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Numerical Modeling of Wellbore and Formation Temperature Recovery Prior to Cementing Operations. [PDF]
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The Way Forward for Deepwater and Ultra Deepwater Drilling in Trinidad and Tobago [PDF]
SPE Latin America and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference, 2012 Abstract Future deepwater drilling in Trinidad and Tobago will definitely present enormous challenges. During the period 1999 to 2003, eight deepwater wells were drilled in deepwater acreage. None of these wells found hydrocarbon in economic quantities although abundant reserves have been found in the shelf area (< 1000 meters ...
Rajnauth, Jerome, J Rajnauth
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DEEPWATER DRILLING AND PRODUCTION SYSTEMS OVERVIEW
The APEA Journal, 1979 The petroleum industry is now involved in a highly significant exploration program to define the hydrocarbon potential of deepwater sedimentary basins. Within the last year, the ability to drill in waters deeper than 1300m has been demonstrated, and exploration plans for water depths down to 1600m have been announced.
J. M. McKinney
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The Evolution of Deepwater Drilling in Brazil
Proceedings of SPE Latin America Petroleum Engineering Conference, 1990ABSTRACT In the beginning of the last decade PETROBRÁS identified, in the Campos Basin, some promising prospects under deepwater. At that time, deepwater drilling was a new activity and there were few drilling units capable of operating in great water depths. The daily rates were expensive and no deepwater drilling program
Décio Fabrício Oddone da Costa +2 more
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Deepwater Drilling: Driven by Culture?
The Way Ahead, 2013Soft Skills - To what extent is deepwater drilling driven by culture? Deepwater drilling is a high-risk operation. It involves going below water depths of 500 ft to explore for oil and gas. If there are any issues with the subsurface equipment, divers cannot intervene because human beings are physically incapable of tolerating such ...
Asif Zafar, Amir Soltani
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Five Years Experience Deepwater Drilling
SPE Annual Fall Technical Conference and Exhibition, 1977Abstract This paper presents the past, present and future of deepwater exploration drilling (600 to 8,000'). Specifically presented are the technical achievements that were necessary to move beyond 600' water depths and to provide the capability to drill in 8,000' of water.
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Optimization of Deepwater Drilling With Real-Time Operations
Proceedings of SPE/IADC Middle East Drilling and Technology Conference, 2007Abstract The following-up of drilling operations in "real time" from a remote location has been on the wish list of some drillers for quite a long time. In recent years, this has become a reality with phenomenal advances in digital technologies, satellite communications, remotely controlled systems, and collaboration centers that allow ...
Walid Hamed +5 more
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Drilling Riser Integrity Assurance for Deepwater Floating Drilling
Offshore Technology Conference, 2017Abstract Objectives/Scope Historically, deepwater drilling riser challenges were always seen to be related to riser weight and metocean stresses. Consideration of the riser as a pressure vessel has been limited to production riser applications or smaller high pressure risers used for floating surface ...
D. Neidhardt +2 more
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Advanced Slip Crushing Considerations for Deepwater Drilling
IADC/SPE Drilling Conference, 2002Abstract Deepwater drilling trends are moving towards deeper water depths as well as deeper exploration horizons and reservoirs below the mudline. These trends have created various operational and well design challenges. This paper addresses a serious problem pertinent to the design of landing strings and drill strings for deepwater ...
U. B. Sathuvalli +3 more
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Drilling Vessels For Deepwater Exploration
OCEANS '86, 1986This paper will present a new design of deep sea exploration utilizing synthetic composites. These materials can replace the basic steel structures, while also reducing the weight of the vessel and allowing for superior seakeeping abilities. The historical evolution of the offshore drilling rig and the advantages of the synthetic materials in the ...
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