Oil Well Drilling Process - a Shell film

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[@thomasjames2352]

Worked these dam rigs to 20 years. Loved every minute of it. Never worked on these modern rigs. All electronic or hydrolics. 1972 ta 92. Miss it sometimes.

[@FECosta-ei6pv]

A very outstanding explanation about the drilling process in the oil & gas industry. Hats off 👍🏻🧢

[@JinKee]

this is peak educational material

[@thecarpetman7687]

Exactly…no dumbing down just hard facts

[@Ihamithegreat57]

My geography teacher literally sent this to me

[@heh3135]

@JinKee spittin facts

[@arthurwadsworth4311]

I spent 29 years at a major chemical company's research lab working with refining catalysts. Don't know much about about drilling or production, but I learned a lot from this video. My thanks to Shell and the film and production crews

[@amanda2276]

Thanks! I have an interview for the Graduate Drilling & Wells Engineer position and this video really brushed up my memory!

[@1978garfield]

Shell used to make the best educational films. I also remember those instructional booklets you could get at the station.

[@alihawlery5657]

I've never been understand perfectly about drilling operations and procedures but by that video everything is explained and become easiest for me

[@daikuglenn2]

Brought back memories or should I say nightmares from the Williston Basin 1980 to 1982. Very concise and informative. They should have shown this to all of us roughnecks.

[@nikunjkavadia]

😀

[@chrislnflorida5192]

I worked the Williston Basin during that time, I worked Derricks for Brinkerhoff.

[@daikuglenn2]

@@chrislnflorida5192 Brinkerhoff's iron was red, wasn't it. Got a shot of a Brink Rig in my KZbin video The Williston Oil Patch. Daikuglenn 2 channel

[@derrickconnolly9164]

I'm on the Canadian side of the coin. Alberta. From 1978 to 2016. Offshore for 5. I believe I could've explained it much better in many areas. Especially the drill stem testing. Open hole with packers above and below the pay zones. Opening the well to the surface without hydrostatic pressure from above aNd below very dangerous procedure. Which is now long ago stopped. We did before running casing. Why case a dead well. I have done perforation work. But why spend money on if the results are unfavorable. Ah the surface casing and it's real functions of why were kinda funny. And adding parts to the BOP system as you drill ahead. Usually the stack is complete with the bag and rams from the start. But otherwise it brought back memories of what so few years ago were like compared to today. I enjoyed every moment of my time in the drilling industry. 17 years drilling no injuries to myself and crew members. And I was old school on the brake. Get it done. Not one to be gentle. I found the controls talking to me by feel and hearing. Best days of my life. And I raised a family during it.

[@hartgetzen7867]

Excellent film. Learned a lot. Thanks for producing this!

[@mmdpc6102]

that was super cool and also very complicated. as a civil engineer myself i am sure behind every minute of this video lies a big ass textbook for Petroleum engineering who are studying in this field.i just love being an civil engineer because every part of this needs its own experts and if it just like in civil engineering and any other field. respect to all engineers outs the how pioneer new methods every day for humans well beings.

[@1940limited]

Absolutely amazing and highly skilled personnel needed for success. Respect and admiration for all those employed here.

[@brucemorris6319]

I remember those days. I broke out in the early 70s started out as sample catcher worked my way up to driller. Did it for about 18 years. Worked in Oklahoma and Texas . Back then you worked every day with no days off. If you had to have off you quit or had someone double for you. Most companies started giving days off in the mid 70s or late 70s.

[@romancandlefight1144]

Wild

[@chrislnflorida5192]

Been there done that, 7 days a Week. The Shi**y part about all this is I broke out on a Double, meaning a Rig move every few weeks or so. Then got off the Double, went to the Permian Basin worked out of Odessa, started working good sized Triples, working Derricks, then a Driller. I was Drilling for MGF, maybe you heard of them, they filmed Waltz Across Texas on our Rig, the Crew and I were in a very small clip. Then came THE END. 1 day ALL Drilling was shut down, NO warnings, NO more drilling no where. F**ked me up, cause my next step was to Hire on with Shell and get off the Rigs, more of a Company Man 😁. Then I had to go start Pounding Nails, which turned out to be a good Trade, did that up until last year. Between the Oil Fields and Construction my body is SHOT, I Hurt and Stiff to where mobility is getting bad. The WORST part of ALL this is, I'm just as broke as I was when I 1st started in the Fields 😫🤪😀!

[@buildmotosykletist1987]

@@chrislnflorida5192 : By "pounding Nails", I presume you mean you were a "Chippy" (carpenter). Join the club. Fortunately I liked the Co so much I bought it and became the "Builder" (I think you call us contractors). I also invested a bit and got lucky. I'm now a farmer. One day I'll retire after they bury me. I hope your kids learnt from your experiences.

[@lotannaobika6153]

Thank you for sharing. I enjoyed watching it

[@Ace-is7ww]

its amazing how the use of multi-lateral drilling has decreased the cost of drilling numerous holes in one area :)))) Very cost-effective and oil companies are able to extract oil from a larger surface area

[@chrislnflorida5192]

When I was Drilling in the Permian Basin, TX, some of these companies is what we'd call Fence Jumpinh. They would use Directional Drilling to tap into another zone that is not in the Mineral Rights of the 1st hole.

