Exploring the Gulf of Mexico - for a second time
Journal Article
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· Sea Technology
OSTI ID:443425
- Operations International & Offshore Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Houston, TX (United States)
Back in the late 1980s, a lot of smart people in the exploration business were convinced that the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) was the {degrees}Dead Sea.{close_quotes} And there were plenty of good reasons to think so: the deep water was too expensive-the shelf had lost its appeal-not many wells were being drilled. Hope for continued exploration or significant additional reserves was inconceivable. How the oil and gas industry advances technology and experience to extract hydrocarbons from beneath impeding salt domes in the GOM is discussed.
- OSTI ID:
- 443425
- Journal Information:
- Sea Technology, Journal Name: Sea Technology Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 37; ISSN 0093-3651; ISSN SEATAD
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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