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Deepwater petroleum exploration & production
Deepwater petroleum exploration and production
1 online resource (xx, 350 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Machine generated contents note: chapter 1 A Century Getting Ready -- Oily Beginnings -- Concrete Progress -- Free At Last -- Other Humble Beginnings -- Superior Approaches -- Submersibles -- Bootstrapping -- Floaters -- Honing Tools of the Trade -- Divers and ROVs -- Lift Power -- Geology, Geophysics, and Other Obscure Sciences -- Permanence -- The Learning Curve Bends Over -- chapter 2 Letting Go of the Past -- The Confusion of the Eighties -- Disconcerting Signals -- Turning the Key -- Closing the Door -- chapter 3 Geology and Geophysics -- The Geology of Deepwater -- The Gulf of Mexico -- Brazil -- West Africa -- Northwest Australia -- Seismic Data -- Complementary Technologies -- chapter 4 Exploring the Deepwater -- Developing a Play -- Acquisition -- Identifying the Prospect -- Mapping -- Volume Prediction -- Risking the Play -- The Exploration Well -- Appraisal -- Deepwater Exploration Plays in Context -- Case Study: Tira de bota -- chapter 5 Drilling Rigs -- Drilling Rig Essentials.
Note continued: Unique Deepwater Rig Equipment -- Drillships -- Case Study: E Pluribus Unum -- chapter 6 Drilling and Completing the Well -- The Well Plan -- Rig Selection -- Drilling -- Drilling Mud -- Blowout Preventers -- Evaluating the Well -- Completing the Well -- The Mechanicals -- Downhole -- Final Steps -- Special Problems in the Deepwater -- Gas pressure issues -- chapter 7 Development Systems -- Development System Choices -- Choosing Development Systems -- Selection -- chapter 8 Fixed Structures -- Conventional Platforms -- Concrete Platforms -- Compliant Towers -- Construction -- Jacket and Topside Design Conditions -- From Here to There -- Installing Conventional Platforms or Compliant Towers -- Installing Concrete Gravity Platforms -- Setting the Deck -- Corrosion Mechanics and Protection -- Setting the Pipeline Riser -- chapter 9 Floating Productions Systems -- Tension Leg Platforms -- Floating Production Storage and Offloading -- Cylindrical FPSOs.
Note continued: Floating Drilling Production Storage and Offloading -- Floating Storage and Offloading Units -- Floating Production System -- Spars -- Construction -- From Here to There -- Setting the deck -- Mooring spreads -- Risers -- chapter 10 Subsea Systems -- Subsea Field Architecture -- Field Architecture and System Design Process -- Subsea Components -- Flow Assurance -- Installation of System Architecture -- System Reliability -- Subsea Processing, Pumping, Compression, and Metering -- Power -- Subsea Intervention -- Case Study: Subsea Springboard -- chapter 11 Topsides -- Oil Treatment -- Water Treatment -- Gas Treatment -- Well Testing -- Metering -- Topsides Construction Options -- Hook-Up and Commissioning -- Personnel and Their Quarters -- Safety Systems -- Auxiliary Systems -- Case Study: Heavy Lifting Dynasty -- chapter 12 Pipelines, Flowlines, and Risers -- Pipeline System Architecture -- Installation -- Installation and Operational Loads -- Flexible Pipe.
Note continued: Coatings and Corrosion Protection -- Consideration of Bottom Conditions -- Control and Safety Systems -- Risers -- Top tensioned risers -- Selecting a Riser System -- Pipeline System Operations -- chapter 13 Offshore Support Vessels -- The Fleet -- Case Study: Rising Tide -- Remotely Operated Vehicles -- Case Study: Into the Forbidding -- chapter 14 Technology and the Third Wave -- Prospects -- Ultimately.
William L. Leffler, Richard Pattarozzi, Gordon Sterling.