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Oil well drilling looks absurdly dangerous
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Do people actually still drill with rotary tables these days?
On the rigs I've been on the pipe is racked with a robotic arm and they use motorised tongs (Iron Roughneck) to make up the connections. The floorhands aren't even allowed to touch the pipe, they have to guide them around using poles.