Offshore application of a novel technology for drilling vertical boreholes
Conference
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OSTI ID:397983
A new concept for automatically drilling vertical boreholes was recently implemented by Elf Enterprise Caledonia--the Vertical Drilling System. The VDS was used to drill the 16 inch hole section of a North Sea exploration well. This was the first time this technology had been used offshore, drilling from a semi-submersible drilling unit. The VDS was shown to have an application in penetrating a drilling target that required a near vertical wellbore. Technical functioning of the tool and field experience is reported along with performance comparisons to offset wells.
- OSTI ID:
- 397983
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-941048--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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