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Description
Image of oil equipment. The rectangular steel boxes in the foreground are called mud pits and act as reservoirs for the intake of the mud pumps, which will be used during drilling operations. The hat shaped object in the left hand corner is a mud hopper, where the crew will dump sacks of chemicals and sacked material for mixing their rotary mud. The heavy steel object in the right hand side of the image is the drawworks, which is used for hoisting and lowering pipe.
Type
image
Format
26.8 x 32.8 cm Black and white photograph
Identifier
14138 OS
Language
English
Subject
Petroleum industry and trade--Equipment and supplies Shell Oil Company
Place
California
Source
Ventura County Superintendent of Schools, Visual Aids Department, 1987
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