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October 11-13, 2011

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Operators Partner Program

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in this sector, PennWell has developed the Operators Partner Program solely for deepwater
operators worldwide.
In 2011, DOT returns to being a once-a-year event. Don’t miss this once-a-year opportunity to receive
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International Edition
Volume 71, Number 8
August 2011

CONTENTS
Celebrating Over 50 Years of Trends, Tools, and Technology

OFFSHORE EUROPE DRILLING & COMPLETION

Uncertainty, Macondo fall-out 2011 MWD/LWD Services Directory ... 65
depressing UK E&A activity ................ 32 The editors of Offshore magazine have
Halfway through 2011, just 19 exploration scoured the globe for the latest and great-
and appraisal wells had started on the UK est measurement-while-drilling (MWD) and
continental shelf this year. Twelve of these logging-while-drilling (LWD) tools for 2011,
wells were new spuds and the remaining seven and here are the results.
mostly intentional geological side tracks.
New well control barriers
Exploration drilling revival puts help operators tackle
Ireland back in spotlight .................... 38 offshore challenges ............................ 80
Ireland has witnessed a series of false dawns Kicks and fluid losses are common obstacles
since exploration started in the late 1970s. to drilling offshore, especially in deepwater
Over the next two decades random oil finds where (even in the best case scenarios) some
caused bubbles of excitement, most of them 20% of rig time can be spent curing hazards.
punctured by disappointing follow-up wells.

Wintershall forging
ahead offshore Norway ...................... 44
38 Quantifying drilling
vibration challenges ........................... 85
Recent discoveries in Brazil’s ultra-deepwaters
Like many new companies attracted to the have started an unprecedented exploratory
Norwegian sector over the past decade, campaign in water depths exceeding 2,000 m
Wintershall has achieved a good return for (6,500 ft) in the Santos, Campos, and Espirito
its commitment. The German company has Santo basins.
chalked up numerous interesting discoveries,
and amassed a substantial license portfolio
with promising exploration potential.
ENGINEERING,
CONSTRUCTION,
& INSTALLATION
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEWS
Brazil’s equatorial margin
offers new frontier .............................. 48
80 Refloating Norway’s concrete
giants – is it practical?....................... 88
Most of Norway’s concrete gravity-base plat-
In an exclusive interview with Offshore, OFFSHORE INDIA PREVIEW forms, with the exception of Statfjord A, are set
Guilherme Estrella, Petrobras E&P director,
Offshore India to debut in Mumbai .... 58 to remain in operation for many years to come.
explains why the Brazilian equatorial margin,
The inaugural Offshore India and Unconven-
the new exploratory frontier where the com-
tional Oil & Gas India conference and exhibi- Measuring the impact of aging
pany is preparing to invest heavily, presents
tion will be presented by Offshore and the infrastructure in the UK North Sea ..... 92
challenges that are even more interesting and
Oil & Gas Journal at the Bombay Exhibition As a mature hydrocarbon province, the UK is
defying than the discovery of oil in the South
Centre in Mumbai, India, Sept. 14-16. characterized by declining average discovery
Atlantic pre-salt layers.
size after decades of targeting the largest and
GEOLOGY & GEOPHYSICS lowest-risk prospects.
GE Oil & Gas continues acquisition,
expansion strategy ............................. 52 GPU rendering
Manuel Terranova, Senior Vice President, Re- for volume visualization ..................... 60 PRODUCTION OPERATIONS
gional Operations and Global Sales – Drilling The most recent graphic cards offer dazzling Looking ahead:
& Production, GE Oil & Gas, recently met with computational power and a large graphic Riser integrity management
Offshore magazine to talk about the strategic memory capacity suitable for handling 3D in the Gulf of Mexico........................... 96
thinking behind GE’s trail-blazing acquisitions, seismic data. Deepwater riser systems are going through
and its plans for future expansion. a midlife crisis which must be addressed.
Operators want to extend riser service life
while many of the technologies required for
validation are not yet mature.

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August 2011

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COVER: Pipeline construction
is on the rise offshore Europe, and
the developers of the Nord Stream
project are currently installing
760 mi of 48-in. pipe in the Baltic
Sea. Here, Saipem’s multipur-
pose laybarge Castoro Dieci is
shown receiving a shipment of
pipe in preparation for installation
activities offshore Germany. Photo
courtesy Nord Stream AG.

SUBSEA
IOR/EOR equipment moves toward sea bed .............................................................. 98
The release of fresh information concerning new subsea equipment for improved/enhanced oil
and gas recovery (IOR/EOR) was a significant topic among the technical presentations made at
the recent Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston.

FLOWLINES & PIPELINES

Designing large-diameter pipelines for deepwater installation ............................ 102
Gazprom has successfully realized some of the world’s largest offshore gas transportation sys-
tems, with pipelines in the 24-in. (61 cm) diameter range traversing water depths of more than
2,100 m (6,889 ft) with the Blue Stream I and II projects.

EQUIPMENT & ENGINEERING

Noble Drilling finds success with Terresolve hydraulic fluid ................................. 108
To be more environmentally responsible, Noble Drilling has been looking for a non-toxic hydrau-
lic fluid for use in the exposed areas on its rigs.

D E P A R T M E N T S

Online .................................................... 6 Vessels, Rigs, & Surface Systems ...... 24

Comment ............................................... 8 Drilling & Production .......................... 26
____________ Data ..................................................... 10 Geosciences ........................................ 28
Global E&P .......................................... 12 Offshore Automation Solutions .......... 30
Offshore Europe .................................. 18 Business Briefs ................................. 128
Gulf of Mexico ..................................... 20 Advertisers’ Index............................. 131
Subsea Systems ................................. 22 Beyond the Horizon .......................... 132

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ENGINEERING PLASTIC SOLUTIONS

30 years of deepwater
LEADING
Deepwater is widely considered to be the world’s most prolific, and prospective, re-
source play. Shelf reserves are rapidly declining and the Arctic, estimated to hold sub-
stantial undiscovered oil and gas resources, is years from providing meaningful growth
to offshore production. Deepwater, on the other hand, is expected to provide incremental

THE WAY
growth, with projects in the US Gulf of Mexico, Brazil, and West Africa leading the way.
The majors active in those regions are shifting development capital from conventional
assets to more complex projects, increasing the level of risk – technically and financially.
It is estimated that about $209 billion has been allocated for deepwater development
ENGINEERING POLYMER SOLUTIONS expenditure for the period 2011-2015. Moreover, during the first six months of this year,
FOR THE OFFSHORE INDUSTRY the estimated total value of MODUs ordered exceeded the previous record set in 2007
(Offshore, July 2011). Nearly 70 deepwater-rated newbuild drilling rigs are scheduled to
hit the market over the next few years.
Through active industry participation, conferences and exhibitions can facilitate the
development of enabling technology and effective risk management strategies required
for deepwater development. Deepwater Offshore Technology International Conference
& Exhibition, in particular, has provided a forum for industry professionals to share new
ideas and learn from each other’s experiences. DOT, first held in 1981 in Mallorca, Spain,
is today led by a 35-member advisory committee that represents a cross-section of indus-
try operators, contractors, suppliers, and service companies. For 30 years, some of the
technology introduced at DOT has had a revolutionary effect on deepwater development.
Appropriately, DOT returns to the shores of the Gulf of Mexico where operators are
moving ahead with multi-billion developments. Indeed, the largest discovery in a decade
Typical applications: in the region was made earlier this year, proving the continued interest and importance
of deepwater post-Macondo.
iPipe-in-Pipe Centralisers
I am delighted that one of those operators – Hess Corp. – is the host of this year’s
iROV Components DOT. The operator brings a unique perspective to the event, given its active participa-
iPiggy-Back Clamps tion in international deepwater developments. Stan Vond, VP Development–Offshore
Americas and West Africa, Hess, is scheduled to give the Keynote Address in the Open-
iThruster Nozzles ing Plenary Session.
iBundle Spacers After a short break, senior-level managers from operating companies will draw on
experiences from high-profile deepwater projects:
iPulley/Sheaves • The Development of Cascade and Chinook Fields in Ultra Deepwater Gulf of Mexi-
iWear-Pads co, Mr. César Palagi, Walker Ridge Asset Manager, Petrobras America
• The Who Dat Development – Evolution of a Project from Lease Sale to First Produc-
iBushes tion, Mr. Rick Fowler, Vice President, LLOG Exploration
iRollers • Perdido – First Year Production: Experiences and Learnings, Mr. Chris Smith, Per-
dido Operations Manager, Shell International Exploration and Production Inc.
• The Jubilee Project: Lessons Learned, Mr. Dennis McLaughlin, Senior Vice Presi-
dent, Development, Kosmos Energy.
The subsequent, three-track technical conference comprises sessions on subsea
technology; well construction and drilling operations; production optimization; flow as-
surance; construction and installation; and safety, risk, and reliability, among others.
A handful of the international and national operating companies that are scheduled to
present in the technical program include:
• Chevron: Dry Tree Alternatives for Drilling and Production in Ultra Deepwater
Gulf of Mexico
• CNOOC: Flow Assurance Challenges the Development of a Deepwater Gas Field
in South China Sea
Nylacast Ltd (UK) • Shell: Evaluation of Alternatives for Disposal and Monetization of Associated Natu-
t: 0044 (0) 116 276 8558 ral Gas – Deepwater Brazil.
f: 0044 (0) 116 274 1954 And, for the first time, DOT is offering the Offshore Risk Management Forum, which is
e: [email protected]
w: www.nylacast.com integrated into the technical conference. It covers political and regulatory considerations,
drilling safety, contract risk and insurance issues, and effective crisis management.
Nylacast LLC (Houston, USA) I encourage you to attend this year’s DOT and engage with your industry colleagues
t: 001 713 4256344 to promote the continuing advancement of technology and practices for safe and effec-
f: 001 713 7830067 tive deepwater development.
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t: 00 2711 3977077 To respond to articles in Offshore, or to offer articles for publication,
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DISCOVER CAMERON AT
OFFSHORE EUROPE 2011
BOOTHS 5D70 & 5D80

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G L O B A L D ATA

Worldwide day rates

Worldwide offshore rig count & utilization rate
Year/Month Minimum Average Maximum
July 2009 – June 2011
Drillship
Contracted fleet utilization Total fleet Contracted Working 2010 July $125,000 $398,169 $592,500
850 100% 2010 Aug $125,000 $397,588 $592,500
2010 Sept $125,000 $402,732 $659,000
2010 Oct $125,000 $412,483 $659,000
2010 Nov $125,000 $404,747 $659,000
750 90%
2010 Dec $125,000 $409,951 $659,000
2011 Jan $155,000 $429,481 $659,000

Fleet utilization rate

2011 Feb $155,000 $436,128 $659,000
650 80%
No. of rigs

2011 Mar $90,000 $432,590 $659,000

2011 April $90,000 $431,980 $659,000
2011 May $90,000 $435,796 $703,000
550 70% 2011 June $90,000 $445,643 $703,000
Jackup
2010 July $25,000 $115,683 $398,000
2010 Aug $6,500 $115,247 $335,000
450 60%
2010 Sept $10,000 $114,902 $335,000
2010 Oct $10,000 $112,573 $335,000
2010 Nov $10,000 $111,095 $335,000
350 50% 2010 Dec $30,000 $110,307 $335,000
Jul 09 Oct 09 Jan 10 Apr 10 Jul 10 Oct 10 Jan 11 Apr 11
2011 Jan $32,000 $110,259 $335,000
Source: ODS-Petrodata Inc. 2011 Feb $32,000 $109,633 $335,000
2011 Mar $31,000 $108,397 $335,000
GoM drilling permits issued 2011 April $31,000 $107,371 $335,000
2011 May $31,000 $106,773 $335,000
100 2011 June $31,000 $105,910 $335,000
Semi
90
2010 July $47,800 $352,560 $650,000
80
2010 Aug $47,800 $356,056 $650,000
Drilling permits

70 2010 Sept $47,800 $358,365 $650,000

60 2010 Oct $47,800 $360,349 $650,000
50 2010 Nov $47,800 $361,425 $650,000
2010 Dec $47,800 $362,933 $650,000
40 34 36
2011 Jan $47,800 $363,479 $650,000
30 2011 Feb $83,000 $359,969 $665,000
22 21
20 17 19 2011 Mar $83,000 $354,587 $665,000
15
10 2011 April $83,000 $356,268 $665,000
2011 May $83,000 $357,121 $665,000
0
Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June 2011 June $83,000 $359,001 $665,000
Source: Rigzone.com
Source: BOEMRE

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North America on appraisal drilling so far this year. Development will likely involve
Eight deepwater tracts are now available for exploration off Nova a floating facility, probably an FPSO or TLP, connected to a floating
Scotia. The Canada – Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board is invit- storage unit. Newly acquired 3D seismic may reveal further poten-
ing bids from companies that have experience drilling wells in 800 tial in the Sea Lion structure’s southern extension.
m-plus (2,624 ft) water depth. The areas on offer are in a geological
region barely explored, but known to contain many large prospec- West Africa
tive structures. Bids for licenses must be submitted by Jan. 10, 2012. Kosmos Energy has agreed to terms for Morocco’s Foum Assaka
••• offshore concession in the Agadir basin in the Atlantic Ocean. The
Pemex plans to acquire eight new drilling platforms to expand its permit, 43 km (27 mi), west of the port of Agadir, covers 5,500 sq km
oil production in the Bay of Campeche in the Gulf of Mexico. Seven (2,123 sq mi), and contains play elements similar to those Kosmos
will be equipped to operate in water depths of 344 ft (105 m) and to has identified in its other West African holdings. State-owned ON-
drill to subsurface depths of 25,000 ft (7,600 m). HYM’s 25% interest will be carried through the exploration phase,
the other partner being Pathfinder Hydrocarbon Ventures.
South America •••
Petrobras has achieved triple oil and gas success in Brazil’s off- The partners in the Jubilee project offshore Ghana could submit
shore Espirito Santo basin, all in block ES-M-525. The Brigadeiro, plans for a Phase 1A development this month. Assuming approval
Pe-de-moleque, and Quindim finds were drilled in water depths of from the Ghanaian government, the Sedco Energy could start drilling
around 1,900 m (6,233 ft). Two more wells will be drilled in the area, early next year on the first of the planned eight producer and injector
after which the partners, including Shell and Inpex, will forward an wells. Phase 1A is designed to target around 100 MMbbl of reserves.
Evaluation Plan proposal to the ANP. In the Deepwater Tano license encompassing Jubilee’s western
section, operator Tullow Oil expects to issue front-end engineering
and design (FEED) contracts shortly for an FPSO and subsea fa-
Espirito Santo cilities to develop the Enyenra-Tweneboa discoveries. The floater
would have oil production capacity of 75,000 to 125,000 b/d as well
as gas handling facilities to allow gas injection.
Espirito
•••
Santo
Basin
Harvest Natural Resources has a pre-salt oil discovery in its Dussafu
Marin PSC offshore Gabon. The semisub Transocean Sedneth 701 drilled
B R A Z I L the Dussafu Ruche Marin-1 well in 380 ft (116 m) of water, encountering
a 90-ft (27-m) oil column within the Gamba formation. Harvest plans to
Rio de Janeiro
deepen and side track the well to appraise the extent of the find.
Campos Basin Petrobras is stepping up its pursuit of Africa’s pre-salt plays, taking
Sao Paulo 50% of two PSCs covering Gabon’s offshore Mbeli and Ntsina blocks
from current operator Ophir Energy. The partners plan to acquire 3D
Santos Basin seismic to image pre-salt potential not previously explored in the area.
•••
Gavea 1C Cobalt Energy expected to start drilling last month on deepwa-
ter block 21 off Angola. The Ocean Confidence is due to probe the
Location of the pre-salt Gavea oil find in the Campos basin. Bicuar and Cameia prospects – each well should take 80-100 days
drill, and a further 10-20 days to evaluate, if successful.
In the pre-salt area of the Campos basin, Repsol Sinopec found •••
oil in the Gavea prospect, 190 km (118 mi) off the coast of Rio de Namibia’s government has approved Enigma Oil & Gas Exploration’s
Janeiro. Drillship Stena Drillmax I drilled the well in 2,708 m of wa- request to extend five offshore permits through end-August 2013. The
ter (8,885 ft). The consortium, which includes Petrobras and Statoil, program includes drilling one well on southern block 2714 A, which
plans further exploration and evaluation in the area. Petrobras has agreed to operate following a farm-in arrangement.
•••
OSX Brasil was due to start construction last month on a new Mediterranean Sea
shipyard, in association with Hyundai Heavy Industries. The facility First gas has flowed through the Medgaz trunkline connecting
at the Acu port complex in Rio de Janeiro state will be the largest of southern Spain with producing fields onshore Algeria. The 210-km
its type in the Americas, OSX claims, with capacity to build up to 11 (130-mi) long submarine section reaches a maximum water depth of
FPSOs simultaneously. LLX Logistica has an environmental permit 2,155 m (7,070 ft). Its current annual capacity of 8 bcm (283 bcf) should
to construct a navigation channel that will provide 8,000 m (26,246 be doubled in the future.
ft) of quayside at the yard. •••
••• San Leon Energy is withdrawing from two permits offshore Sicily, fol-
Uruguay’s government plans road shows next month to outline lowing the Italian government’s decision last year to limit exploration to
the country’s second offshore lease bid round. ANCAP will offer 15 within five nautical miles of Italy’s coasts. San Leon says it would not have
areas ranging in extent from 2,300-12,000 sq km (880-4,633 sq mi). secured approval for planned wells in the Narciso and Sciacca concessions.
Around 6,300 km (3,915 mi) of newly acquired 2D seismic offshore •••
Uruguay will be accessible for exploratory program. Would-be op- Dominion Petroleum is taking a 75% operated interest from Phoe-
erators have until end-February 2012 to submit proposals. nicia Energy in a PSC covering four blocks of Malta’s offshore Area 4.
••• The company sees analogies with North Africa’s proven Eocene car-
Rockhopper is drawing up options for what could be the first field bonate play, in addition to the Cretaceous rift potential of the Melita-
development offshore the Falkland Islands. The low-case scenario Median graben. One of the main prospects is Tarxien, a lower Eocene
for last year’s Sea Lion oil and gas discovery is 155 MMbbl, based carbonate build-up. The PSC commitments include one well.

