| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 350 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 A Century Getting Ready -- Oily Beginnings -- Concrete Progress -- Free At Last -- Other Humble Beginnings -- Superior Approaches -- Submersibles -- Bootstrapping -- Floaters -- Honing Tools of the Trade -- Divers and ROVs -- Lift Power -- Geology, Geophysics, and Other Obscure Sciences -- Permanence -- The Learning Curve Bends Over -- ch. 2 Letting Go of the Past -- The Confusion of the Eighties -- Disconcerting Signals -- Turning the Key -- Closing the Door -- ch. 3 Geology and Geophysics -- The Geology of Deepwater -- The Gulf of Mexico -- Brazil -- West Africa -- Northwest Australia -- Seismic Data -- Complementary Technologies -- ch. 4 Exploring the Deepwater -- Developing a Play -- Acquisition -- Identifying the Prospect -- Mapping -- Volume Prediction -- Risking the Play -- The Exploration Well -- Appraisal -- Deepwater Exploration Plays in Context -- Case Study: Tira de bota -- ch. 5 Drilling Rigs -- Drilling Rig Essentials |
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Note continued: Unique Deepwater Rig Equipment -- Drillships -- Case Study: E Pluribus Unum -- ch. 6 Drilling and Completing the Well -- The Well Plan -- Rig Selection -- Drilling -- Drilling Mud -- Blowout Preventers -- Evaluating the Well -- Completing the Well -- The Mechanicals -- Downhole -- Final Steps -- Special Problems in the Deepwater -- Gas pressure issues -- ch. 7 Development Systems -- Development System Choices -- Choosing Development Systems -- Selection -- ch. 8 Fixed Structures -- Conventional Platforms -- Concrete Platforms -- Compliant Towers -- Construction -- Jacket and Topside Design Conditions -- From Here to There -- Installing Conventional Platforms or Compliant Towers -- Installing Concrete Gravity Platforms -- Setting the Deck -- Corrosion Mechanics and Protection -- Setting the Pipeline Riser -- ch. 9 Floating Productions Systems -- Tension Leg Platforms -- Floating Production Storage and Offloading -- Cylindrical FPSOs |
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Note continued: Floating Drilling Production Storage and Offloading -- Floating Storage and Offloading Units -- Floating Production System -- Spars -- Construction -- From Here to There -- Setting the deck -- Mooring spreads -- Risers -- ch. 10 Subsea Systems -- Subsea Field Architecture -- Field Architecture and System Design Process -- Subsea Components -- Flow Assurance -- Installation of System Architecture -- System Reliability -- Subsea Processing, Pumping, Compression, and Metering -- Power -- Subsea Intervention -- Case Study: Subsea Springboard -- ch. 11 Topsides -- Oil Treatment -- Water Treatment -- Gas Treatment -- Well Testing -- Metering -- Topsides Construction Options -- Hook-Up and Commissioning -- Personnel and Their Quarters -- Safety Systems -- Auxiliary Systems -- Case Study: Heavy Lifting Dynasty -- ch. 12 Pipelines, Flowlines, and Risers -- Pipeline System Architecture -- Installation -- Installation and Operational Loads -- Flexible Pipe |
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Note continued: Coatings and Corrosion Protection -- Consideration of Bottom Conditions -- Control and Safety Systems -- Risers -- Top tensioned risers -- Selecting a Riser System -- Pipeline System Operations -- ch. 13 Offshore Support Vessels -- The Fleet -- Case Study: Rising Tide -- Remotely Operated Vehicles -- Case Study: Into the Forbidding -- ch. 14 Technology and the Third Wave -- Prospects -- Ultimately |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Subject |
Offshore oil well drilling.
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Petroleum -- Prospecting.
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Offshore oil well drilling
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Petroleum -- Prospecting
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Pattarozzi, Richard
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Sterling, Gordon
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| LC no. |
2011009983 |
| ISBN |
9781628700190 |
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162870019X |
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