Rig Knowledge
What does H2S stand for?
Hydrogen Sulfide
What does AED stand for?
Automated External Defibrillator
What force keeps formation fluids from entering the wellbore?
Hydrostatic pressure
What is the capital of Texas?
Austin
A farmer has 14 chickens, 13 cows & 15 pigs, all but 9 of the 14 chickens die, how many chickens is he left with?
9
Why do we put Baker lock on the shoe track connections?
To prevent them from backing off while drilling out.
If someone is choking and cannot speak, what maneuver may be required?
Heimlich maneuver
What does "www" stand for?
World Wide Web
What gets wetter as it dries?
A towel
Why is a spacer pumped before a cement job?
To prevent the mixing of drilling fluids with the cement.
Which direction should you travel when evacuating for a H2S release?
Upwind or crosswind
What is underbalance?
When formation pressure exceeds hydrostatic pressure
What is the boiling point of water?
212°
What word becomes shorter when you add to letters to it?
short
What does PDC stand for in PDC bit?
Polycrystalline Diamond Compact
At what concentration can H2S rapidly cause you to collapse and death after only a few breaths?
700-1000 ppm
You're pulling out of the hole, and the trip tank is coming up. Why could that be? Besides the derrick hand filling it up.
Possible swabbing the well
What is the hardest NATURAL substance on Earth?
Diamond
What can run but never walks, has a bed but never sleeps?
A river
What is meant by the tangent section of a well?
Where the angle is held constant or stays the same.
What is H2S called when it is burned off?
Sulfur Dioxide
Formula for finding pressure gradient
.052 X MW
What is the world's most abundant gas?
Nitrogen
What occurs once every second, twice every decade, and never in a centry?
The letter "D"