Design for reliability in deep water floating drilling operations

Book · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:6497785

Harris, L M

A review of recent technological innovations in deepwater drilling is presented. The contents include: preliminary drillsite investigations; displacement, buoyancy, and stability; planning and organizing for a floating drilling operation; mooring systems; dynamic positioning; drilling systems; vertical motion compensation; well control and communications systems; subsea guide bases, guide structures, casing, and wellhead equipment; subsea blowout-preventer stack; marine riser systems; drill vessel instrumentation; arctic drilling; control and removal of oil spills; and new equipment and future developments in floating drilling operations. (JMT)

• OSTI ID: 6497785
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
020300* -- Petroleum-- Drilling & Production
520200 -- Environment
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
BLOWOUT PREVENTERS
CONTAINMENT
DESIGN
DOCUMENT TYPES
DRILLING
MARINE RISERS
OFFSHORE DRILLING
OFFSHORE PLATFORMS
OIL POLLUTION CONTAINMENT
OIL SPILLS
OIL WELLS
PIPES
REVIEWS
UNDERWATER FACILITIES
UNDERWATER OPERATIONS
WELL CASINGS
WELLHEADS
WELLS