WorldOil

Mar 2010

• Cost-effective solutions to enhance SCR performance for deepwater field development

  Author Kevin Haverty, Tao Wang, Yan Zhou, Jack Zeng and Magne Nygård

  Studies show the importance of an integrated design approach for a deep-draft semisubmersible and subsea wells tied back with steel catenary risers.

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Jan 2010

• Flat-rheology mud for deepwater wells

  Author Robert Schlemmer and Jonathan Sheldon

  A new, simplified drilling fluid system with nearly temperature-independent rheological properties dramatically reduced lost circulation in wells drilled in the South China Sea.

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Nov 2009

• Advances in subsea interventions

  Author Jeanne M. Perdue

  Companies continue to develop more advanced riserless systems and ancillary technologies to bring down the high cost of subsea well interventions and improve efficiency and safety of operations.

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Nov 2009

• Deepwater Statistical Report

  Author Alan Murray

  How deepwater exploration fits into the big picture

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Nov 2009

• Subsea processing technology makes big strides

  Author Jeanne M. Perdue

  Advances are being delivered in multiphase pumping, water treatment and injection, separation and compression systems designed for the seafloor.

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Nov 2009

• Wax prevention and remediation in subsea pipelines and flowlines

  Author Saeid Mokhatab and Brian Towler

  As the industry moves to ultradeep water, mitigation alternatives will be critical to sustain production efficiency.

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Oct 2009

• Best practices for salt drilling in the Gulf of Mexico using rotary steerables

  Author Marco Aburto and Robert Clyde

  In drilling, experience has always been the best teacher, and improved efficiency and safety have topped the drilling report card.

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Sep 2009

• Preprocessing of offshore platform-integrated marine monitoring system data: What to do with unusual values or trends?

  Author Igor Prislin, Soma Maroju and Kevin Delaney

  Full-scale measurements provide indispensible information for validating the behavior of an offshore oil platform; however, they often contain some observations that deviate from a majority of other values.

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Aug 2009

• US Gulf jackup market collapses

  Author Thomas E. Marsh

  Even the most optimistic of observers can find little hope for a reprieve in the jackup market near-term. However, other segments of the North American offshore rig market are faring better.

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Jul 2009

• Expandables provide well construction solution in Lower Tertiary discovery (Jul-2009)

  Author James R. Kunning, Gerald Courville and Joe Wallace

  A narrow pore pressure window near a higher-pressure zone meant that setting casing and reducing the size of the subsequent conventional string would leave very little room for any event that might force a further reduction in well diameter.

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