The presentation contrasts the differences between rigging up on land and offshore. The video also shows that working offshore is different from working on land. Animation, as well as rig personnel and rigs in action, shows the rotary and kelly, top drive, mast, blocks and drilling line, drawworks, drilling fluid, mud pumps and tanks, shale shaker, diesel engines, compounds, and electric power. Viewers get to see all the systems at work and how each fits together to make rotary drilling feasible. Because personnel are so vital to rotary drilling operations, the video shows viewers the duties of rig personnel, from roustabouts to the toolpusher and company man.
Audiences see personnel on the job, working with the equipment.
The video wraps up with a brief and basic explanation of kicks and shows how drilling fluid keeps formation fluids from entering the hole. It also covers offshore emergency procedures but emphasizes that emergencies are rare. Even so, contractors train crew members to be prepared. A companion book to the video is A Primer of Oilwell Drilling, which is a basic and profusely illustrated text on rotary drilling. The book and the video, separately or in combination, are excellent ways to introduce personnel to the complexities of rotary drilling.