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Vol. 59 No. 4

April 2007

Offshore Drilling and Completion

New-Generation Drill Barge for Deep HP/HT Wells

The full-length paper details the re-engineering of a conventional deep-drilling barge rig to deliver a new-generation high-pressure/high-temperature (HP/HT)/high-flow barge rig designed for increased reliability and specification for deep-gas-drilling programs in the U.S. Gulf Coast region. Upgrading the main power and distribution systems and high-performance pump configuration is discussed as well as auxiliary-system modifications.

 

View a Synopsis of SPE 99210 published in JPT.

This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 99210, "Re-Engineering Barge Drilling for Deep Miocene HP/HT Frontiers in a Mature Basin," by F.J. Husband, SPE, G. Bitar, SPE, T. Begnaud, SPE, and T. Petticrew, Parker Drilling Co., prepared for the 2006 IADC/SPE Drilling Conference, Miami, Florida, 21-23 February.

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