Operating requirements for and historical operations of Arctic offshore drilling systems in the United States
- Dept. of the Interior, Anchorage, Alaska (United States). Minerals Management Service
Many of the floating and bottom-founded drilling structures used for oil and gas exploration in the US Arctic have recently been proposed for use in the Russian Arctic offshore. This paper describes the US Arctic environmental conditions in terms of operation capabilities for the various types of drilling systems. A brief description of the various types of drilling systems used to date in the US Arctic is provided as background information. Also presented are the special regulatory requirements and contingency plans which have been developed for offshore Arctic drilling-system operations. The paper will summarize information on the operating experiences of the various drilling systems used in the US Arctic Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) to date.
- OSTI ID:
- 237972
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950604-; ISBN 1-880653-18-4; TRN: IM9625%%297
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 5. international conference on offshore and polar engineering, The Hague (Netherlands), 11-15 Jun 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the fifth (1995) international offshore and polar engineering conference. Volume 2; Chung, J.S. [ed.] [Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States)]; Sayed, M. [ed.] [National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, Ontario (Canada)]; Gresnigt, A.M. [ed.] [Delft Univ. of Technology (Netherlands)]; PB: 580 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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