Wind guy line:

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• Guy line

  A wireline attached to a mast, derrick, or offshore platform to stabilize it. See wind guy line.

• Derrickman

  One of the rig crew members who gets his name from the fact that he works on a platform attached to the derrick or mast, ...

• Wireline

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

• Outrigger

  A projecting member run out at an angle from the sides of a portable mast or a land crane to the ground to provide stability ...

• Dead man

  A piece of wood or concrete, usually buried, to which a wire guy line is attached for bracing a mast or tower.

• Standpipe

  A vertical pipe rising along the side of the derrick or mast, which joins the discharge line leading from the mud pump to the rotary ...