Monitoring of a drilling operation within a coral sensitive area - Case Pumbaa (Norway)

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE/APPEA Int. Conference on Health, Safety and Environment in Oil and Gas Exploration and Production 2012: Protecting People and the Environment - Evolving Challenges

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 440-447

  Møskeland, Thomas ^a   Ulfsnes, Amund ^a   Sverdrup, Line ^a   Moe, Jannecke A ^b   Løkken, Morten ^c  

^a DNV GL   (Norway)

^b GDF SUEZ E and P Norge AS   (Norway)

^c Det Norske Oljeselskap ASA ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPREHENSIVE MONITORING; CUTTINGS TRANSPORT; DET NORSKE VERITAS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MONITORING PROGRAMS; NORWEGIAN CONTINENTAL SHELVES; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; SEDIMENTATION TRAPS;

DEEPWATER DRILLING; HEAVY METALS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; TURBIDITY;

OFFSHORE OIL WELLS;

EID: 84875166062     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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