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MOLU
Offshore Energy Center
Term | Definition |
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Billy Pugh | a type of basket used to transfer personnel onto and off of a drilling rig or platform |
Catwalk | a steel platform on which joints of pipe are stored before they are moved to the derrick floor |
Christmas Tree | a series of valves, spools, and fittings that are connected to the top of a well |
Doghouse | a small building on the derrick floor used as the office of the driller and for storing tools |
Fishing Tool | a tool designed to recover equipment lost in the well |
Mousehole | an opening under the derrick floor where a single joint of pipe is placed waiting for a connection to be drilled |
Pig | a cylinder-shaped device that is put inside a pipeline to inspect it for damage, clean it, or repair it |
Roughneck | a low-ranking member of a drilling crew |
Wildcat | an exploration well |