[@chrislnflorida5192]

This is a great Video. This brings back Good memories and BAD! I was working during the BIG Boom in the late 1970s &1980s, went to the Site for a Rig Move, there were 4 Crews, the Pusher comes out to announce that THAT DAY was the LAST day for ALL Drilling to shut down. There was NO warning, they just Shut it ALL DOWN. I don't think any actual Drilling started back up again until mid 90s, and that was up in the MT, SD area, TX a bit, that Boom maybe lasted 4-5 years? Working the Rigs, being a Roughneck, was Very exciting, learned alot, met many a good man, Worked your A** off, also Played Hard.

[@buildmotosykletist1987]

@@chrislnflorida5192 : There's no better company than blokes who know what hard work is. I've been spoilt most of my working life through building and now farming, I've worked with fantastic blokes who's company was really enjoyable. For a decade from 17 to 27 I worked in nightclubs until one night I walked into a club and I just didn't want to be there. My dream job had become a bad dream. I sold out and went into construction. The best move I ever made ... well except for having two sons. I hope you are doing well.

[@rickschlosser6793]

I’ve seen Shell wellpads (gas) in the Montney with over 30 wells. It cuts down on all kinds of costs.

[@stanleynabors3648]

Turn er to the right Boy's ! Fine job.

[@kennypayton5103]

Make em bite!!

[@sabeerali5610]

Hatsoff brother. Outstanding explanation

[@hummarstraful]

Fascinating. Watched the whole video. Now onto a modern one.

[@himanshu5948]

A big thanks to makers of this video

[@bodabing3]

Did this job outa high school in Wyoming. Never once saw a woman on the job. We were 17 miles from a paved road 140 miles from home (bed). In February, when the next crew couldn't get to the rig, to relive us at 2 am due to weather, we would pull a double shift. Never a woman in site. Try tripping pipe for 12 hours to change a bit at 3 am. in the morning at 20 degrees below zero with a 20 mph wind. It really sucks if it's a wet connection .😂 oh, to be young again. Making 50 dollars an hrs in 1976. We were Ballin.

[@kennypayton5103]

Try going offshore then tell me about roads..

[@محمدربيع-ه2ع7ح]

فديو عظيم 🔥

[@BobbyAdams-e4w]

Oil production made simple.good video.

[@alirezabahmani4759]

A piece of art

[@ferhatsaifi]

thank you that video makes a lot of things clear for me and give a lot of responses for my question.

[@Jammin21]

Maybe a roughneck can explain... when they cement in the casing, how do they clear the inside portion of the casing of cement? From what I can see cement is pumped in down the center, around the tip to the outside of the casing where it displaces the mud back up to the surface and then they let it set. Wouldn't the inside of the casing also be filled with cement that is going to set? Specifically talking about 6:05

[@dennisfox8673]

Specifically, they pump through the drill pipe the volume of cement calculated to fill the annulus between the casing and the wall of the hole - from the bottom up as shown in the video, after that volume has entered the drill pipe, they switch to drilling mud and that is what pushes the last portion of cement down the drill pipe so there’s no more cement inside either the drill pipe or outer casing. Oh, I should’ve mentioned that the cementing process starts by pulling the drill all the way out, replacing the drill bit with a check valve assembly called “the shoe” and running that assembly back to the bottom of the hole and using it to seal the bottom end of the casing so that cement ONLY.flows outside the casing. So other than just the last little bit of the casing there’s never any cement in it. After the curing time they unhook from the shoe, bring the rest of the drill pipe back out of the hole, pick up a plain ol’ bit, run back in, drill through the shoe and the cement, pull out of the hole one more time to pick up the fancy drill bit (and these days a lot of electronics that can measure the rock just like wireline tool they show here, plus take surveys so they can map where the hole is exactly) and only then get back to making new hole. The entire process takes at least three days. I was a mudlogger (the guy grabbing cuttings off the shale shaker and putting them in the sample bag) on offshore wells back in the 90s; so once they were going to run casing I had a few very easy days ahead of me. The roughnecks out on the drilling floor were going to work their asses off yo-yo-ing pipe.

[@Jammin21]

@@dennisfox8673 You are exactly who I was hoping would comment here. This had been bothering me and now I know. Thank you sir.

[@GrantJohnston-dr9rt]

Used to work for Shell, gasoline tanker MV Northern Shell.

[@abuhurayra6125]

Thanks a million , What a clear concept on Oil well Drilling this is ?

[@JamesonSharp]

This is a Fantastic Educational Documentary into what it’s like to be a Wildcatter! 🙌

[@g-l8492]

Is the torque not breaking the long drilling shaft? I always wondered how this long transmission train can survive.

[@slomotion5165]

It's a high density heat treated drill pipe

[@imme1965x]

33 yrs in this industry and still counting.

[@bakanabakana5588]

Good day sir, I want to learn about this industry could you mentor me please?

