aka rig superintendent or rig
manager)
driller - ANSWERSsubordinate only to toolpusher, operates drilling machinery, manages day to day
activities of the derrick hand and rotary helpers
derrick hand - ANSWERSlooks after the mud pumps and sometimes monitors and records the conditions
of mud, they handle the pipe from a platform on top of the derrick
rotary helpers - ANSWERShandle the bottom of the pipe on the rig floor when pipe is removed from or
put into the hole (aka floorhands or roughnecks)
roustabouts - ANSWERSassist in loading and unloading equipment and supplies delivered by boat to the
rig, on land rigs they're called lease hands
company representative - ANSWERSrepresentative representative of the operator on the drilling
location. Responsible for issues on location such as safety and efficiency
contract - ANSWERSagreement between the operator and the contractor that spells out what each is
expected to do and provide to drill the well to specifications
footage contract - ANSWERSoperator agrees to pay the contractor a certain amount for each foot drilled.
Riskier for the contractor because the operator pays the contractor certain amount regardless of the
time it takes
daywork contract - ANSWERSmost common, operator pays the contractor an amount per day to use the
rig, regardless of how much work the rig is performing, paid by hour not by foot
, turnkey contract - ANSWERSrequires the operator to pay the drilling contractor an agreed amount when
the well is finished. The contractor will furnish all equipment, materials, and people needed to drill,
operator assumes all financial risk
combination agreement - ANSWERScombines payment agreements. Ex: paid by footage to a certain
depth and then by day rate below that depth
hoisting system - ANSWERShoists drill pipe in and out of hole, support drill and keeps it in tension,
consists of: derrick (posts), draw-works (spool and crank), drilling line (rope), crown block (fixed atop
derrick/mast), traveling block (moves up and down)
derrick - ANSWERSpermanent A-frame structure with legs that sit on the corners of the rig floor
crown block - ANSWERSsits atop the derrick and never moves
traveling block - ANSWERSmoves up and down the center of the derrick, lifts and lowers drill strings
drilling line - ANSWERSmade of wound steel wire, runs from supply reel to crown block through sheaves,
goes down to traveling blocks and wraps around sheaves, weaves several times to increase strength,
anchored at draw works drum
draw works - ANSWERSone of the largest and heaviest equipment on a drilling rig. houses the drum
which drilling line is wrapped
rotating system - ANSWERSincludes all the equipment that turns the bit. consists of: swivel, kelly, rotary
table, top drive, drill pipe, drill collars and bit
swivel - ANSWERShangs from drilling hook on bottom of traveling block, supports drill bit, conduit for
drilling fluid, allows for everything bellow to rotate
kelly - ANSWERSfits into the kelly bushing and rotary table; rotates the drill string and bit; because the
Kelly slides through the Kelly bushing, the Kelly can move down as the bit drills deeper
