Job designed rig bucks offshore costs

Journal Article · Sat Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1970 · Drilling; (United States)

OSTI ID:5002793

To cut the cost of offshore workover, Gulf Offshore Co. has customized its new workover rig as the best course to offshore workover economy. The rig was designed in cooperation with a major company and is tailored primarily to that company's offshore platforms. It is acknowledged that the rig is a specialized tool, primarily built to serve one customer's specified surface and subsurface needs. Basically, it is a National T-45 with a pair of BJ Pacemaker triplex pumps and a 23-1/2-in. Ideco rotary under a 100-ft, 340,000-lb Lee Engineering mast. The rig is designed to break down into 15,000-lb lifts, so that it can be mobilized with a cargo boat and the cranes which the customer maintains on its Gulf Coast platforms. Piping and manifolding permit normal circulation, sand consolidation, acidizing, cementing, and gravel packing. Detailed specifications of the rig are listed.

• OSTI ID: 5002793
• Journal Information: Drilling; (United States), Journal Name: Drilling; (United States) Vol. 31:11; ISSN DRILA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CEMENTING
COST
DESIGN
DRILLING
DRILLING EQUIPMENT
ECONOMICS
ENERGY SOURCES
EQUIPMENT
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
OFFSHORE DRILLING
OFFSHORE OPERATIONS
OFFSHORE PLATFORMS
OFFSHORE SITES
OIL WELLS
PETROLEUM
WELL COMPLETION
WELL SERVICING
WELLS