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••• RAK’s assets include production from the duction is exported to the Bandar Abbas re-
ATP Oil & Gas has taken interests in the Bukha gas/condensate field off Oman, and finery via a 70-km (43-mi) pipeline.
Daniel East, Daniel West, and Shimshon licens- the Saleh field redevelopment offshore UAE.
es offshore Israel. It plans to start drilling on ••• East Africa
Shimshon next spring, using the Sedco Express. National Iranian Offshore Oil Co. has in- Apache Corp. has farmed into 50% of off-
The initial well is budgeted at $24-29 million. stalled the second platform jacket on its Hen- shore block L8 in Kenya’s Lamu basin, and
gam oilfield development in the Persian Gulf. will operate a wildcat well on the Mbawa
Middle East A third jacket was on its way to the offshore structure. This is a large, faulted anticline
RAK Petroleum has agreed to merge its location last month. Drilling of a fourth devel- mapped on 3D seismic, with oil and gas po-
Middle East and North Africa interests with opment well is under way and is expected to tential at Cretaceous and Jurassic levels.
those held by Norwegian independent DNO. lift output from the field to 30,000 b/d. Pro- •••
Anadarko has brought in the drillship Bel-
ford Dolphin to appraise last year’s Barquen-
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proven Early/Late Miocene play fairway.
Heavy Lift •••
Bangladesh’s government has awarded
Diving and Marine ConocoPhillips 100% of a PSC for blocks DS-
08-10 and DS-08-11 in the Bay of Bengal, 280
Rigless and Subsea P&A km (175 mi) from Chittagong. The concession
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of the project – which involved conversion of
the FSO Okha to an FPSO – will likely come
in as projected, at around $1.9 billion.
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McDermott International has won its first
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OFFSHORE EUROPE Jeremy Beckman • London

Far north hot streak continues sure would provide incentives to currently non-taxpaying companies
Exploration in the Barents Sea is finally delivering the goods. Fol- considering exploration and development on the UK shelf. One rela-
lowing Statoil’s Skrugard discovery earlier this year which opened tive newcomer to the North Sea, DEO Petroleum, said the change
up a new oil play, two other operators have achieved first gas finds would benefit its Perth field development. Statoil, which had sus-
in the area. pended work on its much larger Mariner heavy oil project in the
Total’s came in the Norvarg prospect in license 535, with downhole northern UK North Sea, decided to reinstate its program following
data suggesting that much of the gas lies in the Kobbe formation. Lun- the announcement. It has since awarded Aker Solutions a topsides
din Norway also proved gas in the Skalle structure, 25 km (15.5 mi) front-end engineering design (FEED) study for Mariner.
north of the producing Snøhvit field. The discovery within the Kolmule
formation proved a new reservoir model, according to partner Spring Revival in sight for Danish exploration
Energy, and there is upside for more gas and oil at different levels. Exploration well numbers on the Danish shelf this year could be the
highest in a decade, according to the Danish Energy Agency (DEA).
Veslefrikk Oil companies budgets suggest over $187 million will be invested, with
four to six wells to be drilled in the North Sea. Sweden’s PA Resources
should be one of the more active drillers, having submitted plans for
N O R W A Y two wells in license 12/06 in the southern part of the central graben.
Some of the planned wells will test new exploration models, DEA adds.
Oseberg Troll Denmark’s Minister for Climate and Energy has also asked the
Brage
agency to prepare for inviting new bids, including currently unli-
censed areas, in 2013.
Among the past year’s field development applications came one
Bergen from DONG Energy for the HP/HT Hejre oil and wet gas field at the
North Sea northern end of the central graben. According to DEA, the plan calls
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N o r t h S e a ture. Total costs of the development are estimated at $1.7 billion, with
start-up scheduled for 2015. However, DEA is yet to sanction the plan.
DEA has asked DONG to settle its dispute with partner Noreco
Krafla West discovery. concerning damage to a subsea caisson connected to the Siri platform,
which disrupted production from the field during 2010. DONG had
In the North Sea, Lundin has confirmed an extension of last year’s contracted Subsea 7 for a permanent solution which involves install-
Avaldsnes oil find, which could be one of the sector’s largest in re- ing cable stays between the platform legs and a new seabed support
cent times. An appraisal well drilled 6.5 km (4 mi) southeast of the structure connected to the wellhead caisson. But Noreco said it had not
discovery well encountered a 13.5-m (44-ft) oil column in Jurassic sanctioned the $384-million solution, which it claimed was too costly.
sandstone. Statoil’s current Aldous exploration well in the same area
may reveal a connection with the Avaldsnes structure. BG orders floater for Knarr
Statoil has also maintained its near-field strike rate, proving oil BG Norge has commissioned Teekay to supply a turret-moored
and condensate via a well on the Krafla West prospect in the North FPSO for the Knarr oil and gas development in the Tampen area of
Sea, close to its earlier Krafla discovery. Reserves in the area have the Norwegian North Sea. Samsung Heavy Industries will construct
been upgraded to 50-75 MMboe, which will probably be tied into the the new floater in South Korea, which will have production capacity
nearby Oseberg facilities. of 63,000 b/d. The estimated cost is around $1 billion, with the facil-
ity due to be delivered in late-2014.
Norway invites bids for offshore storage Knarr (formerly Jordbaer) has recoverable reserves of 70 MMboe,
Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has launched the first- which could rise following drilling of nearby prospects. Teekays’s top-
ever licensing round for carbon dioxide (CO2) storage on the Norwe- sides configuration for the FPSO is designed to provide high uptime,
gian shelf. It has invited nominations for areas suited to exploration and the turret mooring is based on a proprietary technology devel-
for subsea reservoirs, which would serve as repositories for CO2. oped jointly with Framo.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate will manage technical apprais-
al of the nominated areas. Statoil has stored CO2 offshore for some time Exit orders issued for two platforms
in the Sleipner area of the North Sea, and more recently at Snøhvit in Statoil has awarded a letter of intent to two contractors to remove redun-
the Barents Sea. The impact on reservoir integrity is closely monitored. dant North Sea platform structures on behalf of Norwegian gas trunklines
operator Gassco. AF Decom Offshore will take out the entire H-7 platform
UK softens tax blow in the German sector, which from 1977-99 served to maintain pressure in
Britain’s government has offered a concession to field developers, fol- the pipeline transporting gas from the Ekofisk complex off southern Nor-
lowing the outcry over its raising of the supplementary charge on Corpo- way to a terminal in northern Germany. It will be transported to AF De-
ration Tax on oil and gas production. The Treasury has raised the annual com’s yard north of Stavanger for disassembly and scrapping.
rate of its Ring Fenced Expenditure Supplement (RFES) from 6% to 10%. Saipem UK will remove the jacket for the former 2/4-S riser platform
Developers of marginal fields in particular should benefit. in the Norwegian sector. The platform began operating in 1985, but
Industry Association Oil & Gas UK said the change would offset some became superfluous in 1998 when Statpipe’s gas was re-routed directly
of the damage caused by the earlier tax increase, announced in March. into the Norpipe system via the Ekofisk Bypass pipeline. The topsides
But it called for further measures to sustain investment in new and exist- were removed in 2001 – Saipem will take out the jacket and transport it to
ing fields, including clarification over tax relief for decommissioning. shore, with scrapping to be awarded later under a separate contract. Both
The Oil and Gas Independents’ Association said the RFES mea- programs should be implemented by late 2014. 

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GULF OF MEXICO Bruce Beaubouef • Houston

Jones No. 2), located in South Marsh Island block 234; and the
Blackbeard East ultra-deep exploration well, located in 80 ft (24 m)
of water in South Timbalier block 144.

Shell commits
to Cardamom development
Shell has decided to make a multi-billion dollar investment to de-
velop the Cardamom oil and gas field in deepwater Gulf of Mexico.
At its peak, Shell says the development will produce 50,000 boe/d
with 140 MMboe over its life.
Cardamom is in Garden Banks block 427, approximately 362 km
(225 mi) southwest of New Orleans in more than 800 m (2,720 ft) of
water. The completed subsea system will include five expandable
well manifolds, a dual 20-cm (8-in.) flowline, and eight well umbili-
cals.
The Cardamom discovery well was drilled from the Auger plat-
form and features a MD of 9,642 m (31,634 ft), a reach of more than
4,570 m (15,000 ft), and a vertical depth greater than 7,620 m (25,000
ft).
Modifications to the Auger platform will include additional subsea
receiving equipment, a new production train and weight mitigation,
which is expected to significantly increase the Cardamom liquid
handling, cooling, and production capacities.
The first Cardamom exploration well has been producing directly
from the Auger platform since December 2010.
The Cardamom discovery is a result of advances in seismic im-
aging and extended-reach drilling. The potential of Cardamom was
first recognized early in the Auger development, but could not be
Jackup rig working for McMoRan Exploration Co. drills in the ultra-deep
discovery in shallow water at Davy Jones, a subsalt structure that encom-
fully assessed due to a layer of salt nearby which affected the quality
passes 20,000 acres on the Gulf of Mexico Shelf off the Louisiana coast. of traditional seismic images. Advances in seismic imaging helped
Photo courtesy McMoRan Exploration Co. achieve significant improvements.

McMoRan updates GoM Forecasts says 190,000

exploration activities additional jobs possible
McMoRan Exploration Co. has updated its exploration and de- Almost 190,000 new jobs could be created in 2013 if permitting in
velopment activities and also provided an update on its cumulative the Gulf of Mexico for offshore development returned to levels be-
findings to date from its shallow-water, ultra-deep exploration and fore the Obama administration’s moratorium, according to a study
development activities on the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) shelf. performed by Quest Offshore Resources, Inc.
McMoRan says it has been actively pursuing large ultra-deep tar- The study, “United States Gulf of Mexico Oil and Natural Gas In-
gets located in the shallow waters of the GoM below the salt weld dustry Economic Impact Analysis” also projects a 71% increase in
(i.e. listric fault) at depths generally below 25,000 ft (7,620 m) since Gulf development spending to $41.4 billion and a 70% increase in
2008. economic activity related to Gulf development to $44.5 billion.
The company says that the data gained to date from four wells “The slow pace of Gulf development since the accident has cost
confirms its geologic model and the highly prospective nature of jobs, revenue, and energy production,” said API President and CEO
this emerging geologic trend. Prior to McMoRan’s involvement in Jack Gerard. “The study shows what could be accomplished on jobs
the ultra-deep, there had been only two wells drilled on the shelf if project approvals and permits could get back to a normal pace.
targeting these objectives; one did not reach its targeted depth and We’ve done the necessary work raising the bar on safety. We cannot
the other was outside of the company’s focus area. continue to delay developing energy and hiring people in the Gulf.”
Importantly, McMoRan says that its results to date indicate the Quest Offshore conducted the study for API and the National
potential for large accumulations of hydrocarbons at these deeper Ocean Industries Association. It based its forecasts on actual project
depths in the shallow waters of the GoM, which is expected to redevelopment data and historical benchmarks of spending for spe-
duce the risk of future activities. cific equipment and services.
In addition, the data indicates the presence below salt of geologic “Total employment related to offshore Gulf of Mexico oil and
formations including Middle/Lower Miocene, Wilcox, Frio, Tusca- natural gas industry operations could reach 430,000 jobs in 2013 if
loosa and Cretaceous carbonate. These formations have been pro- the permitting slowdown is reversed,” Gerard said. “As large as the
lific onshore, in the deepwater Gulf and in international locations. jobs numbers are, however, they are just a fraction of all the jobs
McMoRan says it is encouraged by the results, which indicate the our industry could create with more forward-looking development
potential for prospects with high-quality reservoirs on large struc- policies in all federal onshore and offshore areas. And along with
tures with multi-tcfe of gross unrisked potential. The company says the increased jobs and energy production could come hundreds of
it intends to conduct further drilling and flow testing to determine billions of dollars of desperately needed additional revenue to the
with greater certainty the ultimate potential of this emerging geo- government. Policymakers now debating tax increases on the indus-
logic trend. try should understand that producing at home more of the oil and
Some of the company’s shallow-water, ultra-deep exploration ac- natural gas our nation will need is a far better way to help fix our
tivities have included the Davy Jones offset appraisal well (Davy economy and pay down our debt,” Gerard added. 

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SUBSEA SYSTEMS Gene Kliewer • Houston

New projects announced West Africa, Asia to lead

A number of new, big subsea projects
were announced recently. Here’s a sampling:
subsea spending growth to 2015
• McDermott International Inc. has a The total 2011 to 2015 subsea capital
contract for deepwater engineering and con- expenditure is forecast to be more than
$94 billion predicts Infield in its Subsea
struction offshore Western Australia that in-
Market Report. West Africa is likely to be
cludes structural transportation and installa-
the strong market, with new demand from
tion of subsea infrastructure at the Macedon
Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, and Congo
gas project. McDermott says this is its first (Brazzaville) joining the existing markets
subsea, umbilicals, risers, and flowlines proj- in Angola and Nigeria.
ect in Australia. McDermott will carry out In contrast to the past five years, the
detailed engineering, procurement, fabrica- biggest change will come on an upturn in
tion, transportation, and installation of a 77 activity offshore Southeast Asia and China
km (48-mi) 20-in (51-cm) diameter pipeline from now to 2015.
and will install subsea umbilicals and flex- Development drilling will account for
ible flowlines using vessels its own fleet in the majority of subsea total capex over
water depths up to 180 m (591 ft). the next five years. The largest part of
• Aker Solutions will supply three subsea this development drilling expenditure is Chart shows relative subsea spending for the
production control umbilicals to Chevron forecast for deepwater regions such as Top 10 subsea operators.
for Jack & St. Malo in the Gulf of Mexico. the US GoM, Angola, Brazil, and Nigeria.
The production control umbilicals will pro- In addition, significant expenditure is expected for the detailed engineering, procure-
vide hydraulic, electrical, and fiber optic ment, construction, and installation of equipment such as subsea trees, manifolds,
service to the Jack and St. Malo subsea and subsea processing units.
fields. Scope of work includes three electro- The Subsea Market Report highlights that operators are moving into deeper wa-
ters. This is indicated by the number of subsea trees expected to be installed in the
hydraulic steel tube production umbilicals
next five years. Approximately 58% of these installations are forecast to lie in water
totaling 40 mi (65 km). Engineering, project
depths of more than 500 m (1,640 ft) with a significant proportion in the ultra-deep-
management, and manufacturing be at Aker
water environment – 1,500 m (4,921 ft) water depth and greater.
Solutions’ facility in Mobile, Alabama. The From 2011 to 2015, there are a number of announced subsea processing proj-
Jack & St. Malo development is in the Walk- ects to be installed. These include seabed separation units at Total’s Pazflor, and
er Ridge area of the Gulf of Mexico in water Petrobras’ Marlim, Corvina and Congro projects, and seabed compression units in
depths of approximately 7,000 ft (2,100 m). Statoil’s Asgard projects among others.
• Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. has awarded
GE Oil & Gas a four-year service agreement
to deliver repairs, maintenance and retro-
fits on Petrobras’ subsea equipment in the
Campos basin offshore Brazil. The scope
of the agreement, valued at approximately
$120 million, includes service and repairs on
more than 300 exploration and 250 produc-
tion tools, as well as retrofitting six subsea
production trees each year. GE will work
from its Macaé Service Center in Rio de Ja-
neiro state, which is currently undergoing
a $30 million refurbishment and expansion.
• In a move announced a few days before
the one above, Petrobras said it awarded GE’s
Wellstream a long-term, $200 million-plus
flexible pipe and subsea equipment logistics
services contract to be supported from a dedi-
cated new 55,000 sq m (592,015 sq ft), $90-mil-
lion logistics base that GE will build next to
Wellstream’s existing site in Niterói. This is a schematic of the new mooring and risers planned for Galoc field offshore
• FMC Technologies Inc. has signed to Palawan, Philippines. The Galoc Production Co. says it has approved an upgrade of
provide Shell Development (Australia) Pty Ltd the mooring and risers on the Rubicon Intrepid FPSO. The project will involve retrofit-
with subsea production and associated topside ting an external, non-disconnectable, turret mooring system. This part of the project
systems for the Prelude field development off is scheduled for 4Q 2011. While the FPSO is out of service to have the new turret in-
Western Australia. FMC will install and com- stalled, the seabed anchors and riser modifications will be performed at the field. The
mission its equipment on the FLNG. FMC’s new riser system will allow Phase II development where flow from other area fields
scope includes seven large-bore subsea pro- will be able to reach the FPSO.
duction trees, production manifolds, riser
bases, subsea controls, and related hardware. support vessel Skandi Constructor. The 4.3-mil- UK and underpins our ambition to further de-
• Tullow Oil has contracted DOF Subsea lion contract covers design, engineering, fab- velop our subsea construction capabilities,”
UK to provide jumper/spool installation off- rication, and installation. “The award of this said Garry Millard, managing director, DOF
shore Ghana using the new multi-purpose contract is a significant win for DOF Subsea Subsea UK. 

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Geological Survey of India. HHI will build

the vessel and WGP will advise on specifica-
tion, layout, tendering, and installation of the
seismic equipment for the oceanographic re-
search vessel.

Equatorial Guinea FPSO

nears completion
Keppel Shipyard is on schedule to complete
conversion of the FPSO Aseng, which has been
chartered by Noble Energy. The vessel, which
will serve on the Aseng field offshore Equato-
rial Guinea, will be operated by Aseng Produc-
tion Co., a joint venture between SBM Offshore
and state-owned Compania Nacional de Petro-
leo de Guinea Ecuatorial (GEPetrol).
DOF Subsea UK says its multipurpose support vessel Skandi Constructor will provide jumper/spool
installation services for Tullow Oil offshore Ghana.
FPSO Aseng will be capable of processing
80,000 b/d of oil and storing roughly 1.7 MMbbl.
DOF Subsea UK secures ity for its growth needs, as well as providing Keppel’s work scope included refurbishment and
Tullow Oil contract predictability for the rig contractor. life extension, upgrading the accommodation fa-
Aberdeen-based specialist subsea service com- Statoil is also considering adding two further cilities, installing and integrating the topsides, and
pany DOF Subsea UK has secured a contract category D rigs via an option with Songa Off- fabricating and integrating the internal turret.
with Tullow Oil to provide jumper/spool installa- shore, although it continued to evaluate offers Since 2000, Keppel and SBM have jointly de-
tion services from its new multipurpose support from other bidders. Later this year Statoil will livered 13 FPSO/FSO conversion projects. This
vessel Skandi Constructor offshore Ghana. consider contractual options for construction of is their second FPSO assignment for Equatorial
The scope of work includes jumper/spool the extra semis, which could include taking an Guinea.
design, engineering, fabrication, and installa- ownership position.
tion. The project will last for approximately 20 GAC broadens Caspian
days and is scheduled to start in September Jumbo expands heavy-lift fleet offshore support
2011. DOF Subsea UK says that the contract Jumbo Shipping has commissioned the Bro- Logistics group GAC plans to develop en-
is worth approximately $4.3 million. dosplit shipyard in Split, Croatia, to construct hanced marine services to support offshore
a new heavy-lift vessel. This will be 152.6 m energy projects in Russian waters. The com-
Statoil commits newbuild (500 ft) long with a beam of 27.40 m (90 ft), pany opened its first office in the region in
semis to Troll and will be equipped with two 1,100-metric ton 2001 in the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk.
Statoil has contracted Songa Offshore to build (1,212-ton) cranes providing 27.5 m (90.2 ft) Branches in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Mur-
two new semisubmersibles for drilling opera- outreach. In tandem the cranes will be able to mansk, and Taman followed, offering custom-
tions offshore Norway. The $2.47-billion contract lift up to 2,200 mt (2,425 t). ized combinations of services to the offshore
for the two category D rigs covers a fixed eight- For offshore operations, the vessel will be pre- oil and gas industry, including ship and hub
year charter period. However, the value could pared for DP-2 installations, and it will be built agency, safety and security, weather routing
increase following commencement of the drill- to ice class to allow it to work in Arctic regions. and ship-to-ship transfer, support vessels, and
ing program due to escalation provisions taking Jumbo expects to take delivery in March 2013, crewing services. The latest addition to the
effect from 2011. with the vessel being operational three months company’s services is project cargo logistics
The category D rig is designed to operate later. It has an option to build a second vessel at for the energy sector on the Russia shelf areas
in 100-500 m (328-1,640 ft) of water and to drill the Brodosplit yard. The investment will expand of the Black Sea, Caspian Sea, and elsewhere.
wells to 8,500 m (27,887 ft). It will serve as a Jumbo’s fleet of heavy lift vessels to 13, with lift- Assignments have included transportation of
workhorse on Statoil’s mature fields, mainly ing capacity in the range of 500-2,200 tons. gas turbines from Italy to Uzbekistan via Turk-
drilling and completing production wells, al- menistan; pipes for offshore pipelines transport-
lowing Statoil to produce more oil from the Gulmar Condor heads ed from Romania to Turkmenistan; and towage
fields. for West Africa of foreign-flagged vessels and floating cargoes
Various topside suppliers, yard, and rig Gulmar Offshore Ltd. says its Gulmar Con- through Russian water ways such as the Volga
owners helped develop the concept. DSME dor DP-2 construction vessel is on its way from Don Canal.
in South Korea will build the rigs, with Aker the Gulf of Mexico to Port Gentil, Gabon. The Last year, GAC Russia arranged the tran-
Solutions supplying the drilling equipment. vessel will work for Vaalco under a charter with sit of GAC’s M/V GAC Pearl through Russia
Mobilization to the North Sea will take Dynamic Industries until December 2011, with when the vessel was mobilized from Nigeria
around three months. The rig hand-overs are the potential for extensions. The Gulmar Condor to Turkmenistan.
scheduled for 1Q and 3Q 2014. First field to has a 120-ton active heave compensated deep-
be serviced by the new rigs will be Troll in the water crane, 1,100 sq m (11,840 sq ft) of deck, Keppel to deliver
North Sea, which last year produced on aver- and accommodates 128 personnel. pipelay vessel to Global
age over 120,000 b/d of oil. Keppel Singmarine Pte Ltd. is on track to
Although both rigs are under eight-year WGP to advise HHI on deliver a dynamically positioned S-lay vessel
contracts, these are extendable with four seismic equipment for vessel capable of 3,000-m (9,842-ft) water depth pipe-
three-year options, which could lead to a 20- WGP Ltd. has contracted to provide Hyun- lay operations to Global Industries. The Global
year contract for each rig. Statoil says this dai Heavy Industries with engineering and 1201 is the second such vessel built by Keppel
long-term approach should ensure rig capac- consultancy on a multi-function vessel for the Singmarine for Global Industries Ltd. 

