Abstract: An aircraft-transportable platform component for supporting a drilling rig includes a buoyant body supported by a frame and lifting members coupled to the frame for engagement by an aircraft. A portion of the frame protrudes from an underside surface of the frame for anchoring the platform component in unstable ground. The buoyant body maintains a top surface of the aircraft-transportable platform component above the unstable ground.

Abstract: An aircraft-transportable platform component for supporting a drilling rig includes a buoyant body supported by a frame and lifting members coupled to the frame for engagement by an aircraft. A portion of the frame protrudes from an underside surface of the frame for anchoring the platform component in unstable ground. The buoyant body maintains a top surface of the aircraft-transportable platform component above the unstable ground.

Abstract: An aircraft-transportable platform component for supporting a drilling rig includes a buoyant body supported by a frame and lifting members coupled to the frame for engagement by an aircraft. A portion of the frame protrudes from an underside surface of the frame for anchoring the platform component in unstable ground. The buoyant body maintains a top surface of the aircraft-transportable platform component above the unstable ground.

Abstract: A drilling waste receiving assembly includes a container having an opening in the base sized for receiving a pipe and a sidewall coupled to the base; and an annular sealing assembly for sealing an interface between the opening of the base and the pipe, a first component of the annular sealing assembly coupled to the base and aligned with the opening, the annular sealing assembly movable into a sealing position by axially advancing a second component toward the first component to compress a seal located between the first component and the second component; wherein the drilling waste receiving assembly is for receiving and containing drilling waste from a drilling operation.

Abstract: A receptacle for disposing of drilling waste includes a frame, a body coupled to and rotatable relative to the frame, a flap movable relative to the body between closed position in which the opening is covered and an open position for receiving waste and releasing the waste, and an actuator. The actuator acts between the body and the frame to rotate the body relative to the frame and cause the body to move relative to the flap for releasing the waste at a dump site.

Abstract: An aircraft-transportable platform component for supporting a drilling rig includes a buoyant body supported by a frame and lifting members coupled to the frame for engagement by an aircraft. A portion of the frame protrudes from an underside surface of the frame for anchoring the platform component in unstable ground. The buoyant body maintains a top surface of the aircraft-transportable platform component above the unstable ground.