How water depth affects extended reach drilling

Proceedings of the Annual Offshore Technology Conference

Volumn 2003-May, Issue , 2003, Pages 2215-2233

  Rocha, Luiz Alberto S ^a   Andrade, Renata ^b   Soffried, Klaus ^b  

^a PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

^b Landmark   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAG; DRILL PIPE; DRILLS; FIXED PLATFORMS; HYDRAULIC TOOLS; INFILL DRILLING; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SPAR PLATFORMS; TENSION-LEG PLATFORMS;

ENGINEERING CHALLENGES; EXTENDED REACH DRILLING; EXTENDED REACH WELL; FORMATION PRESSURE; INTEGRATED PLANNING APPROACHES; LATERAL DISPLACEMENTS; SERVICE COMPANIES; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES;

OIL WELL DRILLING;

EID: 85053537045     PISSN: 01603663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.4043/15326-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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