[@bakanabakana5588]

Good day sir, I want to learn about this industry could you mentor me please?

[@bakanabakana5588]

Good day sir, I want to learn about this industry could you mentor me please?

[@sayantanghosh6714]

Nice presentation. Thank you!

[@fortnitebotpetti7293]

I learnt so much from this video!! :)

[@toddavis8603]

DRILLing gives me goosebumps and great JOY, because it is in my blood!"St James 1:17

[@chrislnflorida5192]

😂😂😂 , I can Still Smell the Diesel

[@francissoryee1719]

I want to learn this work

[@darkskin84]

Great vid

[@omalnmanohar111]

thanks alot for the effort !!!

[@napsam71]

Shell should produce more movies.

[@andyvonyeast332]

This film is great. 1970’s I’m guessing? I wonder how much the procedures have changed today?

[@PaulaCollins-Cook-o7j]

This is fabulous.....

[@OilfieldSchool]

Amazing video

[@handover007]

Very good video

[@davidd.foxell4271]

This's very interesting

[@soemyint109]

Thanks for this video.

[@derrickconnolly9164]

Surface is strictly for well control. Not the top formation falling into the well. Lol. But i see your point.

[@jimmychanbers2424]

Hell. Sometimes the crew heading home bought your weed or vice-versa. We didn't have to wear hard hats back then. Cold winters but some fun times.

[@VishnusNair.]

Thanks a lot ❤

[@alansieckman9270]

I worked a subsidiary of Liton corp doing geo survey. Very interesting stuff hear

[@delavalmilker]

I wonder what year this was made.

[@hoseinqadam]

Probably somewhere around 1950's

[@richbroddelli4640]

@@hoseinqadam I was thinking similar, i'm really glad we have progressed a long way with worker safety these days, they don't even have basic PPE there

[@eatonfire04]

Early 80s, late 70s no were near 50s

[@marcinsailor4599]

2020

[@akirchner3]

@@eatonfire04 Yep, look how wide the ties were

[@fernandomassanga7223]

Hats off

[@NnannaMelaugha]

I feel so educated. Thank you

[@billfeld5883]

I worked on some Shell Co. Wells the drilling superintendent was pissed he didn't want anyone to know how deep we were drilling including us hands, after tripping pipe I had a very good idea about how deep we were and told him, some men are just ignorant of facts!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@kishoretadiparthiexplorer2958]

Nice information

[@drive9997]

nice

[@ByronHickel]

Most of the platform rigs that I have drilled have been Shell platform units like the Bullwinckel

[@derrickconnolly9164]

Rule of thumb. Surface hole is usually 10% of the well.

[@andrecobham33]

very informative

[@MZMA85]

Oli rig, hippies and weed

[@agungprayitnozamzami7412]

ajib.....

[@mikelooby8362]

Now we know

[@barnyardbrio7597]

wow

[@daveminion6209]

DRILL BABY , DRILL !!! America is back, baby!! maga2024.

[@g-dcomplex1609]

It's not uncommon for the steel drill pipe to become radioactive as it spins downward into favorable geology

[@gingermoon9408]

True The Beverly Hill Billys Story i told uncle jethro bo dean i was gone get them

[@user-gn1ic9ww8q]

if u wanna eat your mills out your machinery go ahead just dont clock out...

[@user-gn1ic9ww8q]

just think if we each get 1 tooth , well 4 of us are fucked then without a tooth. well just keep pooling i guess...

[@AshleyDaFox]

Now I can know about what is killing our planet and what will likely kill millions in the years to come, epic sauce!

[@mkay1957]

Then lead by example! Get rid of everything you own that has some derivative of oil in it. That would include your EV, if you have one.

[@AshleyDaFox]

@@mkay1957 "You exist in capitalism, yet you exist, curious" ass argument. Big oil fucks over alternative start ups left and right. Don't be gargling on the nads of the people killing you.

[@user-gn1ic9ww8q]

mpm i want that tooth im serious for my bedroom or office. haley ill see what i can do i cant promise u anything itll look good next to my guitar. whoa whoa who. looky what just moved across the showroom floor, april take a look inside those windows, is that who or whati think it is? my oh my barret we have a 69nova up for auction, yea and ill throw in the blower for free ... so there u have it a customized 69 nova i mean from every bolt,nut,wire this car has been 110 percent restored here at barret jacksons auction... this is gonna fetch a pretty penny also, plus april comes so fast ill throw in this dr. tooth also as a bone us.. idk how much a tooth is gonna jack up the price i guess well ave to wait and see then jackson...... this might brake the all time record when jeff gordons replica car was sold to a anonymous buyer in utah

[@rog3152]

🫡

[@user-gn1ic9ww8q]

idk why yall are making a stink over my sons tooth, tia u heard the dr. stay out of here and taake it easy. haley tell them who runs shit around here, uh my mother does duh shes been running the show for 6 yrs now and counting..

[@00Ali00]

Well explained

[@sgpe]

Nice presentation. Thank you!

[@sgpe]

Nice presentation. Thank you!