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rotary steerables, 186–188 salt dome drilling, 174
rotary table, 55, 133–135, 136 salt-saturated slurry, 216
rotating coiled tubing drilling rig, sand control
114–115 measures, 87
rotating control head, 281 screen, 86, 87
roughneck, 288, 351 sand trap, 130
round target, 175 sandstones, 9–10
roustabout, 288, 351 structure, 9
saturated KCI slurry, 216
Schlumberger PowerDrive pads, 187
S scraper, 81
seal rock, 27–28
safety secondary cementing, 223–224
alerts, 339 secondary migration, 28–29
environmental impact studies and, secondary recovery, 30
344–345 secondary well control, 256–258
harness, 340, 341 sediments, 1
as incentive scheme feature, 290 sedimentary rocks, 2
minimizing discharge and spills, seepage losses, 62, 303
342–344 self-contained breathing apparatus
overview, 329–330, 345 (SCBA), 336
permit to work systems, 338 self-contained rig package, 121
rig newcomers and, 333–334 semisub rig, 117
severe weather and suspension of semisubmersible rig, 115–117
operations, 345 drilling tenders, 118
STOP program, 342 lifeboat on, 330

training and certification, 334–336 senior drilling engineer (SDE), 285
safety drills senior drilling supervisor (DS), 285–286
abandon rig drill, 337 sensator, 132
fire drills, 336–337 serious losses, 303

H S, 337 service companies, 350
2
kick drill (pit drill), 337 drilling superintendent and, 294
overview, 336 interfacing with, 294
trip drill, 337 representatives (salesmen), 294
safety equipment Seven Pillars of Wisdom, 21

certification, 339–340 severe weather, and suspension of
other, 340–342 operations, 345
personal protective equipment, 340, shales, 7–9
341 black, 23
safety meetings reactive, 170
daily operations, 332 shale shaker, 129
overview, 330 shallow gas
prejob, 332–333 dynamic kill, 275–276
prespud, 330–331 on floating rigs, 277

pretour, 332 overview, 274–275
weekly, 331 show, 232
salts, 11–12 side outlets, 75

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