Drilling Rig

A Drilling Rig is a machine that creates holes in the earth sub-surface. Drilling rigs can be massive structures housing equipment used to drill water wells, oil wells, or natural gas extraction wells. Drilling rigs can be mobile equipment mounted on trucks, tracks or trailers, or more permanent land or marine-based structures. The term “rig” therefore generally refers to the complex equipment that is used to penetrate the surface of the Earth’s crust.