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DRILLING & PRODUCTION Eldon Ball • Houston

Operating costs rise (GoM) have been hesitant to pass along rising food and fuel prices
When oil prices move up, operating costs soon follow, and the to operators due to competitive pressures. Emergency response and
current price trend is no exception. recovery vehicle (ERRV) costs have also held steady despite reduced
IHS CERA of Cambridge, Massachusetts, reports that the costs of activity in the US GoM, as operators used the time to send ships to dry
both building and operating upstream oil and gas facilities – already dock for routine maintenance.
on the upswing – continued to increase in the past six months. The indexes are proprietary measures of cost changes similar in con-
The IHS CERA Upstream Capital Costs Index (UCCI), which cept to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and draw upon proprietary IHS
tracks costs associated with the construction of new oil and gas facil- tools to provide a benchmark for comparing costs around the world. Val-
ities, rose 5%, and the UCCI’s counterpart, the IHS CERA Upstream ues are indexed to the year 2000, meaning that capital costs of $1 billion in
Operating Costs Index (UOCI), which measures the operating costs 2000 would now be $2.18 billion. Likewise, the annual operating costs of a
for those facilities, rose 2% over the same period. field would now be up from $100 million in 2000 to $178 million.
As might be expected, high-activity areas like Brazil led the rise,
whereas low-activity areas such as the Gulf of Mexico, still recover- Baker Hughes introduces
ing from government-imposed slowdowns, showed lower increases. wellbore cleaning system
Costs for construction labor and engineering/project manage- Baker Hughes has introduced a wellbore clean-up and displace-
ment posted strong gains, 9% and 6%, respectively, IHS reports. ment system designed to improve efficiency and reduce operational
However, the rise in costs was driven mostly by South America and risks in high-cost environments such as deepwater applications, hor-
Asia. Demand was especially strong in Brazil, IHS says, where the izontal, extended-reach, and deviated wells; deep wells; and wells
country’s aggressive development plans for ultra-deepwater presalt with high dogleg severity.
fields and the need to import talent drove rates upward. The X-Treme Clean XP system is the latest generation cyclone-
based system, which removes debris more efficiently as a result
IHS CERA Upstream Capital Cost Index (UCCI) of the industry’s highest allowable mandrel rotation speed, a non-
rotating tool string, a large circulation area, advanced debris carry-
ing capabilities, and higher-than-drill pipe tensile and torque ratings.
240
Q1 2011 The system mandrel has an allowable rotation speed rated to 150 rpm,
218 and is designed to achieve the highest cleaning efficiency for every ap-
220
plication, the company says. Studies indicate that cleaning efficiency in-
Q3 2010
Cost index (2,000 = 100)

200
207
creases significantly at 90-120 rpm. Only the mandrel rotates; other sys-
tem components such as scraper blades, the brush, and stabilizers do not
180
rotate, which is critical to minimizing damage to the casing, liner, or riser.
160 According to Baker Hughes, the helical-shaped scraper and brush
tools double the cleaning area and increase the annular circulation area,
140 allowing fluid to circulate at high rates to reduce circulation and displace-
ment time and the one-piece mandrel design allows higher-than-drill pipe
120 tensile and torque rating, which mitigates operational risks.
100
Offshore horizontal wells
80 OGX Petróleo e Gás Participações S.A. has completed another
2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 horizontal well offshore Brazil in block BM-C-41 in the Campos ba-
Source: 6 pt. Helv. Condensed Light
sin. Well 9-OGX-39HP-RJS, named Pipeline Horizontal, identified a
good reservoir based on a drillstem tests, the company says.
Subsea equipment costs rose 6%, IHS says, with new orders continu- The well is the third successful horizontal well drilled by OGX. It
ing to increase over the previous year due to increased activity, leading went 1,000 m (3,281 ft) horizontally into Albian carbonate reservoirs
to longer lead times. Activity offshore Brazil and the North Sea drove at the Pipeline discovery, which was drilled in November 2009.
the rise, compensating for limited declines in North America and Asia. The test showed production capacity of 10,000 b/d of 19° API crude
Offshore rig and offshore installation costs were once again the after acidification of six well intervals. OGX says well 9 demonstrated a
only two of the UCCI’s 10 markets to register declines. The declines high correlation with other wells in the Albian section, including calca-
were driven by lower activity in the Gulf of Mexico, coupled with in- renites with excellent porosity with dolomitized and naturally fractured
creased supply entering the market. However, both of these markets sections, and confirmed the extension of the Pipeline accumulation.
began to show upward movement in the latter half of the six-month
period, says IHS, suggesting a possible change in momentum. Deepwater well cap successful
Manpower costs also climbed due to increased production levels BP has successfully tested a deepwater well emergency capping
and the extension of the life of existing fields in an attempt to take stack offshore Angola. The device, developed with Subsea 7, Ocean-
advantage of higher crude prices. eering, FMC, and Cameron, is a modified subsea assembly of valves,
“Companies have had to draw from an ever-tightening pool of talent spools, and fittings used to control flow. The capping device would be
and this has made retaining personnel more difficult,” said Jeff Kelly, a landed onto the top of a BOP once the top part, known as the lower
director in IHS CERA’s cost consulting group. “Compensation is usual- marine riser package, has been removed.
ly frozen during the year, but businesses are now granting more adjust- A support vessel deploys an ROV to lock the well cap connector to
ments out of cycle, among other things, in an attempt to retain talent.” the wellhead and to do post-closure monitoring of the operation using its
Logistics and wells costs rose 2% and 1%, respectively, IHS says. on-board umbilical system to control the well cap subsea control module.
Logistics costs rose despite an oversupply of larger platform supply When the capping device has been seated onto the wellhead and
vehicles (PSVs) in some regions and rising food and fuel costs. High locked in place, the support vessel and ROV close the well bore caps
demand for PSVs and the departure of some vehicles to other regions and then activate the umbilical system to power-up the well cap. The
kept day rates up. Also, service companies in the US Gulf of Mexico process can be reversed, recovering the device to the surface. 

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GEOSCIENCES Gene Kliewer • Houston

Activity update
WesternGeco has started part two of its
multi-client seismic survey in the Gulf of Mex-
ico applying Dual Coil Shooting to acquire full-
azimuth, ultra-long offset seismic data using
four vessels on a circular survey path.
The Revolution II program in the Green
Canyon area of the Gulf follows the initial
project in the western GoM done late last
year. Revolution II plans to cover more than
3,200 sq km (1,235 sq mi), the equivalent of
140 OCS blocks, says WesternGeco.
WesternGeco also says it will process the
data using true-azimuth 3D GSMP (general
surface multiple prediction) and anisotropic
reverse time migration.
Dual Coil Shooting acquires full-azimuth, ul-
tra long offset marine seismic data using four
vessels following a circular path. This focuses
imaging on specific areas of client interest.
Dual Coil Shooting improves target illumina-
tion in challenging environments by enabling
greater azimuthal coverage and a higher sig-
nal-to-noise ratio.
New Zealand Oil & Gas Ltd. has secured acreage offshore Tunisia in the Mediterranean. NZOG says
Octanex N.L. subsidiary Goldsborough Ener- its work program for the duration of the two-year Prospecting Permit will include $3 million in acqui-
gy Pty Ltd. has awarded Seabird Exploration FZ sition of 350 km (217 mi) of new 2D seismic data, and the processing and analysis of existing data.
LLC a contract for the acquisition of 3D and 2D The Diodore permit covers 1,236 sq km (477 sq mi) of relatively shallow (less than 100 m or 328 ft)
marine seismic data in WA-422-P, WA-420-P, WA- water depth of the southern Gulf of Gabes. The company says this is a step in its long-term strategy
407-P, and WA-421-P offshore Western Australia. and that it already is discussing with other area permit holders further opportunities for exploration
Octanex says that no less than 600 sq km (232 or acquisition.
sq mi) of 3D seismic and approximately 1,000
km (621 mi) of 2D seismic will be acquired. can include pressure, temperature, and other much clearer understanding of uncertainty
Octanex has substantially completed the re- measurements on a high-speed data link to the that facilitates smarter investment choices.”
processing of more than 11,000 line km (6,835 surface, says READ. Placing the sensors in the
mi) of what it calls good quality 2D seismic ac- annulus allows for real-time data acquisition Company News
quired by previous operators over its suite of without interruption of well production. When CGGVeritas has signed a five-year marine
South Bonaparte permits. the micro-seismic monitoring is combined charter agreement with Bourbon for six
TGS is preparing to start acquisition of a new with real time multiple migrations, PerForM new seismic support vessels to be delivered
3D multi-client survey in the northern North can image large reservoir areas, says READ. starting at the end of 2012.
Sea. This will take in 1,100 sq km (424 sq mi) Schlumberger has released its Petrel 2011 These vessels will support CGGVeritas’
over the Magnus basin, including the southwest- E&P platform. The new release adds the Stu- seismic survey vessels with refueling, crew
northeast striking “End of the World” fault. dio E&P environment, new productivity, and change, food and equipment delivery, stor-
TGS will also reprocess 6,500 sq km (2,509 technological advances, the company says. age, assistance, and support during in-sea
sq mi) of 3D seismic data in the same area to Studio Find provides data and knowledge maintenance operations.
form a combined data bank of 7,600 sq km awareness capability as an extension of the Bourbon says it will build the 53-m (174 ft)
(2,934 sq mi). Studio Knowledge database, adds Schlum- vessels at the Grandweld Shipyards in Dubai.
M/V Geo Pacific will acquire the new data, berger. This gives search, browse and select Aker Solutions’ geo business has signed a
towing eight 6,000-m (19,685-ft) streamers, options within the context of the project and three-year frame agreement with Eni Norge
and the work will be completed this summer. inside Petrel. Favorites lets users make a AS to supply sub-surface consultancy ser-
TGS aims to make the processed data avail- collection of their most often used process- vices within the areas of geology, geophysics,
able to clients from late 1Q 2012. es, and Studio Annotate adds information to petrophysics, reservoir technology, well site
highlight items. and operations geology. Contract value is un-
New technology “We see three key requirements in a disclosed.
Petrobras has accepted READ’s new PerForM modern software system—integration, ex- The agreement is valid a period of three
permanent reservoir monitoring system following tensibility, and productivity,” said Tony Bow- years. In addition, Eni Norge has options to
a final acceptance test. The equipment is going man, president, Schlumberger Information extend the agreement with three one-year
to Brazil for ultimate installation downhole in the Solutions (SIS). “At the heart of Petrel is periods.
Namorado oilfield in the second half of this year. the shared earth model, which enables us- Aker Solutions’ sub-surface consultancy
Following installation, READ plans a 4D ers across the spectrum of E&P disciplines comprises a team of 70 geologists, geophysi-
seismic survey and the system will provide to integrate information and expertise into a cists and reservoir engineers. Its main fields
continuous real-time micro-seismic monitor- robust reservoir representation. These po- of activity are geological and geophysical in-
ing of the reservoir. tent integration and productivity capabilities, terpretation, petrophysics, reservoir model-
The system can have as many as 120 lev- combined with the extensibility of the Ocean ing and simulation, well site geology, as well
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O F F S H O R E A U T O M AT I O N S O L U T I O N S

Fieldbus enables operators to attain control in the field

Ian Verhappen vice from the manufacturer, since it is supplied failed output devices (MV, or in fieldbus terms
Industrial Automation Networks Inc. as part of the H1 communications stack. The AO) means you will not be able to change the
link master device assumes control of all net- process to maintain your set point. Good indus-
The first major Foundation Fieldbus instal- work traffic in the event the connection to the try practice and safety system design recom-
lation in the world was the Shell Malampaya control system is lost. This could happen in a mendations suggest that a “redundant” input
offshore project in the Philippines. Shell se- widely distributed system or one in a harsh be of a different technology to avoid common
lected Foundation Fieldbus for Health, Safety, environment (salt, corrosion, and vibration) as cause failures. One example of the concept of
Environment reasons – namely, its ability to might be found offshore. conflicting redundant measurements might oc-
help reduce on-platform staffing. The bidirec- Implementing control in the field enables cur if two ultrasonic level transmitters in a ves-
tional communications and diagnostics capa- certain applications to be more efficient than sel were to interfere with each other because of
bility of Fieldbus meant 80% of maintenance is possible with conventional instruments or their operating frequencies.
“work” could be done remotely from the control in the host. This is because field-based One final additional advantage fieldbus has
control room at the on shore gas processing control runs independent of the host control over pneumatic technology is that you can
facility. However, the benefits to offshore facili- system and can execute as quickly as ¼ sec- configure your output device to fail in different
ties do not stop here. As described below, in ond loop times. The typical DCS scans its I/O ways, depending on the type of failure in the
the event of loss of communications with the on a 1 to 5 second cycle. Faster cycle times and field. It is possible to have the output device fail
control system, control in the field allows safe more accurate measurements mean operating one way in the event of loss of fieldbus signal;
operation of the process at the last set point. closer to the physical constraints of the system another in the event of loss of communications
Alternately, the system can be configured to and hence increased throughput without the with the PID function block telling the output
“fail gracefully” to a predetermined state. need to purchase larger equipment. There are device “where to move”; and a third as the me-

Once you have gained confidence in fieldbus technology,

you too will see the benefits of “control in the field.”
Foundation Fieldbus is unique among field- of course specialized analog control systems chanical mode of failure on loss of motive force.
bus technologies in that it makes possible the as well that have very rapid scan rates for ap- In most cases, all failure modes are configured
return to “control in the field.” This means plications such as compressor surge control. the same way not only for ease of maintenance
that as long as you have power to the device There are other buses that may have faster but also to effectively manage risk.
and motive force for the output device/actua- scan rates than Foundation Fieldbus. But, be- Even if you are not planning to implement
tor, you will continue to be able to control your cause they do not have the deterministic sched- “control in the field” when starting your proj-
process – regardless of what is happening in uling component unique to this bus implemen- ect, it is recommended that all Foundation
the control room. This is a return to the origi- tation, they have to oversample the data to be Fieldbus designs be based on the principle
nal days of closed loop control with pneumatic able to achieve similar levels of control. of all elements of a loop being on the same
transmitters and actuators. The rules for con- Fieldbus includes signal status informa- segment. This way, even if you do not wish to
trol in the field with Fieldbus are somewhat tion with every signal update. Thus, in addi- implement field control now, it will be possible
the same as with pneumatics in that the input tion to providing real-time control, fieldbus to do so in the future without having to make
and output devices for the control loop must technology enables predictive maintenance any physical changes. With all the devices for
reside on the same wire. In pneumatic days practices. These practices result in higher a control loop on the same segment, migrat-
they had to be on the same air line. reliability at lower cost than other related ing to “control in the field” is “just” software,
It is the PID function block that makes techniques. The technology can use the data engineering, and configuration. Once you
“control in the field” and (as a result) single pushed from the transmitter to the associ- have gained confidence in fieldbus technol-
loop integrity possible. Single loop integrity ated management software as the basis for ogy, you too will see the benefits of “control in
means Foundation Fieldbus is able to main- determining remaining equipment life; and the field.” It allows for better control and also
tain control at the last set point without a hence when to schedule needed work. helps users manage risk in the event of an ab-
host control system. The other effect of los- Fieldbus and “single loop integrity” provide normal situation.
ing communications with the H1 network increased reliability of the control loop, which Offshore can be a high risk environment.
will be the loss of view/access to the device is different than what is offered through re- Having “control in the field” not only pro-
from the operator station. There are how- dundancy. By definition, redundancy involves vides better control with the associated ben-
ever a variety of local loop-powered indica- the installation of a similar, typically identical efits of higher throughput; it also has several
tors available that could be used for critical device with identical functionality. In the event HSE benefits which make a positive contri-
loops/variables; and of course all field de- of loss of communications with the H1 inter- bution to the bottom line. 
vices also have the option of a local display. face card, fieldbus will continue to control at
In addition to the PID function block resid- the last set point as long as there is commu-
ing in one device on the network – typically the nications/power. And, as long as the input/ The author
analog output device, to optimize bandwidth output devices are functional, you will have Ian Verhappen, P. Eng., is an ISA Fellow, ISA Certi-
fied Automation Professional, and a recognized author-
usage – every fieldbus segment in which you reliable control without redundancy.
ity on Foundation Fieldbus and industrial communica-
plan to implement “control in the field” re- However, if the field devices are not function- tions technologies. As director of Industrial Automation
quires that at least one device on the network ing properly, you cannot expect to have good Networks Inc., Verhappen leads this global consultancy
be a “link master” device. Link master capabil- control. Bad input signals mean a bad process which specializes in industrial communications, pro-
ity must be specified when ordering the de- variable (PV, or in fieldbus terms AI) signal and cess analytics and hydrocarbon facility automation.

