15.

MONKEY BOARD
The monkey board is the catwalk along the side of the
derrick (usually about 35 to 40 feet above the floor).
The monkey board is where the derrick man works
while tripping pipe. It also The derrickman's working
platform. Double board, tribble board, fourable board;
a monkey board located at a height in the derrick or
mast equal to two, three, or four lengths of pipe
respectively. Also referred to as the tubing board or
racking board on well servicing rigs.
 16. STAND (OF DRILL PIPE)
A stand (of drill pipe) is two or three joints of drill pipe connected and stood in
the derrick vertically, usually while tripping pipe. A stand of collars is similar, only
made up of collars and a collar head. The collar head is screwed into the collar to
allow it to be picked up by the elevators.

Stands are emplaced inside of the "board" of the drilling rig. They are usually kept
between "fingers". Most boards will allow stands to go ten stands deep and as
much as fifty stands wide on land based rigs. The stands are further held in place
using ropes in the board which are tied in a shoe knot by the derrickman.

Stands are emplaced on the floor of the drilling rig by the chain hand. When
stands are being put onto the floor the chainhand is said to be "racking stands".
After the bottom of the stand is placed on the floor, the derrickman will unlatch the
elevators and pull the stand in either with a rope or with just his arms. When
stands are being put back into the hole, the derickman will slam the stand into the
elevators to force them to latch. The chainhand will brace against the stand to
control it when the driller picks it up. This is referred to as "tailing the pipe" as the
chain hand will hold the pipe and allow it to semi-drag them back to the hole. The
chain hand then passes it off to the tong hand, who then "stabs" the stand into the
pipe already in the hole.