Stand:

The usual stand is about 90 feet long (about 27 meters), which is three lengths of drill pipe screwed together (a thribble).

Terms Related to Stand

• Joint

  A single length (30 feet or 9 meters) of drill pipe, drill collar, casing, or tubing that has threaded connections at both ends. Several joints ...

• Hook

  A large, hook-shaped device from which the swivel is suspended. It is designed to carry maximum loads ranging from 100 to 650 tons (90 to ...

• Elevators

  Clamps that grip a stand of casing, tubing, drill pipe, or sucker rods so that the stand can be raised or lowered into the hole.

• Thribble

  A stand of pipe made up or three joints and handled as a unit. Compare double, fourable, and single.

• Drill pipe

  Heavy seamless tubing used to rotate the bit and circulate the drilling fluid. Joints of pipe approximately 30 feet (9 meters) long are coupled together ...

• Rack pipe

  1. To place pipe withdrawn from the hole on a pipe rack 2. To stand pipe on the derrick floor when pulling it out of ...

• Fourble

  A section of drill pipe, casing, or tubing consisting of four joints screwed together. Compare double, single, thribble.