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OFFSHORE EUROPE

Uncertainty, Macondo fall-out Simon Robertshaw

Hannon Westwood

depressing UK E&A activity

Rig contracts, however, indicate recovery may be in sight

H
alfway through 2011, just 19 explora- seen as a trend away from the UK sector. How-
tion and appraisal wells had started ever, to be clear, it is not in fact a very recent Exploration and appraisal well submissions
on the UK continental shelf this year. trend. The UK sector has seen a change over Year Exploration Appraisal
Twelve of these wells were new spuds the last decade or so from the presence of a
and the remaining seven mostly in- relatively small number of mega-companies 2006 44 20
tentional geological side tracks. to a large number of smaller players now en- 2007 53 34
This level of activity is in marked contrast deavouring to eke a living from what remains 2008 42 28
to the first half of 2010 when 32 exploration a considerable oil and gas resource. 2009 27 20
and appraisal (E&A) wells were drilling (25 Another negative factor is the fallout from 2010 29 26
spuds and seven side tracks). The total num- the US Gulf of Mexico Macondo disaster and 2011* 12 4
ber of well spuds for the first half of 2011 the fact that the UK authorities are compelled *H1
also represents the lowest level of drilling to pay closer attention to both site survey ap-
activity since 1966 – 45 years ago – when just plications and well applications ahead of any Exploration and appraisal well submissions
nine wells were spudded in the first half of drilling activity. Not only can this delay the for each of the last five years on the UK shelf.
that year, albeit in the infancy of the UK off- approval of applications but the rate of sub- While 2006 to 2010 show full-year applications
shore oil industry. mission to the Department of Energy and pro-rated, the 2011 submissions are significantly
So far in 2011, the central North Sea has Climate Change also appears to have slowed, diminished by comparison.
dominated new activity with eight E&A while applicants apply and re-apply due dili- struggle amidst an environment of dimin-
wells, followed by the northern North Sea gence to their plans to ensure that all their ished corporate value brought about by the
where five wells have started, with three safety checks and routines are firmly in place. government’s recent budget supplementary
each in the southern North Sea and in the The 16 E&A drilling applications submit- corporation tax (SCT) changes.
west of Shetland/Atlantic margin. There has ted this year (12 exploration and four ap- One direct repercussion of these changes
been no drilling activity at all so far in the praisal wells) have resulted in just four ex- is the reduction in operators’ ability to bor-
East Irish Sea (Morecambe Bay). ploration and two appraisal well approvals. row funds in pursuit of their goals, be it with-
Two exploration submissions that have been in their own license areas or via a myriad of
Investment issues “withdrawn” are Cairn Toul (block 16/27a) farm-in opportunities available on the UKCS
There is probably no single underlying and Carnaby (block 28/9) exploration sub- – some 50% of the forecast E&A well pool.
cause for this alarming decline in E&A activ- missions, presumably by their respective There are 100 or so smaller companies in
ity; rather, a multitude of factors have come operators, Dana Petroleum and EnCore Oil. the sector currently without cash flow from
into play. The artificially inflated oil price expe- production, and many of these may now be
rienced in 2009 aided the speculators but was Funding troubles unable to progress their E&A drilling plans.
unsustainably high and gave the oil industry Many of the smaller companies in the sec- For the larger players with UK cash flow,
the jitters and introduced instability. Although tor have demonstrated an appetite for and the rate of return from the UK sector has de-
the oil price has come back a bit, it appears to commitment to nurturing a business on the creased and with it comes the increased likeli-
have stabilized at what is a historically healthy UKCS that promised to revitalize the sector. hood that some of these middle-to-super majors
level, and against this price background, the This same pool of players now has an uphill will shift new investment elsewhere, reducing
disparity in activity levels in the UK sector the UK portfolio to harvest-mode.
seems all the more shocking.
Much concern has been voiced by Fallow Initiative
the UK oil industry over the UK govern- The Fallow Initiative was established
ment’s budget changes. It is estimated by the previous administration to inject
that potential rates of return for the larger some pace into the UK’s exploration
players in the sector will have been signif- and appraisal process and to discourage
icantly reduced. These large companies companies from sitting on moribund
typically allocate resources to competing acreage and discoveries. Over the years,
areas of the world and this is increasingly it has served its purpose in that wells
have been drilled and acreage has been
recycled that might otherwise have re-
mained stagnant. That said, the number
Comparison of first-half drilling activity of wells being drilled on fallow acreage
on the UKCS between 2006-2011. or discoveries has waned in recent years

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Post 4th round 1st to 4th rounds

120 100
Post 2nd round 1st & 2nd rounds
90
100
80

80 70
% of well spuds

% of well spuds
60
60 50
40
40
30

20 20
10
0 0
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Between 2006 and 2010, first and second round

acreage accounted for 10-25% of the UK’s E&A
drilling each year. Up to midway through 2011,
however, there had been no activity on any of
this acreage.

and current activity levels are no longer bol-

stered by this initiative to any great extent.
It appears to have made an impact, but now
𰁀𰁋𰃋𰁊𰀗𰀸𰁃𰁎𰀸𰁐𰁊𰀗𰀾𰁉𰀼𰀸𰁋𰀗𰀗 leaves a void. This year, just one fallow well is
𰁋𰁆𰀗𰁇𰁆𰁃𰁀𰁊𰀿𰀗𰁆𰁌𰁉𰀗𰁊𰁂𰁀𰁃𰁃𰁊 so far recognized in contrast to the 10 and 13
wells drilled as a direct outcome of the Initia-
tive during 2010 and 2009, respectively.
Corporate acquisitions may impact drill-
ing levels, but the picture is not quite as
clear cut as we might expect. There has
been no particular evidence of reductions or
increases in drilling following recent take-
overs. As examples of where E&A activity
may have been reduced, both Venture Pe-
troleum and Oilexco were extremely active
prior to their acquisitions by Centrica and
Premier, respectively. A period of inactivity
might reasonably be expected whilst the
acquisitor integrated and assimilated the as-
sets before re-emerging with a forward plan,
but nevertheless the resultant activity set is
diminished when compared with activity lev-
els conducting business as separate entities.
Other priorities, such as development and
large-scale investment, may take precedence
over yet more E&A. In fact, it may be the case
that, while E&A is one measure of activity, the
UK holds a material backlog of development
opportunities that may be better financed and
accelerated in the hands of majors, and it is
this ability to transform discoveries into cash
𰀗𰁎𰁜𰀗𰁚𰁦𰁥𰁪𰁠𰁛𰁜𰁩𰀗𰁜𰁭𰁜𰁩𰁰𰀗𰁚𰁟𰁘𰁣𰁣𰁜𰁥𰁞𰁜𰀗𰁘𰁪𰀗𰁘𰁥𰀗𰁦𰁧𰁧𰁦𰁩𰁫𰁬𰁥𰁠𰁫𰁰𰀗𰁫𰁦𰀗𰁧𰁩𰁦𰁭𰁜𰀗𰁦𰁬𰁩𰀗𰁮𰁦𰁩𰁫𰁟𰀥𰀗𰀗 flow that eludes the smaller company, but is
𰁋𰁦𰀗𰁬𰁪𰀣𰀗𰁦𰁙𰁪𰁫𰁘𰁚𰁣𰁜𰁪𰀗𰁪𰁟𰁘𰁩𰁧𰁜𰁥𰀗𰁦𰁬𰁩𰀗𰁪𰁢𰁠𰁣𰁣𰁪𰀗𰁘𰁥𰁛𰀗𰁫𰁜𰁪𰁫𰀗𰁦𰁬𰁩𰀗𰁮𰁠𰁫𰁪𰀥 the driver for the acquirer. The more recent
acquisition of Dana by KNOC has yet to con-
𰀽𰁦𰁩𰀗𰁦𰁭𰁜𰁩𰀗𰀨𰀬𰀗𰁰𰁜𰁘𰁩𰁪𰀣𰀗𰁮𰁜𰀗𰁟𰁘𰁭𰁜𰀗𰁙𰁜𰁜𰁥𰀗𰁜𰁥𰁫𰁩𰁬𰁪𰁫𰁜𰁛𰀗𰁮𰁠𰁫𰁟𰀗𰁤𰁠𰁪𰁪𰁠𰁦𰁥𰁪𰀗𰁙𰁠𰁞𰀗𰁘𰁥𰁛𰀗𰁪𰁤𰁘𰁣𰁣𰀣𰀗𰀗 firm any new operated E&A drilling, but again
𰁝𰁘𰁩𰀗𰁘𰁥𰁛𰀗𰁮𰁠𰁛𰁜𰀣𰀗𰁭𰁘𰁩𰁠𰁜𰁛𰀗𰁘𰁥𰁛𰀗𰁚𰁦𰁤𰁧𰁣𰁜𰁯𰀥𰀗𰁎𰁟𰁜𰁫𰁟𰁜𰁩𰀗𰁠𰁫𰃋𰁪𰀗𰁛𰁜𰁭𰁜𰁣𰁦𰁧𰁠𰁥𰁞𰀗𰁫𰁟𰁜𰀗𰁣𰁘𰁫𰁜𰁪𰁫𰀗 may be the consequence of work on more fo-
𰁫𰁜𰁚𰁟𰁥𰁦𰁣𰁦𰁞𰁰𰀣𰀗𰁪𰁜𰁫𰁫𰁠𰁥𰁞𰀗𰁬𰁧𰀗𰁝𰁦𰁬𰁥𰁛𰁩𰁠𰁜𰁪𰀣𰀗𰁜𰁯𰁧𰁣𰁦𰁩𰁠𰁥𰁞𰀗𰁥𰁜𰁮𰀗𰃔𰁜𰁣𰁛𰁪𰀗𰁦𰁩𰀗𰁝𰁦𰁩𰁞𰁠𰁥𰁞𰀗𰁝𰁩𰁦𰁥𰁫𰁠𰁜𰁩𰁪𰀥𰀗 cussed investment in projects.
𰀽𰁩𰁦𰁤𰀗𰁧𰁣𰁬𰁤𰁙𰁠𰁥𰁞𰀗𰁫𰁟𰁜𰀗𰁛𰁜𰁧𰁫𰁟𰁪𰀗𰁦𰁝𰀗𰁦𰁚𰁜𰁘𰁥𰁪𰀣𰀗𰁚𰁩𰁦𰁪𰁪𰁠𰁥𰁞𰀗𰁠𰁚𰁜𰀤𰁚𰁦𰁣𰁛𰀗𰁛𰁜𰁪𰁜𰁩𰁫𰁪𰀗𰁦𰁩𰀗𰁙𰁩𰁘𰁭𰁠𰁥𰁞𰀗
𰁟𰁦𰁪𰁫𰁠𰁣𰁜𰀗𰁮𰁠𰁥𰁛𰁪𰀥𰀗𰁋𰁟𰁜𰁰𰃋𰁩𰁜𰀗𰁘𰁣𰁣𰀗𰁧𰁘𰁩𰁫𰀗𰁦𰁝𰀗𰁦𰁬𰁩𰀗𰁣𰁜𰁘𰁩𰁥𰁠𰁥𰁞𰀗𰁞𰁩𰁦𰁬𰁥𰁛𰀥 License commitments
𰀗 In September 2010, the UK sector saw the
𰁎𰁟𰁘𰁫𰁜𰁭𰁜𰁩𰀗𰁚𰁦𰁤𰁜𰁪𰀗𰁮𰁠𰁫𰁟𰀗𰁫𰁟𰁜𰀗𰁫𰁜𰁩𰁩𰁠𰁫𰁦𰁩𰁰𰀣𰀗𰁮𰁜𰃋𰁩𰁜𰀗𰁩𰁜𰁘𰁛𰁰𰀗𰁫𰁦𰀗𰁤𰁜𰁜𰁫𰀗𰁜𰁘𰁚𰁟𰀗𰁫𰁘𰁪𰁢𰀗𰀗 ultimate expiry of licensed acreage awarded
𰁮𰁠𰁫𰁟𰀗𰁠𰁥𰁥𰁦𰁭𰁘𰁫𰁠𰁦𰁥𰀗𰁘𰁥𰁛𰀗𰁚𰁦𰁤𰁤𰁠𰁫𰁤𰁜𰁥𰁫𰀥𰀗 in the 1960s, namely first round licenses from
1964, with second round licences reaching the
end of their full license terms in November
𰁇𰁀𰁇𰀼𰀗𰀺𰁆𰀸𰁋𰁀𰁅𰀾𰀗𰀥𰀗𰁇𰁀𰁇𰀼𰀗𰁄𰀸𰁅𰁌𰀽𰀸𰀺𰁋𰁌𰁉𰁀𰁅𰀾𰀗𰀥𰀗𰀼𰁅𰀾𰁀𰁅𰀼𰀼𰁉𰁀𰁅𰀾𰀗𰀥𰀗𰁉𰀼𰁅𰀼𰁎𰀸𰀹𰁃𰀼𰀗𰀼𰁅𰀼𰁉𰀾𰁐𰀗 this year. In anticipation of these expirations,
𰁋𰁉𰀸𰀻𰁀𰁅𰀾𰀗𰀥𰀗𰀼𰀗𰀝𰀗𰁇𰀗𰁊𰀼𰁉𰁍𰁀𰀺𰀼𰁊
𰁮𰁮𰁮𰀥𰁮𰁘𰁪𰁚𰁦𰁜𰁥𰁜𰁩𰁞𰁰𰀥𰁚𰁦𰁤
a mild flourish of activity took place. First and
_________
second round acreage was under the spotlight;

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and from 2006 through 2010, this acreage ac- mark. What needs to be considered is that oil technical success continues to be recorded
counted for 10-25% of E&A drilling each year – companies do not like to make development amid the diminishing activity. Over the past
although, halfway through 2011, no activity had decisions in short time frames or without com- 12 months, discoveries have been made in
occurred on any first or second round acreage. prehensive appraisal programs. So, in a period the central North Sea at Balloch, Burgman,
A flurry of activity may again come into play of uncertainty, it is perhaps easier to let these Polecat/Ferret and Varadero, while appraisal
in 2016-18 as third and fourth round acreage licenses quietly lapse rather than accelerate drilling has progressed the finds at Blakeney,
awarded in the early 1970s reaches the end of marginal additions or step-out pools. Burgman, Culzean, Josephine and West Ro-
its ultimate life cycle. Since 2006, first to fourth chelle, and drilling is currently under way at
round acreage has accounted for nearly 40% of Gauging success Hobby North.
activity in some years; while halfway through E&A levels are currently at one of the low- In the northern North Sea, discoveries
2011, the figure hovers just below the 30% est points in the history of UKCS drilling, yet have been made at Oban and appraised at
Bentley, Cladhan and Kraken while, in the
southern North Sea, there have been finds
at Fulham and Pegasus with appraisal pro-
gressed at Breagh East. Despite even lower
relative activity levels in the west of Shetland
area, discoveries have been made at Edra-
dour and Whirlwind, while appraisal drilling
recently started at Clair Southwest.
There are already 470+ undeveloped discov-
eries in the sector and new finds will only add
to this weight. Ninety or so of these discover-
ies might be considered near-term develop-
ments with start-up envisaged within the next
five years. There is a compelling argument to
reduce or divert efforts away from yet more
E&A wells in order to focus on developments
and cash flow given that there are limited
funds and resources. Undoubtedly it is a dif-
ficult path to steer to ensure that the E&A
business is not irreversibly damaged and that
an appropriate level of activity is maintained in
order to drill out the resource. Up until now, a
figure of about 50-60 E&A wells per year has
been appropriate but we might be seeing E&A
activity displaced to a new lower level by devel-
opment spend.
In fact, development drilling currently
outstrips E&A activity by some margin, with
136 development/production wells record-
ed in 2010. Rather than seeing investment in
new oil and gas, it is infill locations in ma-
ture fields that are being revisited and are
bolstering development well numbers.
Whatever the whys and wherefores of the
current downturn, the second half of 2011 is
expected to see a recovery in E&A drilling
levels, with a number of new rig contracts
and intents to drill being publicized by op-
erators and participant companies. Looking
further ahead, the Hannon Westwood E&A
forecast captures well plans until 2015, and
remains broadly consistent at around the
200 wells level, with half the pool destined
for the Central North Sea.
While the drilling potential remains high,
the translation into active wells appears to be
softening and the current situation should
be taken as a wake-up call. Recent initia-
tives have now run their course and other
new incentives are now required to maintain
_________
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Exploration drilling revival puts Jeremy Beckman

Editor, Europe

Ireland back in spotlight

I
reland has witnessed a series of false Atlantic margin acreage in 2004 [Spanish Point Sea, and should continue into 2013. The line-
dawns since exploration started in the and Dunquin] to complement the interests we up includes a high-cost, but also potentially
late 1970s. All the discoveries were too already held in the Celtic Sea and St. George’s ultra-high impact exploration well on the deep-
small, too complex or too remote to war- Channel off southern Ireland. We felt that chang- water Dunquin structure on the Atlantic mar-
rant development, causing the major oil ing market dynamics meant that these plays, gin, in partnership with ExxonMobil and Eni.
companies that had led these campaigns to most of which were identified in the 1970s and
beat a retreat. To this day, the country’s sole 1980s, could potentially be economic.” Resource potential
offshore production comes from the Kinsale The company was more opportunistic with its According to O’Reilly, Providence’s par-
Head gas complex close to Cork, and even other newer areas such as Kish Bank (Dalkey) ticular in-house strengths are subsurface en-
here, supplies are depleting. and Rathlin off eastern and northern Ireland, gineering and geoscience. Well engineering
However, Ireland’s luck may be about to said O’Reilly. “The former because our evalua- is delegated to established, North Sea-based
turn. The pivotal figure could be Providence tion of subsea gas storage potential in the region contractors. “We identify opportunities, ex-
Resources, which next month starts the most showed a large previously unmapped structure; ecute them, then bring in partners,” O’Reilly
wide-ranging drilling campaign ever by a sin- the latter, because the hydrocarbon play concept explains, “although clearly we haven’t devel-
gle operator in multiple Irish offshore basins. for that region had recently been proved up. It oped an offshore field yet. Our strategy is to
Targets range from proven but unconvention- was also an area known to be of geological inter- continue building a portfolio around Ireland’s
al oil and gas plays in the south and west, to est, but which had been overlooked by the indus- shores, but also to trade assets out or sell
higher-risk wildcats in virtually untapped wa- try in the past due to the troubles in the north.” down equity to partners. What we cannot af-
ters to the north and east. However, what Providence Resources did ford to do is become a one-asset company.”
The Dublin-based company – Ireland’s lon- not want to do was “bet the ranch on any one as- The basis for Providence’s geological mod-
gest-established independent, and the country’s set,” O’Reilly said. “We felt it was better to take els dates to the 1980s, via the efforts of its
leading offshore acreage holder – is banking on a portfolio-wide approach for our forthcoming predecessor companies Atlantic Resources,
advances in technology, including the acquisi- wells. We will be testing six different plays, Conroy, and ARCON. All of them participated
tion of new seismic and improved seismic data ranging from shallow gas to deep-lying oil, in in most of the early frontier wells drilled by the
processing, to deliver results, particularly from water depths ranging from 20 to 1,500 m [65 majors. “We have a serious database of infor-
appraisal wells on the older finds. But despite to 4,921 ft]. The prospects include light crude, mation,” O’Reilly says, “and in recent years in
its hard-won financial backing, Providence is waxy crude, and gas-condensate. Some of our particular have increased this through seismic
under no pressure to hit the jackpot, at least not wells will test old discoveries, but we’re look- acquisition as well as purchasing more data
for the time being. ing to do this through application of modern from third parties. We are great believers in
“We’ve been operating in various guises completion techniques – while also ensuring applying the best available new technology – a
offshore Ireland for three decades,” said CEO we have a concept in place for the potentially modern lens on old opportunities.”
Tony O’Reilly. “However, the market recently higher impact exploration. The main aim, our So why have the discoveries lain fallow for
turned towards us in terms of infrastructure, investors are telling us, is to flow black oil.” so many years? “It’s basically down to eco-
technology, oil prices, and Ireland’s fiscal re- The program starts with an appraisal well nomics,” he explains. “Be it heavy oil, waxy
gime. All these elements combined, helping on Barryroe, one of the more prospectively crudes, size, or lack of infrastructure/support
us to attract partners and support for our vari- commercial oil accumulations in the Celtic services – the reality is that it has always been
ous programs in recent years. historically more expensive to do
The thing to do now is to turn business here, and that is why we
the drillbit.” are trying to capitalize on the new,
more attractive oil price environ-
Branching out ment.”
Providence has interests off- With success will come more
shore Nigeria and some produc- investment, O’Reilly pointed out.
tion onshore southern England, “Presently, we have to bring in
but a breakthrough in Ireland equipment from Aberdeen or In-
has always been its main goal. vergordon in northern Scotland,
“For some time we had had a but there is the opportunity for a
desire to widen our Irish port- service company to take the lead,
folio,” O’Reilly explained, “and establishing a base in Ireland, pos-
that led us to consciously go after sibly in Cork, to support emerg-
ing activity both in the south, on
Providence Resources’ E&P the Atlantic margin and even west
interests are spread around of Shetland. That would only fur-
Ireland’s shores. ther help to drive down costs.”

