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SPE-Ireland - Deepwater Drilling - 1-DEC-2016 PDF
SPE-Ireland - Deepwater Drilling - 1-DEC-2016 PDF
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2. Safe
1. Deepwater Deepwater 3. 2017 Project
Challenges Exploration Delivery
Drilling
Introduction to offshore well design
• Drilling Environment, HPHT, Deepwater
Type of well, • Oil or gas, injector, waste disposal,
Geothermal
Drilling,
• Well design
operating • Rig requirement
environment
Seabed
Subsurface data topography
Bathymetry Shallow seismic
Stratigraphic, G&G
risk, pressure and
Seismic data temperature
profiles
Reservoir
depths, Well design
pressures concepts.
targets
Hazard, detection, prediction, prevention
Prediction, detection
Design strategies,
Operational techniques,
Contingency plans
Deepwater Subsurface Hazards?
Incompetent formations
Pressured flows
Hydrates
Expensive Trips
DEEP Extreme Remote
WATER Conditions
(10 - 12,000 ft.)
Reliability
(Effect on controls
and technology with
high hydrostatic loads)
Defines subsurface
structures where Drill
ACQUISITION hydrocarbons might be here
trapped
INTERPRETATION
PROCESSING
3D – reducing risks and uncertainties?
Improve
Portfolio risk
management
Focused acreage
capture
More aggressive
use of 3D and
evolving seismic
methods
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Deepwater Well Design Essentials
Deepwater Drilling Challenges
Shallow flows
Large holes to
TD Unconsolidated
Soft, tertiary inter-bedded
sediment formations
sediments –
• large tools with full LWD provides
FE capability
required best chance of
Glacial Till, Volcanics’, poor seismic resolution data acquisition
Pressure Management Essentials Pore & fracture pressure
management
Drilling Fluid selection
Drilling fluids are selected on the basis of one or more
of the following criteria:
• Cost
• Application and Performance
• Production Concerns
• Logistics
• Exploration Concerns
• Environmental Impact and Safety
Deepwater Management & Control?
QA/QC to assure
Assure value
equipment
adding data quality
reliability
Adopt optimal
project strategy
• ‘Best practices’ must
ensue
3. 2017
Deepwater
Projects
Porcupine Basin Druid / Drombeg Well.
2017 Project’s delivery
Drombeg
9 Kilkl valves
10 Lower pipe ram (LPR)
11
13 12
Wellhead connector
Drilling’s rule No 1
Prevent vs.
Cure 1. PLAN, PLAN, PLAN, is the most cost-effective task
Measureable Specialist
values teams • Smothering • Empowering
• Second guessing • Trusting
• Controlling • Supportive
• Analysis • Action
• Fear of mistakes • Calculated
risk-taking
Safety Continuous
Management Assessment
How to enable high value projects?
Assure best,
engineering.
tools,
equipment
and systems Report, and
Hire, resource processes investigate all loss,
& develop the applied then assure
skills needed throughout corrective actions
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