Interview Questions for Driller, Night Toolpusher and
Rig manager
General Questions:
1. Tell me about yourself (name, age, nationality, education,
health and single or married)?
2. Describe your personal attitude in five words?
3. What have you learned from your mistakes?
4. How you deal with an angry subordinate or client
representative?
5. What do you do in free time (your hobbies)?
6. Is your position for supervising or doing the jobs?
7. Why did you leave your last company, why you are joining us?
8. Does mechanic/electrician work under your supervision or
they are belonging to maintenance superintendent/manager?
9. How you prefer receive instructions from client
representative, verbal or written?
[Link] much $$$ money do you expect if we offer this position
to you?
Technical Questions:
1. What type (drilling/workover) and size (HP) of rigs you
worked on, SCR/VFD/Mechanical, Cyber chair, Joystick?
2. How many years of experience in drilling/workover business?
How long you been in the position you are applying for?
3. Rig maintenance is not of your duty it is the maintenance
department concern only, True or False?
-False
4. Where do we use Nitrogen gas on the rig and why?
-We use Nitrogen gas in Accumulator Bottles, Pulsation
Dampener, and Surge Bottle.
-Because Nitrogen Gas is nonflammable, an inert gas at
standard temperature and pressure.
5. What are the positions (open/close) of the 4 way valves while
drilling for BOP equipment (Annular, Top Ram, Blind Ram,
HCR valves)?
-Annular, Opened.
-Top Ram, Opened.
-Blind Ram, Opened.
-HCR Valves, Closed.
6. What are the pressure readings for annular, manifold, and
accumulator gauges on the BOP closing unit?
-Annular, 600 – 1500 psi.
-Manifold, 1500 psi.
-Accumulator, 3000 psi.
7. Which pressure reading we can adjust from rig floor remote
panel?
-Annular pressure only can be regulated and adjusted from
remote panel when selector valve put on "Remote" position.
8. What valves we should have on rig floor to secure drill string
in case well flows, which one we install first?
-Full Opening Safety Valve in open position.
-Inside BOP "Gray Valve".
-We should stab Safety valve in first.
9. What will you do if the well kicks while tripping?
-Shut the well in according to client shut in method:
-For Hard shut in;
a) Stab in FOSV, close it.
b)Space out.
c) Close annular/top ram.
d)Open HCR valve.
-For Soft shut in;
a) Stab in FOSV, close it.
b)Space out.
c) Open HCR valve.
d)Close annular/top ram.
e) Close remote choke.
10.***How to protect crown block and rig floor against top
drive/travelling block movement up and down, two answers?
-By pre-setting value of high travel stop and high travel limit
to save crown block; and setting value for low travel stop
and low travel limit to save rig floor.
-Or by setting Crown O matic to save crown block.
[Link] is the ton mile? Where we use it?
-Ton mile is the unit of service given by a drilling line in
moving 1 ton of load over a distance of 1 mile.
-We use it in slip & cut operation.
[Link] is the measuring unit on casing tong torque gauge?
What is the measuring unit on the line pull DP make up torque
gauge?
-Measuring unit of Casing torque gauge is [Link]
-Measuring unit of line pull DP make up torque gauge is lbf
[Link] changing liner size of the mud pump what equipment on
the mud pump should be readjusted?
-Pressure Relief Valve.
[Link] swab/surge pressure will be more, in a small or large
annulus?
-In Small annulus will be more because there is no clearance
between BHA and wellbore wall.
[Link] does it mean if pressure dropped 500 psi suddenly
while normal drilling, mud pumps ok?
-Lost bit cone.
[Link] formation fluid migrates in a shut in well?
-Gas kick type.
[Link] you reuse a BOP flange ring gaskets to save some money?
-Ring gaskets are not reusable according to API.
[Link] open BOP bonnets for changing the ram, which position
the 4 way valve, should be operated, open/close?
-4 way valve should be operated Close position.
[Link] do you know if you are differentially stuck?
- Free circulation.
- No up/down movement.
- No rotation.
- Increase pipe stretch and torque.
[Link] the hard shut in procedure what will be the hydraulic
choke position, open/close?
-Close position.
[Link] on a stuck pipe using a drilling jar, after the jar is
fired, what should you do to repeat the jarring action?
-You should re-cock the jar to the neutral position.
Calculation Questions:
1. If the make-up torque is 60,000 [Link], How much line pull you
will apply on the line pull torque gauge (torque arm length = 5
ft)?
- Torque = Pull force X Arm Length
- 60,000 = Pull force X 5
- Pull force = 60,000/5 = 12,000 lbf
2. Five stands drill pipe pulled out of the hole it took only 2.5
bbls and the hole filled up, calculated volume of the 5 stands is
4 bbls, what does this mean to you?
- That mean the well is not taking proper amount of mud.
- There is probability of formation fluid enter the well
"influx".
- You have to stop and make flow check; if positive, shut in
the well immediately and if negative, run back to bottom
and circulate bottom up.
3. 500 – 247 = 253 12 X 2 – 14 = 10 (12 + 6)/2 = 9
4. Mud pump dressed with 6" liner, 10" stroke, what will be the
pump output, bbls/stk?
- Pump Output = 0.000243 X (Liner Size)2 X Stroke Length X
P ump Efficiency
- = 0.000243 X (6)2 X 10 X .97
- = 0.0848 bbls/stk
HSE Questions:
1. What do you do when you come to the tour?
2. What do you do before carry out any job?
- Plan for each step of the job.
- Prepare and inspect tools.
- Identify hazards.
- Set control measures.
- Stop the job in case of plan/condition change.
3. What is HSE, JSA, PTW and Risk assessment?
- HSE; Health Safety Environment.
- JSA; Job Safety Analysis: is the process where hazards of
each step are identified and control measures are put in
place to mitigate the sequences.
- PTW; Permit To Work: is a Signed statement by an
authorized person that a non-routine job may be carried out
under controlled conditions.
- Risk Assessment: identifying the risk related to the job and
put different control measures to mitigate consequences.
4. When we do isolation and why before carry out any job?
- Before maintenance or repairing any equipment.
- To make sure energy has been released and nobody will not
operate while working in progress.
5. ***Name 3 drill rig carry out in case of emergency?
- H2S Drill.
- Fire drill.
- Well control drill.
6. What you understand of upwind direction?
- Opposite direction of the wind.
7. What will you do if you have an accident (need 4 steps action
minimum)?
- Managing an injury.
- Ensure activities at work site are secured.
- Accident Reporting.
- Investigation.