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Ireland’s fiscal regime is also proving to be objective is to progress them all, in consulta-
a draw card. Years of virtually token exploration with its project partners. “However, the
tion persuaded the government in 2008 to im- key wells will be on Barryroe, Hook Head and
prove terms in order to attract new players, Spanish Point, as these are already commer-
and these were drawn up following the re- cial propositions which need the validation of
sults of a benchmarking study by consultant modern wells being drilled – and that is what
Indecon. The outcome was a 25% corporation we are focused on doing,” O’Reilly pointed out.
tax on production, rising to 40% in exceptional
cases involving a very large field. The terms Barryroe priorities
were re-applied in the country’s most recent The campaign is due to start in September
licensing round off western Ireland, which The GSF Arctic III will start drilling shortly in the with an appraisal of Barryroe in the southwest
drew a record 15 applications. Celtic Sea basin off southern Ireland. of the Celtic Sea. This field’s early Cretaceous
“It was not lost on policy makers just how oil-bearing reservoirs were discovered by Esso
successful the North Sea was for the UK’s pact exploration plays. They seemed to like Exploration in 1974, and appraised by Mara-
pulling itself out of the economic mire in the that approach, which is why we were over- thon 16 years later in 1990. Three of the wells
early 80s, and we need that in Ireland,” O’Reilly subscribed in our fundraising.” tested light but waxy crude at rates between
noted. There could be a parallel in this program 1,300 and 1,619 b/d. In a development using
with the ongoing multi-operator wildcats off a fixed platform, this would require treatment,
Priorities the Falkland Islands, a more outright frontier probably via heated flowlines, combined with
Following a successful fundraising program region. Mixed results there have caused wild chemicals to lower viscosity as the temperature
with institutional investors in March, Provi- oscillations in the operators’ share prices, but drops. In the western part of the license the
dence has drawn up a list of well targets for O’Reilly is unconcerned. “In our program shallower section above 4,000 ft (1,219 m) sub-
2011-13, the first of which will be drilled by the there are no ‘company breakers’ and loads surface is thought to be gas-prone.
semisubmersible GSF Arctic III. of potential ‘company makers.’ We offer a dif- Last month, the seismic acquisition ves-
“One needs to be pragmatic,” O’Reilly ex- ferent type of opportunity over a number of sel Polarcus Samur completed a 3D pre-drill
plained. “Our original construction of this basins located in northwest Europe, adjacent survey over the area, designed to improve
program was to give our investors exposure to over 500 million consumers, all looking for imaging of the reservoir, with a focus on
to different play concepts in different basins, a safe, reliable, and secure source of supply.” compartmentalization – faulting is a feature
with some very high-confidence appraisal As for the fields the company plans to ap- of early Cretaceous Wealden sand reservoirs
wells combined with a number of high im- praise, Providence Resources says that its in the region.

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He further noted that “the objectives of the pect. Phillips Petroleum discovered gas and summer over an adjoining license. The most
Barryroe well may include acquiring orien- condensate here in 1981 from four intervals recent Competent Persons Report prepared
tated conventional core through the oil-bearing with variable permeability in an over-pres- by Senergy over the two permits indicates po-
sands; a modern log suite for seismic inversion; sured Upper Jurassic sandstone formation. tential resources of up to 750 MMboe, includ-
a fluid sampling/RFT program to establish the The remote location and absence of pipeline ing 200 MMboe from Spanish Point alone.
nature of the liquids; a well test with production- infrastructure at the time, deterred further Also a target for drilling in 2012 is a pre-
style choke setting, plus chemical injection; es- investment. All has changed following the sumed extension of Dragon, Marathon’s
tablishing flow rates of around 2,000 b/d; and development of Ireland’s domestic gas grid 1994 gas discovery offshore Wales, into the
sampling of overburden for mechanical studies and its connections via the UK to Europe’s Irish sector of the St. George’s Channel ba-
to design high-angle production wells.” The gas pipeline network. Confirmation of a com- sin. Marathon has since relinquished its acre-
most recent reserves estimate for Barryroe is mercial gas province in the region could draw age on the UK side, and this is currently the
59 to 144 MMbbl recoverable. interest from Europe’s leading utilities. subject of a new license application.
Hook Head is another Celtic Sea prospect. In 2008, London-based Chrysaor came Providence’s analysis suggests that 25% of
It is a large, mid-basinal anticline structure, 60 onboard as a farm-in partner, agreeing in Dragon resides in its SEL 1/07 Irish license.
km (37 mi) off the south coast in 70 m (229 ft) exchange to fund a 3D seismic survey over Late last year, Petronas subsidiary Star Energy
water depth. Most of the oil appears to reside Spanish Point and the surrounding area. The Group took an option to farm into 50% of the
in the structure’s main central panel, with fur- results were positive, suggesting relatively concession, committing in exchange to sub-
ther potential to the north and south. low fault density, good reservoir continuity, surface studies of the structure, with an option
A well will be drilled as part of the cur- and potential for further reservoir up-dip to participate in an exploration well. If success-
rent campaign to confirm the orientation and from the 35/8-2 discovery well. The survey ful, an arrangement would have to be reached
habitat of Hook Head’s sandstone reservoir also improved imaging of the adjacent 35/8-1 with the licensees on the UK side – one major
depositional systems. The program will in- Lower Cretaceous oil find, Burren, and con- attraction of a gas development in this remote
clude downhole reservoir PVT fluid sampling firmed the Wilde prospect, underlying Span- area are the new LNG facilities at Milford Ha-
to determine viscosity, oil gravity, the GOR/ ish Point, as a large structural closure. ven on the west Wales coast, 60 km to the east.
bubble point, and crude characteristics. Earlier this year, the partners (which also Another target for drilling off southern Ire-
include Sosina Exploration) elected to en- land, although this has still to be confirmed, is
Frontier hub ter the second phase of the license contain- the Nemo heavy oil accumulation, underlying
Spanish Point, 200 km (124 mi) off Ire- ing Spanish Point, and to commit to a well the Ardmore gas field in the North Celtic Sea
land’s west coast in the central Porcupine which will likely be drilled in mid-2012. They basin in 90 m (295 ft) water depth. Marathon
basin, is potentially the most valuable pros- also commissioned a 3D seismic survey this discovered the lower Cretaceous gas cap and

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16° API crude underneath in 1974. A 3D seis- Liverpool Bay to the east, offshore northwest between 8.4 and 18.6 tcf, or alternatively oil
mic survey in 2006 suggested that the oil leg England. in the range 300 to 660 MMbbl recoverable.
could contain resources of up to 230 MMbbl. Both partners are keen to drill next year, Drilling in this remote and harsh area, how-
Providence holds a license over Ardmore/ viewing the well as low-risk because of the ever, would be high-cost because of the scale
Nemo and a licensing option over Baltimore, near-shore, shallow-water location. Earlier of the required program and subsequent
another heavy oil (11° API) discovery in the this year, Providence secured an exploration test – probably $150 million or more. Under
same basin, but closer to the shore. Reserves license over Rathlin Island offshore northern the license arrangements, the well must be
here could be around 300 MMbbl. In 2009 Ireland, covering part of the Rathlin Trough. A drilled by end-2013, but could go forward as
Providence brought in as a partner Nautical recent well test on the shallower onshore sec- early as next May. The well site survey has
Petroleum, a London-based heavy oil special- tion recovered oil to the surface – Providence been completed, and drilling preparations are
ist, working on solutions for several fields in has identified various leads from available 2D under way.
this category in the UK northern North Sea. data, and expects to drill a well next year, ei- If a commercial discovery results from any of
Nautical has funded feasibility reviews for ther before or after the program on Dalkey the wells over the next two years, all could theo-
Nemo and Baltimore, and has the option to Island. retically go forward for development, although
increase its stake by committing by the end By far the biggest exploration prospect on not necessarily under Providence’s stewardship.
of this year to drill an appraisal well on Nemo. Providence’s books is Dunquin in the Porcu- “We meet companies who identify an asset and
pine basin on the Atlantic margin. Providence insist that they have to be the operator,” said
Eastern play was awarded the surrounding license, cover- O’Reilly. “We’re open to that, and to trading our
In August 2008, Providence and Star Energy ing five blocks, in 2004, but later transferred assets if some companies like particular fields.
Group were awarded a three-year licensing op- operatorship to ExxonMobil, with Eni also There are no sacred cows in our portfolio.”
tion for eight blocks in the little-explored Kish coming on board in 2009. The Dunquin struc- However, for the time being, the company’s
Bank basin offshore Ireland’s east coast. Much ture extends over 700 sq km (270 sq mi) in focus will be on executing this multi-faceted
of the subsequent studies have focused on a over 1,500 m (4,921 ft) water depth, and ap- drilling program. “By any company’s stan-
subsea gas storage project, but analysis of 2D pears to comprise an isolated carbonate plat- dards, this is a big endeavour,” O’Reilly com-
seismic also identified a large, tilted fault block form with analogies to giant producing fields mented. “But if we can deliver even some
structure in the Lower Triassic, 10 km (6.2 mi) in the Gulf of Mexico. Gas chimney effects modicum of success, that will extend across
offshore Dublin. The partners believes that the have shown up on seismic, with indicates of our entire portfolio and will put offshore Ire-
structure, named Dalkey Island, could hold thermogenic hydrocarbons on seabed cores land firmly back on the world E&P stage, with
oil resources of 870 MMbbl, with analogies close to the planned well location. a commensurate increase in investment by in-
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Wintershall forging ahead offshore Norway

Focus veers towards exploration in Barents Sea
Nick Terdre
Contributing Editor

L
ike many new companies attracted to the Norwegian sector
over the past decade, Wintershall has achieved a good return
for its commitment. The German company has chalked up
numerous interesting discoveries, and amassed a substantial
license portfolio with promising exploration potential. Several
of these finds at various stages of development will provide regular
boosts to its production in the coming years.
Wintershall acquired its first Norwegian license in 2006, after be-
ing approved by the authorities to act as both partner and operator.
In 2008, it strengthened its position in the sector by taking on the
assets held by Revus Energy, a small Norwegian independent.
Bernd Schrimpf, managing director of Wintershall Norge, is con-
tent with the progress the Norwegian subsidiary has made over a
relatively short period. “Our commitment on the Norwegian con-
tinental shelf has been successful,” he said, “and we have grown
with a substantial number of licenses now above 40, half of which we
operate. We have a production base for now, and we are putting a lot
of effort into reaching our ambition of 50,000 boe/d from Norway
and the UK by 2015.”
Although often thought of as a gas trading specialist, “Wintershall
is a balanced company when it comes to gas and oil production,” he
adds. “On mainland Europe and in Germany it is often recognized
as a gas company because of our cooperation with Gazprom and our
subsidiary Wingas, but in our Norwegian operation we have a portfo-
lio of production and exploration successes that includes oil. Globally
we are interested in having a balanced portfolio between oil and gas.”
For now the company has a modest production base in Norway
consisting of a 4.5% interest in the Veslefrikk field in the North Sea,
operated by Statoil; a 22% stake in CNR’s Murchison, a field on the
UK/Norwegian North Sea median line; and 100% in Delta, a small
field which has been drilled from Murchison. However, CNR is cur-
rently accelerating plans to decommission Murchison, where pro-
duction could cease as early as 2014.

Grosbeak and Maria

Since 2005, however, Wintershall has participated in six of Nor-
Grosbeak (colored pink), discovered in 2009 by Wintershall’s first operated
way’s 12 largest oil discoveries, Schrimpf points out. It also notched
well in Norway, is being appraised this summer.
a discovery with its first operated well in the sector in 2009 when it
found Grosbeak in North Sea block 35/12. The following year came That well will also throw light on possible development options,
the discovery of Maria in block 6406/3-8, close to the Åsgard com- though it is unlikely that the field will be brought onstream until
plex of fields in the Norwegian Sea. around 2017 or 2018, Torheim noted. A stand-alone solution could
“Both these discoveries are in their early evaluation phase, Maria be a possibility, although the water depth of 360 m (1,181 ft) rules
being a bit more mature than Grosbeak,” said Production and De- out a conventional fixed platform. But there is infrastructure in the
velopment Manager Eivind Torheim. “There are still many options area, such as Statoil’s Gjøa floating production platform to the north,
open – both are in areas with existing infrastructure and the size of which came onstream last year, and at the Troll field to the south.
the fields, combined with capacity in nearby existing installations, There are other finds and prospects relatively close to Grosbeak,
will have an impact on our decisions.” and the development concept will depend on the total materiality in the
Reserves in Grosbeak were provisionally estimated at 35-190 area. An older discovery is Statoil’s Astero, which lies about 40 km (24.8
MMboe following discovery, but a more accurate figure should be- mi) west of Grosbeak and in which Wintershall has a 25% interest.
come available when the results become available from appraisal “A new hub might be required in the area, which could be placed
well 35/12-4S, which semisub Songa Delta spudded in April. on the Grosbeak discovery,” said Torheim. “Otherwise one can also

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see subsea tieback options to other facilities ducing around 40,000b/d of oil. Reserves
as a viable solution.” in Knarr Central, on which the development
Maria has come somewhat further down is based, are estimated at 60-110 MMboe.
the development track – a development proj- But Knarr West could yield a further 15-37
ect team has been set up to mature the field MMboe – an exploration well will be drilled
towards concept selection. The aim is to bring here this summer, and if successful, will be
it onstream in 2016. included in the project.
“An appraisal well scheduled for late 2011/ Wintershall is also a 30% partner in one of
early 2012 will provide information regarding the largest development projects in prospect
the size of the discovery,” Torheim says. The on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) –
upcoming well will be drilled by semisub Bor- Semisubmersible Borgland Dolphin drilled the Lundin’s Luno field in the southern Norwe-
gland Dolphin. Following discovery last year, Maria discovery well in 2010. gian North Sea. Lundin estimates reserves at
Maria reserves were estimated at 60-120 MMb- 137 MMbbl of oil and 1.9 bcm (67 bcf) of gas,
bl of oil and 2-5 bcm (70.6-176.5 bcf) of gas. 10% stakes held respectively by Spring En- and plans to submit a plan for development
For Maria the project team currently is ergy and Concedo. and operation in September. This will call for
working in parallel on two main concepts, a fixed platform with 12 development wells,
one being a subsea tieback to existing in- Non-operated developments with start-up scheduled for late 2014. Oil will
frastructure and the other a stand-alone so- The company is also a 10% partner in the either be exported 50 km (31 mi) by pipe-
lution. The field lies about 10 km (6.2 mi) Yme field in a remote part of the North Sea, line to Statoil’s Grane platform or offshore
south of Midgard, one of the Åsgard fields, previously decommissioned by Statoil but now loaded, while gas will be sent 40 km (24.8 mi)
and 15 km (9.3 mi) north of Tyrihans. being redeveloped under Talisman Energy’s by pipeline to the Sleipner complex. Peak oil
The water depth in the area, around 300 stewardship. After many delays, Yme is ex- production will be around 60,000 b/d.
m (984 ft), points towards a floating produc- pected to come back onstream late this year,
tion unit. flowing close to 60,000 b/d gross at peak. New acreage
“The most optimal solution will be sought In June Norway’s parliament (Storting) This year Wintershall has been awarded 10
based on sound economical criteria and avail- approved BG’s development plan for the new licenses under Norway’s APA (Awards
able capacity in the existing infrastructure,” Knarr field (ex-Jordbaer) in block 34/3, in in Pre-Defined Areas) round in mature areas,
Torheim commented. which Wintershall has a 20% stake. Knarr and two in the twenty-first round for frontier
Recently, Wintershall doubled its interest will be developed with a leased FPSO, and acreage.
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member of OLF, the Norwegian Oil Industry licenses it was awarded this year. One of with minimal straight pipe run.
Association, which is lobbying for new Norwe- these, PL 378B, is an extension of the Gros-
gian acreage to be opened to the industry. beak license, while another, PL577, consists
Schrimpf is confident that the company’s ex- of acreage to the east of Grosbeak. A third,
ploration division will be able to make the most PL 370B, is just to the north of Murchison
of the new acreage, operated or not. “We have block 33/9. Of the two company’s two cur-
a strong team which has long experience of the rent operated licenses in the Norwegian
NCS and it is thanks to their stamina and inter- Sea, one, PL475CS, is an extension of the
pretations that we were able to explore and drill Maria license while the other, PL 589, lies
our discoveries,” he said. “Wintershall also plays to the south of the producing Kristin field.
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Brazil’s equatorial margin offers new frontier

Multi-basin area presents more challenges
than the pre-salt, says Petrobras E&P director

I
n an exclusive interview with Offshore, Peter Howard Wertheim model for these sedimentary basins, Estrella
Guilherme Estrella, Petrobras E&P direc- Contributing Editor pointed out. “When separating from the Af-
tor, recently explained why the Brazilian rican continent, the movements at the South
equatorial margin, the new exploratory Atlantic coast were more of distention and
frontier where the company is preparing not of dragging of one over the other. This
to invest heavily, presents challenges that are created a very complex situation and is still
even more interesting and defying than the interfering in the definition of the dynamics
discovery of oil in the South Atlantic pre-salt of the region’s petroleum system, even after
layers. producing in the PAS-11 block.”
The equatorial margin is formed by the He also explained: “The prospectivity is
Foz do Amazonas (mouth of the Amazon considered high because we already identi-
River), Pará-Maranhão, Barreirinhas, Ceará, fied a generation module of oil and gas, the
and Potiguar (offshore) basins on the north- source rock, the migration to a reservoir
east coast of Brazil. rock, and the trapping. We should also say
“The existence of a dynamic petroleum that in the same latitude, on the African side,
system which generated, migrated, and ac- production is having success in Nigeria, in
cumulated oil in the equatorial margin is Ghana with the Jubilee discovery, offshore
already proven,” said the director. “We have Ivory Coast, and in Equatorial Guinea, thus
samples of extremely light oil from the PAS- confirming the potential of the region.”
11 block, Pará submarine 11, collected from The type of oil discovered in these basins
a well drilled in 1983. During three months offshore West Africa is very light, 44º API.
we produced oil and gathered concrete evi- Jubilee holds reserves estimated at 1.8 Bbbl
dence of a petroleum system. But the great of oil; and Tweneboa/Owo/Ntomme, in
challenge is to interpret the geology of the Ghana, is estimated at 1.4 Bbbl.
Petrobras E&P director Guilherme Estrella ex-
area in order to choose places to drill with pects significant oil finds in Brazil’s equatorial “However, the situation in the Amazon
the probability of discovering natural gas margin. River delta is completely different than what
and/or oil in commercial quantities and happens in the Niger River delta in Nige-
which can be produced in an economically mercial opportunities. These are the main ria. The Niger has a much smaller load of
viable manner.” reasons why Petrobras is now returning to sediments and its drainage basin discharges
There are fewer than 30 blocks under that area. through a massive delta to the Gulf of Guin-
concession in the deepwaters of the equato- For example, China’s Sinopec teamed ea, which is sheltered. That gulf does not
rial margin, and according to the National with Petrobras in April to develop offshore have as much circulation at the bottom as
Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels Agen- areas of the Pará-Maranhão basin. In June, the Amazon River delta, thus preserving the
cy (ANP), in the last four years a little more Petrobras informed the ANP of the discov- organic material in deposition,” he added.
than five wells were drilled and no more ery of traces of oil and gas after drilling a “The Amazon River cone, as it is known, is
than nine seismic surveys undertaken. ANP 2,060 m (6,759 ft) well in the deep waters not matched anywhere in the world and is
will offer the 11th bidding round in late Sep- of the BM-PAMA-3 block (833.28 sq km or the largest in terms of sedimentary load,”
tember or October this year. Out of nine ba- 321.7 sq mi). The accord also includes ex- Estrella continued. “The river loses only to
sins included in the auction, five are located ploration under the BM-PAMA-8 concession the Nile in terms of extension, but in terms
in the equatorial margin. contract which includes three blocks total- of deposition of mud, sand, and sediments
The Foz do Amazonas basin is situated at ing 2,307 sq km (891 sq mi). it has by far a much larger load than other
the western portion of the equatorial mar- The Pará-Maranhão basin is offshore great rivers, including the Nile. When such
gin, alongside the coast of the Amapá and Pará and Maranhão states. At present there a large load of sediments originated from
Pará states. It occupies an area of approxi- are 13 offshore blocks under concession, all land arrives at the mouth of the river, the
mately 261,170 sq km (100,838 sq mi), in- in the exploratory phase, totaling 4,871 sq fresh water, well oxygenated, mixes with or-
cluding the continental platform, slope, and km (1,881 sq mi). The companies operating ganic material which is quickly oxidized and
deepwater region, to the boundary between in the area are: Petrobras; Petrobras in as- destroyed.”
continental and oceanic crust. sociation with Ecopetrol and Vale; and OGX. He also noted another difference: “With
Estrella explained that the cycles of explo- “The equatorial margin’s coastal geol- the rotation of the Earth, the surface mari-
ration at the mouth of the Amazon River are ogy is much less known than the geology time currents run from east to west. These
related to the renewed interpretation of data of the South Atlantic basins, especially due currents run in the opposite direction from
and an increased knowledge that leads to to interpretation difficulties caused by shear the Earth’s rotation, creating an interesting
new alternatives in the identification of com- faults that resulted in a far more complex phenomenon: at the Brazilian coast, as in all

