New jack up design improves drilling efficiency

Journal Article · Mon Sep 14 00:00:00 EDT 1992 · Oil and Gas Journal; (United States)

OSTI ID:6963609

Pedersen, P C; Kudsk, G ^[1]; Essendrop, F ^[2]

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1. Maersk Drilling, Copenhagen (Denmark)
2. Maersk Drilling, Houston, TX (United States)

This paper reports that the use of mechanized processes and novel equipment on two new drilling rigs helps improve safety by removing workers from the most hazardous operation on a rig. The rig design and layout increase efficiency by maximizing the time spent on drilling operations. New features on these rigs include a climate-controlled computerized driller's cabin and fully mechanized pipe handling. One of the main goals in the design is to keep the crew out of dangerous and repetitive processes as much as possible. Much of the equipment monitoring, mud mixing, and pipe tripping takes place without direct crew involvement. Human intervention is for control purposes only.

• OSTI ID: 6963609
• Journal Information: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States), Journal Name: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States) Vol. 90:37; ISSN OIGJAV; ISSN 0030-1388
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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