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Subsea BOP stack built for Caspian drilling

Journal Article · · Oil and Gas Journal; (United States)
OSTI ID:5495766
This paper reports that Shaffer Inc. completed construction of a multi-million dollar subsea drilling system for Caspmorneftegas, an operating company in the Republic of Azerbaijan. The subsea stack will be installed on the semisubmersible drilling rig Shelf 7 currently under construction in Astrakan in the Soviet Union. Shelf 7 will drill wells in the Caspian Sea, one of the most prolific production areas in the Soviet Union.
OSTI ID:
5495766
Journal Information:
Oil and Gas Journal; (United States), Journal Name: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States) Vol. 89:50; ISSN 0030-1388; ISSN OIGJA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English