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oriental coasts of the continents, the surface significant results of the study on two bore- cumulations: Pirapema and the area of well
maritime currents pressure surface waters holes drilled near the mouth of the Amazon APS-51A.
offshore these continents because they River by a team from Petrobras, the Institute Currently, Petrobras has 100% interest in
push these waters. The surface currents for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics two blocks in the exploration phase (FZA-
coming from West Africa to Latin America (IBED) of the University of Amsterdam, and M-217 and FZA-M-252) at Foz do Amazonas
leave behind, on the surface, a sub-pressure; of the University of Liverpool (UK). basin totaling approximately 38,000 sq km
and because the pressure is lower, it creates Before, scientific drilling expeditions (14,672 sq mi).
a phenomenon called ‘upwelling’.” such as the Ocean Drilling Program could Technical hurdles may be quite simply de-
The cold waters of the bottom rise and only reach a fraction of a sediment column scribed by a geologist such as Estrella, who
these currents from the bottom are highly around 10 km (6 mi) thick from the Amazon has been involved in the discovery of huge
loaded with organic nutrients. That is why deep-sea fan (a sort of underwater delta). amounts of oil worldwide. “To exemplify the
the oriental coasts of the continents are New exploration efforts by Petrobras plus challenge that we face in the mouth of the
richer in fish than the western coasts, such sedimentological and paleontological analy- Amazon River, one needs to address a curi-
as in Brazil. Through geological time, nutri- sis on samples from the two boreholes (one ous characteristic that is technically com-
ents and organic material were deposited of which was 4.5 km [about three miles] be- plex: the surface currents running towards
and eventually formed petroleum source low the sea floor), gave deep insight into the the north by the coast of Amapá state are so
rocks. history of both the Amazon River and the strong that pollen from the Amazon forest
For this reason, in Nigeria a great share Amazon deep-sea fan. This data was pub- plants were identified in British beaches,
of the petroleum is of marine origin and is lished in the scientific journal Geology in July carried by the Gulf Stream current. For
in the post-salt, rather than source rocks 2009, and is very important to understand this reason, in order to place a blow out pre-
of lacustrine origin such as can be found in South America’s paleogeography and the venter at the bottom of the ocean to begin
Brazil’s pre-salt. However, Africa also has pe- evolution of aquatic organisms in Amazonia drilling at 1,000 m (3,280 ft) water depth,
troleum from lacustrine origin because Af- and the Atlantic coast. we have to move the snubbing rig dozens of
rica, together with South America, was once More recently, the basin was the target kilometers against the current, before start-
one continent, around 130 million years ago, for a 2D spec seismic survey. According ing to lower the BOP to land it where it was
before the continental rift occurred. to the ANP, since the 1980s, 93 exploration planned. Of course, lighter equipment has to
Around 11 million years ago, the Amazon wells have been drilled in the basin, 60 by be released even further away. In the case of
River originated as a transcontinental river Petrobras and 33 by companies within risk the rig, dozens of kilometers is just an ex-
and took its present shape approximately contracts. This exploration effort resulted in ample, but the distance must be calculated
2.4 million years ago. These are the most the discovery of two sub-commercial gas ac- according to the weight of the equipment.”

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COSTA DO MAREIM

Atlantic
(IVORY COAST)
Marine A
Marine B The Brazil-Africa
Ocean Foz do Amazonas GHANA
NI
N
Marine Transitional
connection

GO
Marine/Lacustrine
Pirapema natural BE Maturo Marine

TO
gas discovery Tertiary Deltaic Geologists are increasingly finding
Lacustrine A
Barreirinhas NIGERIA Lacustrine B
that the hydrocarbon-bearing basins off-
Ceara Lacustrine C shore South America are similar to those
1-PAS-0011-PA
offshore West Africa. And the activity
petroleum discovery S O U T H Potiguar offshore West Africa is picking up.
Foz do Amazonas A M E R I C A CAMAROES Petrobras E&P director Guilherme
(CAMAROON) Estrella says that the equatorial margin
Sergpipe
A F R I C A will be the next challenge for Brazil’s
Para-Manhao
Reconcavo GABAO oil and gas industry after the pre-salt,
(GABON) particularly because there are so many
B R A Z I L
Bahia Sul CONGO oil and gas discoveries in West Africa,
Barreir Congo
and there is much geological similarity
between Brazil’s equatorial margin and
Lower Congo
Espirito West Africa’s.
Campos
Kwanza DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC After decades of poor results in the ex-
OF THE CONGO
ploration of oil and gas offshore Ghana,
B R A Z I L Santos Benguela
in 2007 Anadarko and its partners finally
ANGOLA discovered the Jubilee field through the
Mahogany-1 well. Since this well was
Geologists are increasingly comparing northern Brazil’s equatorial margin with the West Africa
drilled into a stratigraphic trap instead
equatorial margin. Brazil is on the left side and overlaps to the square on the right bordering Africa. of a more easily identified structural
trap, other companies also are trying to
Further to the east, after Pará-Maranhão ing onshore. Current offshore production locate and map stratigraphic traps. Other
basin, the Barreirinhas basin is found off- of 44,000 b/d of oil and 12 MMcm/d (424 important finds in Ghana are Mahogany
shore starting north of the Parnaíba River MMcf/d) of natural gas comes from Dentão, Deep, Odum, and Tweneboa. The discov-
mouth, border of Piaui state, ending north- Pescada, Arabaiana, Biquara, West of Ubara- ery Dzata is operated by Vanco Energy,
the discovery Enyenra (Owo) is operated
west of São Luís, the capital of Maranhão na, Ubarana, Agulha, Cioba, Siri, Aratum, and
by Tullow, and Teak operated by Kosmos.
state. Although there have been no signifi- Serra fields. The three fields being developed The Ivory Coast has the Baobab field,
cant oil discoveries, the occurrence of hy- are Salema Branca, Guaiuba, and Guajá. on block CI-40, approximately 25 km (16
drocarbons traces in several wells that were Petrobras operates two blocks in shallow mi) offshore with estimated reserves of
drilled leads to the expectation of light oil waters and four in deepwaters of the Po- 700 MMbbl and expects to recover 200
and condensates, says the ANP. There are tiguar basin, totaling a 4,490 sq km (1,735 sq MMbbl. Canadian Natural Resources
four blocks under concession in the explo- mi) area. (CNR) is the operator (57.6% interest), in
ration phase totaling 3,268 sq km (1,262 sq Offshore Potiguar basin, the volumes in partnership with Svenska (27.4%) and
mi). In two contracts, Petrobras has 100% in- situ are estimated at 1.18 Bbbl of oil and Petroci (15%).
terest; it has partnerships with international 60 bcm (2,118 bcf) of natural gas. Offshore Espoir field (120 MMboe), discovered
operators in the others. proven reserves are of 105 MMbbl of oil and in 1982, lies in Ivory Coast block CI-26,
According to Estrella, “Barreirinha is an 8.3 bcm (293 bcf) of natural gas. approximately 19 km (12 mi) offshore
onshore basin which has an extension off- Estrella noted that “the Portiguar basin south of Jacqueville, and around 60
km (37 ft) southwest of Abidjan. Water
shore. There were non--commercial discov- is important because very often, when oil
depths range from 100 to 600 m (328 to
eries onshore but the offshore part is more can be produced onshore, the chances for
1,968 ft). The Espoir field has estimated
or less related to PAS-11, discovered in Pará- finding oil in the basin’s offshore extension recoverable reserves of 93 MMbbl of oil
Maranhão basin. We believe that both are are good. The opposite though, is also true, and 180 Bcf of natural gas.
part of the same petroleum system.” when you cannot find oil onshore it does Well Acajou-1x was drilled by the
Further east, Ceará basin has four off- not mean that you will not be able to find it Sovereign Explorer rig. The well on the
shore petroleum producing fields: Xaréu offshore, as for example in Campos basin. Acajou South prospect (license CI-26) is
(1977), Curimã (1978), Espada (1978), and It is always possible to find oil offshore, but approximately 24 km (15 mi) off the coast
Atum (1979). Early estimates for these fields when there is oil onshore, there is a very of Côte d’Ivoire in 3,050 ft (930 m) water
are of 71.8 MM cu m (451.6 MMbbl) of oil good chance to find it offshore as well.” depth, some 9 km (5.5 mi) distant from
and 5.8 MM cu m (204 MMcf) of gas. Be- Campos basin is responsible for around Espoir field. The oil is 33° API, similar to
sides these fields Petrobras has two explora- 80% of Brazil’s total oil output, practically all that found in Espoir.
tion blocks totaling 1,216 sq km (470 sq mi) of it in the post-salt. The most significant dis- Both fields are operated by CNR
(58.67%) in partnership with Tullow
with dozens of well drilled and numerous covery made in the pre-salt area of the Cam-
(21.30%) and Petroci (20%).
traces of oil and gas. pos basin was announced June 28 by a con-
Côte d’Ivoire’s largest natural gas
Potiguar basin is in the extreme north- sortium formed by Repsol, Sinopec, Statoil, producer is the Foxtrot field in offshore
east of Brazil’s continental margin and in- and Petrobras. The 1-REPF-11A-RJS well, block CI-27. It is operated by Foxtrot
cludes onshore and offshore areas. Most of informally known as Gávea, yielded good International (24%) in partnership with
it spreads throughout Rio Grande do Norte quality oil, 190 km (118 mi) off the coast of Petroci (40%), SECI (24%), and Gaz de
state, overlapping to Ceará state. It is one of Rio de Janeiro. The well was drilled by the France (12%). The other producing Lion
the 10 oil and gas producing basins in the latest-generation Stena Drillmax I drillship and Panthère fields were discovered by
country. in 2,708 m (8,885 ft) water depth, reaching a Phillips in the 1980s. Other discoveries in
Offshore, 14 fields are either producing final depth of 6,851 m (22,477 ft). the Ivory Coast beside: Lion; Panther are
or are being developed; and 67 are produc- Currently, Brazil’s deepwater oil produc- Belier; Kudu; Eland, and Ibex.

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tion represents 25% of the country’s output. we could produce 60% water and 40% oil and utilization of resources in a large scale. We
Analysts say that new pre-salt provinces will it would still be worth it. But now the injec- are offering unprecedented conditions for
increase this percentage significantly. Petro- tion capacity of the ship is already set for the growth in the country’s history. There are
bras’ enthusiasm offshore is expressed by limits imposed by the other price, and this is new companies coming to Brazil and the
its strategic planning which foresees 169 only one example. The result is that we have ones already installed here will surely ex-
platforms, 504 support vessels, 53 drilling to offload the excess water in other ships pand their activities. For all of these reasons,
rigs, and 48 oil tankers until 2020. instead of re-injecting in the well, because the country will no longer play a supporting
“However, we have limitations,” Estrella the ship doesn’t have the injection capacity role. We are going through a geopolitical
observed, referring to the economic as- equivalent to the water the field is currently change to become one of the major players
pects that change the price of oil over long producing.” in the energy sector.”
periods. “When planning to order a fleet of Compared to other operators worldwide, Petrobras is seeking international part-
production ships for the company’s projects, Petrobras has a dominant position in the de- ners as its production is expected to double
we depend on forecasts for the price of oil. mand side for offshore rigs, semisubmers- oil production in the next 10 years to reach
To approve a production ship project, the ibles, and drilling ships, plus a firm demand 4 MMb/d.
forecast is part of the calculations. Well, for several critical resources that are not yet The 11th bidding round includes 174
we have no way of injecting more water in contracted. The scale of future acquisitions blocks (87 are offshore and 87 are onshore),
Marlim field, now that the field is produc- is guaranteed by the 23 new production sys- totaling 122,000 sq km (47,100 sq mi), di-
ing more water and the water injection ca- tems scheduled to start operating by 2014 vided into 17 sectors in nine sedimentary
pacity installed in our ships has reached its and 36 more between 2015 and 2020. basins. Besides Foz do Amazonas, Pará-Ma-
limits. For instance, consider the hypothesis Estrella contends that the neither the local ranhão Barreirinhas, Ceará and Potiguar,
of a forecast of less than $40 per barrel in content requirements (goods and services there will be offers in Paranaíba, Espírito
the project being planned for a field that we produced in Brazil) nor the obligation that Santo, Recôncavo, and Sergipe-Alagoas ba-
believe will be producing 60% of oil and 40% Petrobras operate blocks in the pre-salt area sins. If all blocks are auctioned, Brazil´s ex-
of water in 10 years. The ship is planned to that have not been previously auctioned will ploratory area will have a 40% increase. 
work in that field and will be prepared to pro- diminish the interest of foreign companies.
duce up to this financial limit. It is true that “We are an industrially diversified, com-
we depend on these forecasts. When Marlim petitive, and strong country with a huge
started, we based our ship-based projects on market. Besides that, the pre-salt represents The author
$35 oil. But with oil around $100 per barrel, a spectacular amount of wealth which means Peter Howard Wertheim is based in Rio de Janeiro.

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GE Oil & Gas continues acquisition,

expansion strategy
Company selects geographic, technological targets to complement existing strengths

I
n less than a decade, GE has extended be- Eldon Ball Manuel Terranova is
yond its Nuovo Pignone turbomachinery Senior Editor Senior Vice President,
heritage, building an integrated drilling, Technology & Economics Regional Operations
surface, and subsea systems franchise and Global Sales –
that includes VetcoGray, Hydril Pressure Drilling & Production,
Control, Wellstream Holdings plc and the Well GE Oil & Gas. In his
Support Division of John Wood Group plc. 10 years with GE, Ter-
Today, GE Oil & Gas operates in over 100 tegic approach of high-tech manufacturing ranova has occupied
countries, has over 16,000 employees, and for mission-critical applications, with a fa- a number of opera-
generates sales of approximately $9 billion. vorable services pull-through. Our desire to tional roles, including Sr. VP, Subsea
Manuel Terranova, Senior Vice President, further expand our comprehensive system Product Platform and Commercial
Regional Operations and Global Sales – Drill- solution from wellhead to topsides served as Operations, and GM of Pipeline Integrity
ing & Production, GE Oil & Gas, recently met a primary motivator for acquisition. Adding Services and CEO of PII. From April
2002 through March 2006, he served
with Offshore magazine to talk about the stra- flexible risers to our product line represent-
as the GM and CIO for Information
tegic thinking behind GE’s trail-blazing acqui- ed a great fit.
Management at GE Oil & Gas. During
sitions, and its plans for future expansion. Wellstream’s strong position in Brazil his tenure, he successfully deployed
Offshore: What’s the rationale behind the also provided additional motivation for the one of the largest process and system
acquisition strategy? acquisition. Wellstream has a state of the art redesign efforts ever undertaken at GE.
Terranova: Starting in 2007, VetcoGray quayside manufacturing facility at Niterói In 2010, Terranova received the General
gave us an established position in subsea just outside Rio de Janiero, which further Electric Chairman’s Award for Leader-
trees, manifolds, and controls manufactur- strengthens our established rooftop pres- ship in Technology and Innovation, and
ing and services. Acquiring Hydril Pressure ence in Brazil and enables us to continue our received accolades from former GE Oil
Control allowed us to add the riser package expansion and localization programs. At the & Gas CEO, Claudi Santiago, for his
for rigid riser systems and for drilling riser same time GE has a fantastic footprint and contributions to the Subsea Platform
systems. By manufacturing the BOP and reach in key oil and gas producing regions business.
marrying it to the legacy marine riser Vet- where Wellstream needs support to achieve
coGray product line, we upped the stakes accelerated growth. For example, Asia Pacif- injection of new technology is fundamental
in managing a larger portion of the subsea ic and West Africa – both key regions where to what we do at GE. In Wellstream, we not
system. Through Wellstream, we are now GE Oil & Gas is already firmly rooted – are only saw an established high-tech product
firmly established in the flexible riser space, key growth markets for Wellstream. line to help complete the subsea systems
which is essential to completing our offer- With some life-of-design requirements jigsaw, we also saw a tremendous opportu-
ing across the subsea value chain, and is approaching 40 years, understanding how nity to enhance the product line, for exam-
especially important given the fast growth in hydrocarbons flow through the system has ple by introducing GE’s expertise in remote
deepwater E&P. The trend toward FPSO-en- become a big market differentiator. The monitoring and diagnostics. The ability to
abled field developments in Brazil and West more pieces of the system that you design, monitor and inspect the flexible riser string
Africa requires efficient and reliable discon- manufacture, and service, the stronger posi- in real time is a key area of our focus. In
nect systems from the surface, and therfore, tion you’re in to support the customer with addition, we will exploit technology know-
make flexible risers the obvious choice. In a reliable flow assurance regime over the how from across our other GE businesses
addition, we have a solid offshore differen- lifecycle of the field. The addition of flexible such as material sciences to enhance Well-
tiator through our ability to offer single unit risers to an already robust subsea offering stream’s product line. It’s not a far stretch
and modular turbine and compressor solu- provides another critical building block for to take GE Aviation’s composites expertise
tions for FPSOs. better systems analysis and more compre- and patent portfolio, evident in three-dimen-
Our portfolio now addresses all key seg- hensive flow assurance models. sional fan blades technology, and apply it to
ments in the oil and gas value chain from We believe that systems integration the subsea arena for jumpers, flowlines, and
subsea and onshore drilling and production equates to a more attractive, value-added flexible risers.
systems through to LNG, pipeline, storage, proposition for our customers, across all Offshore: At the time you bought Vet-
industrial power generation, refining, and aspects of operations, from the design engi- coGray, were you also thinking of expanding
petrochemical applications. neering, manufacturing, testing, execution, into other areas of oil and gas and looking at
Offshore: What were the factors that made and services phases, as well as in procure- other possible acquisitions?
the acquisition of Wellstream attractive? ment and long-term asset management. Terranova: Yes. We were predominately
Terranova: Wellstream typifies our stra- Keeping innovation flowing through the – but not exclusively – a rotating equipment

