Misplaced Pages

Rig standpipe

Article snapshot taken from[REDACTED] with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
This article does not cite any sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
Find sources: "Rig standpipe" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (December 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

A rig standpipe is a solid metal pipe attached to the side of a drilling rig's derrick that is a part of its drilling mud system. It is used to conduct drilling fluid from the mud pumps to the kelly hose. Bull plugs, pressure transducers and valves are found on the rig standpipe.


Stub icon

This article related to natural gas, petroleum or the petroleum industry is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories:
Rig standpipe Add topic