Drilling line:

Also called the rotary line.

Terms Related to Drilling line

• Wire rope

  A cable composed of steel wires twisted around a central core of fiber or steel wire to create a rope of great strength and considerable ...

• Reeve the line

  To string a wire rope drilling line through the sheaves of the traveling and crown blocks to the hoisting drum.

• Sand line drill

  A device run on cable-tool drilling line, a service machine, or sand line of a rotary rig to drill up tools, remove downhole debris, and ...

• Mud return line

  A trough or pipe that is placed between the surface connections at the wellbore and the shale shaker and through which drilling mud flows upon ...

• Wireline

  A small-diameter metal line used in wireline operations. Also called slick line. Compare conductor line.

• Rotary table

  The principal component of a rotary, or rotary machine, used to turn the drill stem and support the drilling assembly. It has a beveled gear ...

• String up

  To thread the drilling line through the sheaves of the crown block and traveling block. One end of the line is secured to the hoisting ...