A number of factors are driving decisions to utilize coiled tubing applications. They are: portability, a small footprint, the presence of pre-existing tubing, and under-balanced...
The Agéncia Nacional do Petróleo (ANP), Brazil's one-year-old petroleum regulatory body, has turned the "open for business" sign on for the country's petroleum industry...
Horizontal drilling techniques have historically been utilized primarily in older fields with the expectation of recovering hydrocarbons left behind from traditional drainage ...
Shell/Esso's Tern production platform uses multi-lateral wells to produce the marginal field. The success in the North Sea of multi-lateral well engineering in draining marginal...
Self-elevating service vessels have been a part of the offshore scene since 1955. Shown is the Sal Duhe (Photo courtesy of Elevating Boats, Inc.). The Jehu, one of Elevating Boat...
The iron roughneck makes up and breaks out pipe at the touch of a button. The Global Marine Glomar Explorer has a unique horizontal pipe racking system that lays back triple stands...
TGS-NOPEC began a new non-exclusive 2D survey offshore the Mahakam Delta off east Kalimantan, Indonesia. The survey is being done in cooperation with Minyak dan Gas Bumi (MIGAS...
Once considered the proverbial stepchild of the offshore industry, the liftboat - the most versatile craft operating in the Gulf of Mexico - is taking on an ever-expanding international...
With oil prices at record lows and operators cutting budgets and projects, the last thing rig contractors want to see are contract cancellations. Recently, five of the largest...
The Heavy Lift Vessel DB-50 is shown here lifting the North module of the Petronius compliant tower into place. The ill fated South module is visible in the background. Before...
Weir Group (Glasgow, Scotland) has won orders, worth nearly £3.3 million, to supply the main topside pumping equipment for the Texaco Captain expansion project (No. B) in the ...
One of the newest fixtures in the Niger Delta region is the Ejulebe platform, which began producing oil last fall. Although production rates are not huge (around 10,000 b/d), ...
The Terra Nova development offshore Newfoundland is one of the most challenging offshore hydrocarbon projects ever undertaken. The remote location and harsh environmental conditions...
Prudhoe Bay production from wells drilled prior to 1989 [10,096 bytes] Trends of non-OPEC crude oil supply and international rig utilization [19,029 bytes] Decline rate trends...
The Glomar Explorer, shrugging off early shakedown problems, sets its sights on a well in 8,000-ft water depths. The Glomar Explorer wasted little time in establishing itself ...
Mobil's Zafiro Producer, offshore Equatorial Guinea. Equatorial Guinea's new blocks on offer. [24,307 bytes] With the Gulf of Mexico and the North Sea in a downturn, Southeast...
Deepwater exploration and appraisal drilling off West Africa could dip to 50% of 1998 levels, according to a new forecast by analysts Wood Mackenzie. Wildcat wells in these waters...
Our industry takes a while to describe the obvious and apparent. It took us years to finally come up with descriptives like MODU, OSV, MOPU, and so forth. Now, we are faced with...
Turnkey drilling and integrated services have been offered in West Africa only since 1994. It's been a tough market for these service providers for various reasons. Turnkey...
No insult intended to OPEC's longstanding efforts, but as an organization devised to protect the value of the extensive resources of member countries, there is little hope...
To date, purpose-built floating production, storage, and offloading vessels (FPSOs) have been constructed in traditional shipbuilding facilities with existing systems. The construction...
The Britannia field is a large gas condensate reservoir located in the Central North Sea. The field is operated by Britannia Operator Ltd, which is 50/50 joint venture by Conoco...
The newbuild FPSO Triton recently arrived at England's River Tees for outfitting by Kvaerner Oil & Gas. Once completed, it is due to be towed out this summer to its location...
