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Under the derrick
Two braced boxes carrying the drill floor, with the lower mast section above. The rig designer’s drawings set every size.
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Drilling derrick bases: braced side boxes, rotary and setback beams, the drill floor, the first section of the mast, the V-door ramp and the stairs, fabricated to the rig designer’s drawings.
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Two braced boxes carrying the drill floor, with the lower mast section above. The rig designer’s drawings set every size.
Scroll to see how it is built · drag to turn it round
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Braced boxes of H-sections and tubular diagonals, drilled for the pins that join them on site.
Used here for: Side boxes
Heavy profiles that need precise holes, where plasma cannot do the job: the lower structure and panel borders of a ground flare, and every bolted PEB and multi-storey frame.
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Deep built-up beams carrying the rotary table and the pipe set back on the floor.
Used here for: Rotary and setback beams
Used here for: Rotary and setback beams
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A plated floor with handrails round the edge.
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Legs, girts and diagonals, with the V-door opening on one face.
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Pipe-handling ramp and catwalk, and stairs from grade.
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Boxes, beams, floor and mast section: every member numbered, match-marked and packed in erection sequence.
We fabricate to your drawings and prove the fit in our own bay before anything ships. Open any line for the detail.
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