Location selection of deepwater relief wells in South China Sea

Shiyou Kantan Yu Kaifa/Petroleum Exploration and Development

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 287-291

  Zhao, Weiqing ^a   Pang, Donghao ^a   Zhang, Yushan ^a   Leng, Xueshuang ^a  

^a CNOOC EnerTech Drilling and Production Co   (China)

Author keywords

Deepwater drilling; Minimum safety distance; Relief well; Well location selection

Indexed keywords

BLOWOUTS; DEEPWATER DRILLING; HURRICANES; LOCATION; MOORING; SITE SELECTION; SOLITONS; SURVEYS;

AFFECTING FACTORS; INTERNAL SOLITARY WAVES; LOCATION SELECTION; MINIMUM SAFETY DISTANCE; OPERATING ENVIRONMENT; OPERATION WINDOW; RELIEF WELL; WELL LOCATION;

WELLS;

EID: 84966593402     PISSN: 10000747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11698/PED.2016.02.16     Document Type: Article

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