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• Float collar

  A special coupling device inserted one or two joints above the bottom of the casing string that contains a check valve to permit fluid to ...

• Float shoe

  A short, heavy, cylindrical steel section with a rounded bottom and attached to the bottom of the casing string. It contains a check valve and ...

• Drill string float

  A check valve in the drill string that will allow fluid to be pumped into the well but will prevent flow from entering the string.

• Oil and gas separator

  An item of production equipment used to separate liquid components of the well stream from gaseous elements. Separators are either vertical or horizontal and either ...

• Pit-level indicator

  One of a series of devices that continuously monitor the level of the drilling mud in the mud tanks. The indicator usually consists of float ...

• Mobile offshore drilling unit

  A drilling rig that is used exclusively to drill offshore exploration and development wells and that floats upon the surface of the water when being ...

• Bottom-supported offshore drilling rig

  A type of mobile offshore drilling unit that has a part of its structure in contact with the seafloor when it is on site and ...