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business until the VetcoGray acquisi- time between failure of ESP systems.
tion in 2007. We knew which adjacen- Offshore: How about new product
cies we were interested in occupying development? I think you have some
(for example, electrical submersible post-Macondo products in the works.
pumps), and then we looked at what Terranova: One of the things we
was available and met our evaluation did after the Macondo accident was
criteria. For the past ten years we’ve to accelerate the involvement of our
been looking to expand into multiple sister businesses in new product
adjacencies that meet the high tech- development. We’ve doubled our ef-
nology manufacturing and services forts in furthering how we can bring
criteria. the “aviation mind set” to the indus-
Offshore: What about the acquisi- try with the help of experts in our
tion of the Well Support division of GE Aviation business. The result of
Wood Group plc? these collaborate efforts is an extend-
Terranova: We are market leaders ed product line that will help deliver
in the high-pressure, high-tempera- significant safety, reliability, and effi-
ture, high-specification portion of the ciency benefits for customers.
surface market. In the low/medium RamTel Plus displays the position of BOP ram blocks as well as For example, we’ve developed a
specification segment of the sur- the pressure needed to open, close, and shear in real time. hydrostatic pressure assisted ram.
face equipment market we have put Basically, this uses hydrostatic pres-
our primary focus on two notable markets: mention a fantastic services DNA. sure – the pressure the equipment is subject
North America and the Middle East. A critical piece of Well Support to high- to when submerged – as a way to augment
Both the Surface and ESP businesses light is the ESP (electric submersible pump) ram force. This avoids the need to put addi-
within Wood Group featured a loyal and ex- space. This acquisition has firmly rooted GE tional accumulator valves on the seabed. Ad-
pansive customer base in the US. They have into the enhanced oil recovery segment. We ditional regulations will result in an increase
a very effective service shop footprint and a believe we can take the Well Support elec- in required ram capacity, and this is a simple
well-established international supply chain, tric submersible pump line and inject new and effective way to avoid making the BOP
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logger which can track and record vital in- Terranova: GE’s new RamTel Plus is a Offshore: Do you have some other acqui-
formation from every function triggered on very accurate position sensor that is de- sition targets for the future?
a BOP. The data logger captures every dis- signed to survive a catastrophic event and Terranova: With over $4.1B in recent oil
crete event triggered – such as a valve actua- will tell you the exact location of the ram in- and gas-focused acquisitions, we have a lot
tion – from the BOP control system. side the bore. This is to save engineers from of work to do to integrate the businesses and
Post Macondo, the question becomes: having to use indirect flow calculations. It drive operational synergies to benefit our
“How can we better use captured data to gives a positive reading of where the ram customers and GE shareholders.
assess the general health of the BOP?” Or, sets in the bore. We certainly have enough to keep us
“how can we use data to determine when We also launched an ROV display panel busy for a while, but we do continually as-
the next service interval should be sched- that is light activated and is supported by sess what’s available in the market, mind-
uled for the BOP?” Here again, we looked a trickle-charge battery system that sits of ful of any opportunities to add real value to
to other parts of GE, where we’re already the seafloor. Hopefully, this never gets used our customers. In addition, we continue to
delivering service prognostics for locomo- – but if an operator has to deploy an ROV to look at JVs and partnerships that can help
tives and aviation jet engines. So we basi- check or monitor the BOP, there’s a subsea us to grow, particularly in fast-emerging oil
cally exploited expertise from our GE sister control panel available that will give the ex- and gas regions where stable growth can
companies and applied the same logic in the act ram position and pressure indications as be accelerated through localization and col-
oil and gas space. well. So, for example, if all the topside sys- laboration.
Prognostics enable us to predict when tems are lost, real-time readouts are avail- Ultimately, our acquisitions are intended
service intervals should occur in order to able regarding what’s happening inside the to help our customers increase production
prevent in-operation delays or non-produc- BOP. It’s straightforward, simple, and very and profitability. Customers should be reas-
tive time on a rig. Being able to predict that effective. sured by the fact that GE Oil & Gas has a
time interval is a significant time and cost We’ve also recently developed a black solid track-record of organic and inorganic
savings to the customer. The last thing any box recorder for rigs that can survive a cata- growth, of continuous investment in reliable
operator wants is unplanned maintenance strophic event and be reclaimed off the bot- innovation, and of longevity and continuity
operations while the rig is working offshore. tom of the seabed. Remote monitoring and in the segments we enter. GE has put skin
Our solution helps increases safety and reli- diagnostics on all our product lines enables in the game. We will continue to lead the
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time on the rig. shore from an onshore location, whether it’s our customers tackle tough and complex
Offshore: Any other new products in the the BOP or other operations that may be oc- engineering challenges. We’re here for the
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Offshore India to debut in Mumbai

Jessica Tippee
Three-day event begins Sept. 14 Assistant Editor

T
he inaugural Offshore India and Un- full field deepwater and shallow water devel-
conventional Oil & Gas India confer- opments, managing engineering consultants,
ence and exhibition will be presented EPC contractors, and secondment to clients on
by Offshore and the Oil & Gas Journal high profile national and international projects.
at the Bombay Exhibition Centre in He will be followed by Dr. Prabu Parthasara-
Mumbai, India, Sept. 14-16. It will provide a thy of MSiKenny, who will discuss “Deepwater
platform for discussions on technical, strate- Flow Assurance Design Challenges in Large
gic, and business topics affecting the Indian Gas Condensate Developments.”
oil and gas industry. Session 3: Production Optimization includes
The conference advisory board has as- a presentation on “Subsea Boosting Systems –
sembled a two-day program of presentations Field Proven Technologies for Increased Recov-
by key industry leaders. The conference The inaugural Offshore India and Unconvention- ery” by Mads Hjelmeland of Framo Engineer-
program is divided into two technical tracks: al Oil & Gas India conference and exhibition will ing. He has experience working with the design
offshore and unconventional oil and gas. provide a practical, solutions-oriented program of multi-phase pump and wet gas compression
Session topics for the offshore track include for doing business in this rapidly expanding systems.
deepwater technology, production optimiza- region of the world. Then, Ken Campbell of Norse Cutting &
tion, regional challenges, and asset integrity. Abandonment will discuss “Increased Produc-
Session topics for the unconventional oil include Venugopal Dhoot, chairman of Video- tion Utilizing Existing Infrastructure.”
and gas track include regions and plays, res- con; PMS Prasad, executive director of Reli- He will be followed by Paul Handgraaf, CEO
ervoirs and strategies, applied technology, and ance Industries Ltd.; and R.S. Butola, chairman of Thermtech AS, presenting “Reusing Recov-
reservoir modeling and characterization. and managing director of Indian Oil Corp. ered Base Oil from OBM Cuttings.”
Held simultaneously with the conference, The plenary session, Business and Regula- Offshore session 6: Regional Challenges
Offshore India and Unconventional Oil & Gas tion in India, begins at 11:00. Speakers include begins with a presentation on “A Present Day
India features an exhibition showcasing lead- Daniel Johnston of Daniel Johnston & Co. Inc; Requirement for Economic Transportation”
ing local and international oil and gas suppliers, and A.K. Hazarika, chairman and managing by Harish Chandra of the Indian Oil Corp. Ltd.
service providers, and equipment manufactur- director of Oil & Natural Gas Corp. Zahar Mohd Hashim Zainuddin, CEO and
ers. Each day the exhibition will open at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 16, opens at 9:00 a.m. with principal consultant of Global Mariner Off-
Companies expected to exhibit include Aker a plenary session: Indian Project Highlights shore Services, will then discuss “FPSO Solu-
Solutions Malaysia Sdn Bhd, ASRY Offshore – Refineries. Speakers include P.K. Kapil of tions for Asia’s Offshore Development.”
Services, Champion Technologies Europe BV, Reliance Industries, who will discuss “Jam- He will be followed by Jose Esteve Otegui of
Chromalox, Essar Ltd., Fagioli, Faro, Global nagar Refinery Expansion and Strategies;” Bureau Veritas presenting “The Coming Future
Gases Group (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Goma, and Kumar Swain of Essar, who will discuss in Inspection and Maintenance of an FPSO.” He
Hardbanding Solutions by Postle Industries, the “Vadinar Refinery Expansion.” started with the company in 2001 as a project
Hydratight, Lamprell Asia, Levingston, Madras The next plenary session, Indian Project High- engineer carrying out structural analyses for the
Hardtools, Metal Samples, Minerva Automo- lights – Exploration, includes Mark Blanche Commercial Department of the Marine Busi-
tors, ONGC, PCI, Prosafe Offshore Ltd., Reel of Cairn India discussing “Mangla Bhagyam ness Line. In January 2011 he was appointed
(Inspection and Rig Maintenance) Pvt. Ltd., Aishwariya Field Development and Pipeline,” manager of the Offshore Centre in Singapore.
SK Oilfield, Seaway Lifting BV, Som Laucuk and Prem Sawhney of Essar Energy discussing Session 7: Asset Integrity will begin with
Sanayi, Technip France, Tyco Thermal, United “Coal Bed Methane Developments in India.” a presentation on “Asset Management for
Drilling, and Videocon Industries Ltd. Offshore Operations” by Dr. Kanika Singh of
Offshore India and Unconventional Oil & Offshore session highlights KHAN Offshore.
Gas begins Wednesday, Sept. 14, with an in- Session 2: Deepwater Technology begins He will be followed by Engr. Jacky Mas-
augural address by the Minister of Petroleum with a presentation on “Hydrocarbon Base saglia of V&M Tubes, who will discuss “Pre-
and Natural Gases, the Honorable Jaipal Sudini Fluids for Deepwater Drilling Applications” mium Tubular and Connection Solutions for
Reddy. B.K. Chaturvedi, member of the (En- by Dr. Daniel Bien of ExxonMobil Chemical Casing and Tubing in HP/HT wells.”
ergy) Planning Commission and conference Asia Pacific. Bien is the fluids market devel- Mr. Piyush Khullar of Wearresist Technolo-
chairman, was secretary of the Ministry of Pe- opment and technical leader for Asia Pacific. gies Pvt. Ltd. will then conclude the session
troleum and Natural Gas until his appointment He holds a diploma in chemistry and a Ph.D. with “Bristle Blasting: A ‘Green’ Approach to
in June by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in organic chemistry. Corrosion Removal and Surface Preparation.”
as Cabinet secretary; A.K. Hazarika, chairman Thuraiappah Sreetharan of Reliance Indus- Offshore India and Unconventional Oil &
and managing director of the Oil & Natural Gas tries Ltd. then will speak on “Installation of Gas concludes with an awards ceremony and
Corp.; and Prashant Ruia, CEO of Essar Group Deep Water Infield Flowlines which are Shorter closing remarks. For the most recent registra-
will follow with conference welcome addresses. than Water Depths.” Sreetharan, RIL’s offshore tion and schedule information, go to http://
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On Thursday, Sept. 15, the opening plenary engineering manager, has more than 26 years offshoreoilindia.com/index.html. Times and
session begins at 9:00 a.m. Keynote speakers of experience in oil and gas projects including locations are subject to change. 

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GEOLOGY & GEOPHYSICS

GPU rendering for volume visualization

New capabilities improve accessibility, quality
of renderings and accelerate workflow

T
he most recent graphic cards offer Philip Neri data sets from storage disks into a computer.
dazzling computational power and a Paradigm For visualization, the bottleneck in recent
large graphic memory capacity suit- years is the bandwidth of the bus linking the
able for handling 3D seismic data. CPU, which performs the rendering of 3D
Powerful GPU computing capabili- views, to the graphic card that processes the
ties and large on-board graphic memory rendered data to create the display. Every
capacity support advanced volume inter- with which the software could change view- change in parameters for a specific render-
pretation and characterization workflows ing parameters to enhance displays and ing requires the whole display to be re-
involving seismic data. This makes it pos- hone in on specific data characteristics. rendered and re-transmitted to the graphic
sible to program instantaneous seismic vol- The speed at which a display refreshes de- card.
ume rendering as well as on-the-fly seismic pends on the compute power of the CPU,
attribute calculations. These new capabili- the throughput of the graphic card, and the 3D graphics cards
ties, based on the CUDA programming lan- internal bus performance and bandwidth Driven by the increasing complexity of,
guage, improve the accessibility and visual available to handle rendering. Moore’s law most notably, video games, graphic cards
quality of rendered seismic volumes, as well has been correct generally in predicting the have become a computer within the com-
as accelerating workflows that involve a improvements over time, from small data- puter, i.e. a unit capable of taking in data,
frequent use of attributes. The benefits for sets rendering at slow rates to the current performing specific computational tasks
geoscientists are tangible, both in terms of work on 10s of gigabytes of data with display mostly geared towards simulated reality,
much-increased responsiveness and image latencies of a few seconds. and sending the outcome either to a display
quality, and in the access to more effective Very large gains in performance can be unit or back to the general-purpose CPU.
workflows involving seismic attributes. achieved by looking beyond the CPU and This makes possible video games that look
3D seismic data benefits from volume bandwidth. Companies in seismic process- realistic, manipulating in real time complex
visualization technologies in a number of ing and advanced simulation and modeling textures, detailed illumination, and artificial
critical interpretation and characterization frequently come up with order-of-magnitude reality computations such as haze, smoke,
steps aimed at exploration and production leaps in speed of computation when new waves, etc.
workflows. In the 20 years during which architectures are put to use. Well-known ex- Developers of high-performance comput-
such capabilities have been available, there amples are the use of computer clusters to ing (HPC) software always look for ways
has been a steady increase in the volumes accelerate compute-intensive tasks, or par- to increase computing speed, reduce the
of data that could be handled (related to the allel input/output systems to dramatically footprint of the hardware (size, electrical
computer’s available RAM) and the speed decrease the time needed to get very large consumption, and cooling requirements),
and lower the cost of each overall compute
cycle. When programming languages be-
came available to tap the resources of the
graphic card, the HPC community took
note. Currently, these languages are the
open standard OpenCL and nVIDIA’s pro-
prietary CUDA [Compute Unified Device
Architecture]. These languages allow the
programmer to execute code on the graphic
card as an extension to the resources of the
conventional CPU. The graphic card is suit-
ed to manage parallelism using the “single
instruction multiple data” [SIMD] para-

Volume rendered seismic with surfaces in the

background (Taranaki basin – New Zealand.
Data courtesy of AWE Ltd)

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Simplified diagram of a
Workstation designed

Screen
for Interpretation tasks. Graphic card
GPU 144
memory
digm. These capabilities are of interest only for tasks that involve
extensive recourse to parallel compute processes. GPUs deliver fast GPU
Mother

Screen
results from massive parallelism with smaller power requirements, 32 GPU
thus reducing the energy expended per operation. memory
For HPC, the process entails moving data from the CPU-con- 5 CPU
trolled memory to the graphic card, together with the instructions cores
coded in OpenCL or CUDA. When the process is finished, the re-
sults return to CPU memory. While the transit of data to and from <1 Disk
the graphic card has some data transfer penalty, the effectiveness of storage
the graphic card to handle specific tasks pays off in terms of overall
turnaround. The graphic card acts much like the long-gone floating
point units of the 1980s. or 1 GB to 6GB.
With the growing popularity of HPC code using graphics cards, GPU memory was originally for graphics data in 3D visualization
some hardware vendors offer servers that integrate multiple graph- and volume rendering. However, for the purpose of 3D seismic ma-
ic cards, not to drive multiple screens but simply to draw on the nipulation, the increased memory capacity of recent cards makes it
speed, cost per operation, and relatively lower power and heat con- possible to allocate greater than 2GB of display memory for actual
sumption of these devices. data and still have room for working buffers to hold compute results
and the display buffers themselves. With the seismic data residing
Graphics workstations within the graphic card, the bottleneck created by the interface be-
In a typical top-end interpretation workstation using a modern tween CPU and graphic card is no longer an issue. This alone would
graphics card, it is easy to see that the interface from CPU to GPU result in significantly faster performance.
is not very fast, typically around 5 GB/s, and therefore constitutes a The considerable processing power on the graphic card further in-
bottleneck. Also of note are the speeds of the interfaces from GPU creases the advantage. With graphic cards of more than 400 cores, and
cores to display memory currently running at 144 GB/s, whereas a core-to-memory bandwidth more than four times better on a graphic
the interface from CPU cores to CPU memory is limited to 32 GB/s. card relative to the computer’s native architecture, the difference in
Most remarkable is the growth of GPU memory size, from 512 MB performance, responsiveness, and sheer compute power is daunting.

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Formations surrounding the Barnett Shale show strong karst-related

features.

Programmable graphic cards
Operations such as zoom, translate, rotate, or change of color and
opacity can be re-rendered exclusively on the GPU with no further
transmission of data across the CPU--GPU interface. Only control 4
instructions would need to transit across that interface. This widens
the advantage of GPU processing versus CPU processing.
Beyond the traditional visualization and rendering activities, the
massive compute power of the graphical card can have other uses.
In the course of seismic interpretation and characterization, geosci-
entists often use attributes to complement and corroborate features
seen on the original amplitude data. These attributes typically are ( '@$BC*
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calculated in advance, stored on disk, and called into the computer’s
memory when needed for visualization. Because the seismic is al-
ready in the graphic card’s memory, it can be band pass filtered in-
stantaneously using forward and inverse FFTs using onboard cores.
Attributes-on-demand become another powerful enabler for the
geoscientist, saving time by avoiding the pre-calculation and making !" # $
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mitigate the slowness of the interface from CPU, where rendering
was performed, to graphics card and on to the display screens. This
compromises the smoothness of rendered objects, and the degree 5 ( # ***67
of detail of the lighting effects that drive the perception of depth and 8 ( # 9!*67
volume in a display. While not a major hindrance in many situations,
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volume rendering
An example of higher quality volume rendering can be seen in the
image above. It shows the Barnett Shale formation and the forma-
tion immediately above and below, both of them carbonates. Karst
features penetrate the Barnett from above and reach through to the
underlying formation. These areas must be avoided by drillers, since
the frac of the shale in proximity of the karst would result in losses
and possible leakages. High-quality visualization with a good percep-
tion of the 3D nature of these karst features help to plan drilling and
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2011 MWD/LWD Services Directory

