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 What is “tour”? How is it pronounced?
 Who is company representative?
 What are the main duties of the company representative?
 Is there any difference between company representative and area
drilling superintendent? Explain you answer.
 How many hours a day do drilling crews work?
 What is IADC?

PEOPLE AND COMPANIES
People who work for companies involved in drilling work all
over the world. They drill wells on land and ice, in swamps, and on
waters as small as lakes or as large as the Pacific Ocean. Drilling is
demanding; it goes on 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, in all types of
weather. Moreover, drilling is complex; so complex that no single
company is diverse enough to perform all the required work.
Consequently, many companies and individuals are involved.
Companies include operating companies, drilling contractors, and
service and supply companies.
OPERATING COMPANIES
An operating company, or an operator, is usually an oil
company, a company whose primary business is working with oil and
gas, or petroleum. An operating company may be an independent or a
major. An independent company may be one or two individuals or it
may have hundreds of employees. Major companies, such as
ExxonMobil, BP Amoco, or Shell, may have thousands of employees.
Besides size, another difference between an independent and a major
is that, in general, an independent only produces and sells crude oil
and natural gas. A major, on the other hand, produces crude oil and
natural gas, transports them from the field to a refinery or a plant,
refines or processes the oil and gas, and sells the products to
consumers.

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