Oil and Gas Drilling 101

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1. What is the term commonly used to refer to the act of deviating a well bore to head in the direction desired? miracle drilling directional drilling deviated septum drilling advanced angle drilling

2. What is the name commonly given to the liquid used in drilling a well? syrup black gold hole milk mud

3. What is the name commonly given to the Oil Company representative who is present while drilling is taking place? the Head Well Digger the Tool Pusher the Offshore Installation Manager the Company Man

4. 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

5. When oil is "struck", it usually produces a spout which reaches 150 feet or more above the surface of the ground True False

6. What is the name given to the workers who work on a drilling rig drill floor? Yahoos Tool Pushers Roughnecks Tong Operators

7. What type of formations are oil and gas usually found in? shale sand granite sulfur

8. What is the name given to the tall, main structure of a drilling rig? the derrick the Jacob's ladder the bridge the stand pipe

9. 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 Hydorxide Sodium Sulfide Hydrogen Sulfide

10. What is the term used for 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