T
he editors of Offshore magazine have scoured the globe for the GE Oil & Gas
latest and greatest measurement-while-drilling (MWD) and • GE Oil & Gas offers a full range of downhole drilling and wireline
logging-while-drilling (LWD) tools for 2011, and here is the logging technologies that are proven in wells of all types. The
result. The following pages update the annual MWD/LWD simple modular designs give operators the high performance and
services directory. The full survey is available for download flexibility needed to obtain accurate data and lower operating costs.
at www.offshore-mag.com. • GE’s fully integrated drilling measurement tools help optimize
well placement for maximum hydrocarbon recovery by using ac-
Baker Hughes curate orientation, natural gamma ray and resistivity measurement
Baker Hughes says its tools are highly modular to facilitate opti- systems.
mal sensor placement within the bottomhole assembly (BHA) for • The Centerfire resistivity system takes well placement to the next
each application. Services include: level with a measurement that helps distinguish hydrocarbons
• AutoTrak V is a rotary steerable system that drills vertical inter- from rock and water. This helps place the well where production
vals with excellent borehole quality, eliminating the need for cor- rates and hydrocarbon recovery can be maximized. Centerfire
rection runs and sliding time associated with steerable motors. uses the propagation wave resistivity technique, transmitting an
It does not need additional MWD systems due to an integrated electromagnetic wave into the formation and analyzing it upon re-
inclination sensor in the steering unit. It is available for 5¾-in. – ceipt at the Centerfire collar. The signal’s attenuation and phase
28-in. hole sizes. shift are proportional to the resistivity of the formation, which
• AutoTrak eXpress HDL is a rotary steerable system that takes the helps identify the type of material around the wellbore.
benefits of continuous drillstring rotation to those high dogleg appli- • GE Oil & Gas designs, manufactures and services MWD/LWD
cations where conventional mud motor systems were predominant. systems and sensors for purchase by customers worldwide.
This technology provides the ability to drill aggressive curves ensur-
ing precise wellbore placement and the best borehole quality. This Halliburton/Sperry Drilling
service is available for 8½-in. – 9 7/8-in. hole sizes. Over the last year, Sperry Drilling has introduced numerous
• The AziTrak deep azimuthal resistivity service, a fully integrated industry-firsts in MWD/LWD technology including a new tool ca-
MWD/LWD tool that is compatible with the AutoTrak rotary steer- pable of operating in HP/HT environments previously beyond the
able service, is now also available for 57⁄8-in. – 6¾-in. hole sizes. The reach of existing technology. Sperry Drilling also has developed a
AziTrak service provides directional, azimuthal gamma imaging, new azimuthal sonic tool that provides data previously unavailable
multiple propagation resistivity (MPR), deep azimuthal propagation in the drilling environment, and a state-of-the-art drilling mechanics
resistivity imaging, temperature, annular pressure, and vibration tool. Additionally, Sperry Drilling is field-testing a new borehole
stick/slip measurements from a single sub. The deep azimuthal prop- imaging tool that works in any mud type.
agation resistivity measurement delivers an image for the real-time • In HP/HT technology, the ExtremeHT-200 tool operates at tem-
detection of approaching boundaries at any azimuthal angle. The im- peratures up to 200°C (392°F) and 25,000 psi. This new HP/HT
age provides easy-to-read information to the operator to navigate the tool includes directional, gamma ray, internal and annular pres-
wellpath into and through the reservoir. sure and vibration sensors, with additional sensors planned. Sper-
• The MagTrak advanced magnetic resonance (MR) while drilling ry Drilling is developing the UltraHT-230 tool for temperatures up
service is now also available for 57⁄8-in. – 6 ¾-in. hole sizes. The ser- to 230°C (446°F) and pressure to 30,000 psi and will undergo field
vice delivers matrix-independent porosity data, including total and testing in late 2011.
partial porosities, permeability index, light hydrocarbon satura- • The company has completed successful field tests of the XBA son-
tion and - as the only LWD MR tool - real-time T2 distribution data. ic tool, a new azimuthal, crossed-dipole tool. Containing four dis-
• SeismicTrak – Seismic-while-drilling service reduces seismic un- crete sources, four azimuthal receiver arrays, and four azimuthal
certainties when landing wells in right angles or setting casing ultrasonic stand-off transceivers, the XBAT is sensitive to shear
points before pressure or reservoir zones. anisotropy in the same manner as wireline sonic tools, but exploits
• Real-Time Shear Service is used for a measured shear in both the full borehole coverage afforded by rotation of the LWD tool.
slow and fast formations. The main benefit is that it provides in • The DrillDOC drilling mechanics tool is available in 6 ¾ in. and
real time additional geomechanical information such as bulk 8 in. sizes. It measures the weight and torque on the bit, and the
modulus, Young’s modulus, Shear modulus, and Poisson’s ratio bending moment and direction of bending in the BHA.
for proactive wellbore stability and optimal drilling rates. • The GeoSharp All-Mud Imager Tool provides high-resolution
• The azimuthal ZoneTrak G integrated in the AutoTrak steering unit acoustic images in all mud types and, for the first time in MWD,
provides up to 16 sectors azimuthal gamma image of the borehole resistivity images in non-conductive drilling fluids.
very close to the bit. It is used in geo-stopping applications to avoid
entering a reservoir or a trouble zone, and helps with geosteering de- Schlumberger
cisions in real time to place the well in the sweet spot of the reservoir. New Schlumberger technologies include the PowerDrive X6 high-
• The steerable drilling liner (SDL) combines current proven tech- performance directional drilling system, the PowerDrive Archer high
nology in a new system to overcome the most challenging drilling build rate rotary steerable system (RSS), and the SonicScope multipole
and completion applications. The system consists of a retrievable sonic-while-drilling service. The Orion II high-speed telemetry system
and changeable inner string with a pilot BHA and an outer liner supported the successful drilling and completion, in early 2011, of the
string. Inner and outer strings are connected via a running tool. A world’s longest well, in eastern Siberia.
unique feature of the system is the possibility to change the pilot • The PowerDrive X6 system has been designed to bring RSS ben-
BHA while the liner remains on bottom. efits to harsh well environments. Its robust design minimizes the

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effects of external environment factors, increasing the operating

envelope to handle higher mud weights, wider flow ranges and drill-
Notes for the survey
ing dynamics, aggressive muds, and debris. This push-the-bit RSS Baker Hughes:
tool provides full directional control while rotating the drillstring, (a) Dependent on mud weight, hydraulics, data transmission and turbine
selection.
improving rates of penetration and increasing the accuracy of well-
(b) All directional accuracies are to 2 Sigma confidence.
bore placement. Full rotation reduces drag, decreases the risk of (c) All tool combinations require a directional tool (D, OnTrak, or NaviT-
sticking, and achieves superior hole cleaning. It also improves well- rak) as a basic component ex. D+LithoTrak+MPR = 69.4.
bore smoothness and decreases tortuosity, which reduces drilling (d) All generic and environment specifications are included in the direc-
torque, eliminates unplanned wiper trips, and simplifies installation tional category.
of completions equipment. In field tests, the PowerDrive X6 RSS (e) Basic AutoTrak configuration consists of near-bit inclination + gamma
ray + multiple propagation resistivity + vibration + directional sensor
has drilled more than 1 million ft (304,800 m) and 32,000 operating + modular connection.
hours. Operators have experienced more than 25% improvement in (f) Basic Navigator configuration consists of near-bit inclination +
reliability, most noticeably in smaller hole sizes. gamma ray + multiple propagation resistivity + modular connection.
• The PowerDrive Archer high build rate RSS delivers well profiles (g) Static and dynamic WOB, TOB, bending moment, azimuthal bending
previously possible only with motors, yet with the rate of penetration tool face, continuous inclination, annular and bore pressure, string
RPM, lateral and axial acceleration. Also includes motor RPM and
(ROP) and wellbore quality of a fully rotating RSS. It has internal pads downhole drilling dysfunction diagnostics.
that push against an articulated sleeve pivoted on a universal joint to (h) Commercially available in 4¾–in. and 6¾–in. tool sizes.
point the bit in the desired direction. All external parts on the RSS (i) Max DLS values are a function of various parameters such as BHA
rotate—a feature that reduces the risk of mechanical or differential configuration, well profile, hole size, drilling mode (build, drop, and
sticking and improves wellbore quality for easier well completion. turn). For optimum tool capabilities and limits, expert company advice
is required (BHASYSPro analysis); therefore please contact your local
• The SonicScope multipole sonic-while-drilling service provides Baker Hughes representative for a DLS calculation based on your
multipole measurements to consistently deliver reliable compres- specific BHA.
sional and shear data. It is the only service in the industry with a (j) Requires interface sub to IntelliServ wired-pipe network (commercially
dedicated mode for acquiring Stoneley waveforms while drilling. available in 4¾-in., 6¾-in., and 8¼-in. tool sizes).
Completely reassessed strategies for handling and processing (k) Lengths are exemplary for standard BHA setups, but may vary
according to combination of additional modules. Lengths and mea-
the LWD acoustic data, coupled with extensive modeling, ensure surement points in AutoTrak X-treme systems may vary according to
a predictable response in almost any environment. When shear power section properties. The hard-wired modular X-treme mud motor
slowness is higher than mud slowness, as is often the case when allows addition of optional near-bit MWD/LWD modules below the mo-
drilling through unconsolidated sediments in deepwater, a quad- tor, including real-time and memory data transmission.
rupole LWD tool is needed to provide the shear measurement.
• The SonicScope service delivers wide-band P- and S-wave data PathFinder:
(l) HDSM, CWRG, DNSC, CLSS, DPM, DFT, AWR tools are data-linked and
up to 600 μs/ft, irrespective of formation and mud type. In a 100- may be configured in any order.
well field test campaign, the SonicScope 475 service supplied (m) 2DRS is a stand-alone tool or run with any M/LWD system.
high-quality multipole data comparable to wireline sonic refer- (n) PathMaker is a stand-alone tool or run with any M/LWD system.
ence logs even in highly damaged and unstable formations. The
robust, real-time data can be used for sonic-to-seismic ties that al- Schlumberger:
low bit-on-seismic positioning and minimize well placement and (o) Accelerometers for vibration and inclination at bit, strain gages for
casing positioning uncertainty. In addition, a while-tripping mode weight and torque, transducer for annular pressure.
provides multi-pass analysis and top-of-cement evaluation. (p) Down hole neutron and gamma ray sources are wireline retrievable.
(*) Variable transmission rates available as an option with telemetry
systems.
Weatherford (*) Pressure drops are dependent on mud weight and tool configurations.
Weatherford has made the following updates, changes, and intro- (*) Rotating & Sliding Max DLS limitations listed are for infinite connec-
ductions to its portfolio of MWD/LWD tools: tion life.
• Introduction of the PressureWave, a formation pressure-testing (*) Real-time update periods are variable depending on tool string con-
tool in a 6 ¾-in. size, capable of providing real-time, high-resolu- figurations.
tion, formation pressure data comparable to wireline measure-
ments. The PressureWave can be used at any point along the LWD Halliburton/Sperry Drilling Services:
(q) The attributes of the pulser sub, negative or positive, and the central
BHA to assist with identifying reservoir fluids, managing drilling interface module sub are not included in any of the data listed for the
fluid density, and identifying reservoir compartmentalization. individual measurement subs.
• The ShockWave Sonic tool is now available in a 4 ¾-in. size. The (r) Length for EMT directional tool includes associated subs required for
monopole acoustic tool is used in formation evaluation and drilling service.
optimization operations to provide reliable, high-quality sonic data (s) Values for EBS are for standard collars; flexed collars are also used
and their values are higher for the same nominal tool OD.
in real-time applications such as seismic time-depth correlation,
(t) Special tool designs are rated for higher operating temperatures and
pore pressure determination, and porosity evaluation. pressures (HT: up to 175 °C [347°F] and HP up to 30,000 psi).
• SAGR Spectral Azimuthal Gamma Ray (GR) sensor is now avail- (u) When using the negative pulsing system, there is no flow rate range;
able in a 4 ¾-in. size. The SAGR will simultaneously obtain real- however, a maximum, tolerable mass flow rate is dictated by erosion
time, wireline-quality spectral measurements and precise total concerns, and this limit varies by tool size and design.
gamma ray measurements. In addition, the SAGR sensor provides (v) Special tool designs are rated for higher operating temperatures (up
to 200˚C) and higher operating pressures (up to 30,000 psi). Some
azimuthal measurements, both rotating and sliding. Applications 8-in. tools have an optional larger ID (called 8-in. HF), which will
for the SAGR sensor include; spectral KUTh gamma ray (GR) reduce the pressure drop stated and also increase the maximum,
measurements for clay typing, lithology identification, and min- tolerable mass flow rate.
eralogy, azimuthal GR/borehole imaging to detect bed boundar- (w) The pressure drop across the negative pulsing valve is the parameter
of concern. This parameter is a function of the mudflow rate, the BHA,
ies in high angle wells, GR logging and imaging to determine dip and the mud properties.
angle, and real-time azimuthal total GR logging for geosteering. 

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Baker Hughes Svein Steen - 2001 Rankin Road, Houston, TX 77073

AutoTrak G3 (Rotary 4 3/4 (4 3/4) 50.8 (4 3/4) 30/10, (6 3/4) 20/13, BHA-dependent (All std. 20 (j) (j) (j) (j) (4 3/4) 125-350, (6 3/4)
Steerable System, including 6 3/4 (6 3/4) 49.9 (8 1/4) 9/6.5, (9 1/2) 13/6.5 (z) Sizes) (4 3/4, 6 200-900, (8 1/4) 300-1290,
OnTrak or AziTrak Integrated 8 1/4 (8 1/4) 56.9 150 3/4, 8.1/4) (9 1/2) 300-1,600
MWD/LWD) 9 1/2 (9 1/2) 58.1 (zzz) (6.3/4”, opt. 30
8.1/4”, (9 1/2)
9.1/2”) opt. 25
opt.
175

AutoTrak X-treme (Rotary 4 3/4 (4 3/4) 68 (4 3/4) 30/10, (6 3/4) 20/13, BHA-dependent (All std. 20 (j) (j) (j) (j) (4 3/4) 125-350, (6 3/4)
Steerable System, including 6 3/4 (6 3/4) 70 (8 1/4) 9/6.5, (9 1/2) 13/6.5 (z) sizes) (4 3/4, 6 200-900, (8 1/4) 300-1290,
OnTrak or AziTrak Integrated 9 1/2 (9 1/2) 82 (zzz) 150 3/4, 8.1/4) (9 1/2) 300-1,600
MWD/LWD and hard-wired, (6.3/4”, opt. 30
precontoured modular 8.1/4”, (9 1/2)
X-treme mud motor) 9.1/2”) opt. 25
opt.
175

AutoTrak eXpress (Rotary 4 3/4 4 3/4” = 56.8 4 3/4” = 30/10 BHA-dependent 150 20 (j) (j) (j) (j) (4 3/4) 125-350
Steerable System including 6 3/4 6 3/4” = 58.2 Version 6 6 3/4” = 23/8 Version 6 3/4” (6 3/4) 200-900
MWD, can be run with hard- 9 1/2 3/4” High Dog Leg = 70 High Dog Leg = 23/12 (9 1/2) 300-1,600
wired modular X-treme motor) 9 1/2” = 64.6 9 1/2” = 13/6.5

AutoTrak V 4 3/4 (4 3/4) 23.1, (6 3/4) 19.7, (4 3/4) 30/10, (6 3/4) 23/8, BHA-dependent std. 150 std. 20 (j) (j) (j) (j) (4 3/4) 125-350
6 3/4 (9 1/2) 22.3 (9 1/2) 13/6.5 (z) (6.3/4” (4 3/4, 6 (6 3/4) 200-900
9 1/2 & 3/4, 8.1/4) (9 1/2) 300-1,600
9.1/2”) opt. 30
opt. (9 1/2)
175 opt. 25

CoilTrak 2 3/8 and 3” Coil (2 3/8) 49.5, (3) 37.6 (2 3/8) 50, (3) 45 - sliding only As applicable to standard Coil 150 14.5 (j) (2 3/8) max 80, (3) max 211
typical BHA including
motor

GyroTrak 9.5” 8.25” 6.75” 16 feet (OnTrak) 29 feet Probe limits: (1 3/4) 115/51 N/A 125 20 (j) 300 - 1600 (OnTrak) 100-
(OnTrak) 3.125” and NMDC (NaviTrak/TeleTrak) 1600 (NaviTrak)
larger (NaviTrak/
TeleTrak)

Gyro-Guide 9.5” 8.25” 6.75” 16.29’ Drill Collar Specs Drill Collar Specs 150 20 300 - 1600 (OnTrak)
(OnTrak)

Multiple Propagation 3 1/8, 4 3/4, 6 (3 1/8) 17 (4 3/4 - 8 (z) (3 1/8) To be determined, (4 3/4) 4.6x2.25, 150 20 (j) (3 1/8) 80-160, (4 3/4)
Resistivity 3/4, 8 1/4 1/4) 12 (6 3/4) 6.62x2.81, (8 1/4) 8.23x4 100-350, (6 3/4) 200-800, (8
1/4) 300-1,600

NaviTrak 1 3/4 OD probe; (1 3/4) 22 Probe limits: (1 3/4) 115/51 As applicable to standard NMDC 150 20 (j) 75-1600
(1 3/4) 3 1/8 and
larger collars

OnTrak 4 3/4, 6 3/4, (4 3/4) 20.2, (6 3/4) 17.0, (4 3/4) 33/12, (6 3/4) 25/15, NA std. std 20 (j) 4 3/4) 125-350, (6 3/4) 200-
8 1/4, 9 1/2 (8 1/4) 19.0, (9 1/2) 18.1 (8 1/4) TBD, (9 1/2) 10/7 150, (4-3/4, 900, (8 1/4) 300-1295, (9
opt. 6-3/4 & 1/2) 300-1,600
175 8-1/4,
9-1/2) opt.
25, (4-3/4,
6-3/4 &
8-1/4)
opt. 30

AziTrak MWD 4 3/4, 6 3/4 (4 3/4) 40.4, (6 3/4) 35.3 (z) TBD 150 std 20 (4 (j) 4 3/4) 125-350, (6 3/4)
3/4) opt. 265-900
25, (6 3/4)
opt. 30

EMTrak 4 3/4, 6 1/2 (4 3/4, 6 1/2) 39.6 Slick collar: (4 3/4) 21/7, As applicable to standard NMDC 150 20 (j) (4 3/4) max 350, (6 1/2)
(6 1/2) 12.5/6.5 max 660
Flexible collar: (4 3/4) 58/32,
(6 1/2) 48/25

TruTrak 4 3/4 (4 3/4) 30.4 BUR (4 3/4) 5, (6 3/4) 3, N/A 150 20 (j) (j) (j) (j) (4 3/4) 125-317, (6 3/4)
6 3/4 (6 3/4) 31.0 (8 & 91/2) 2 (non-rotational 264-660, (8) 395-900, (9
8 (8) 36.1 system) 1/2) 528-1162
9 1/2 (9 1/2) 36.1 +add. MWD

VertiTrak 4 3/4 (4 3/4) 30.4 Drop rate (4 3/4) 5, (6 3/4) 3, N/A 150 20 (j) (j) (j) (j) (4 3/4) 125-317, (6 3/4)
6 3/4 (6 3/4) 31.0 (8 & 91/2) 2 (non-rotational 264-660, (8) 395-900, (9
8 (8) 36.1 system) 1/2) 528-1162
9 1/2 (9 1/2) 36.1

TeleTrak 4 3/4, (4 3/4) 44.5 Probe limits: (1 3/4) 115/51 As applicable to standard NMDC 150 20 (j) (4 3/4) 120- 350
6 1/2, 6 3/4 (6 1/2, 6 3/4) 39.83 (6 1/2, 6 3/4) 240-750

3.1/8” Advanced SLIM MWD 3 1/8” 26.4 50, 12 N/A 150 20 (j) 79 - 180
System

DrilTech LLC Brad Vincent - 248 Rousseau Road, Youngsville, LA 70592, (337) 837-1219, [email protected]

Positive Pulse MWD Probe 1 7/8 tool OD, 18-25 60/30 As applicable to standard NMDC 150 - 20 (137 50 (NMDC 100 (NMDC dependent) 150 (NMDC N/A (3 1/4) 50-130, (4 3/4)
Based 4 3/4 - 8 collars 175 mpa) dependent) dependent) 130-275, (6 3/4) 235-600,
(8) 400-800

GE Oil & Gas Heather Heacock- 4424 W. Sam Houston Parkway N. 10th floor, Houston, TX 77041, (713)-458-3620, [email protected]

Pilot 3 1/2, 4 3/4, 6 1/2, Shortest probe length 17.8 (4 3/4) 30/15 (4 3/4) 4.75x2.81, (6 3/4) 6.71x2.81, (8) 150 20 (4 3/4 - 6 3/4) 8 (4 3/4 - 6 3/4) 47 (4 3/4 - 6 3/4) 153 (9 1/2) 450 130-1060
8, 9 1/2 (6 3/4) 7.93x2.81, (9 1/2) 9.46x2.81
21/10
(8)
14/8
(9 1/2)
7/4

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Tensor 3 1/2, 4 3/4, 6 1/2, Shortest probe length 25 (3 1/2) 100/50 As applicable to standard NMDC 175 20 (4 3/4 - 6 3/4) 6 (4 3/4 - 6 3/4) 39 (4 3/4 - 6 3/4) 127 (9 1/2) 373 75-1200
8, 9 1/2 (4 3/4) 30/15
(6 3/4)
21/10
(8)
14/8
(9 1/2)
7/4

Halliburton/Sperry Drilling Billy Hendricks - P.O. Box 60070, Houston, Texas 77205, (281) 871-5396, [email protected]

Electromagnetic Telemetry 3 1/2, 4 3/4, 6 1/2 (3 1/2) 33.9, (4 3/4) 33.5, 35/14 (3 1/2 flex) 2.9x1.5, (4 3/4 flex) 4.06x2.25, 125 15 (3 1/2) 171, (4 3/4) (4 3/4) 400, (6 N/A N/A
System (6 1/2) 35.6 (t) (6 1/2 flex) 4.63x2.81 139, (6 1/2) 40 1/2) 150

Negative Pulse Telemetry 6 3/4, 8, 9 1/2 9.2 (6 3/4) 21/10, (8, 9 1/2) 14/8 (6 3/4) 6.54x2.81, (8) 7.76x2.81, 150 18 std., (6 3/4, 8) 17, (9 1/2) 4 (6 3/4, 8) 31, (9 1/2) 7 (6 3/4, 8) 182, (9 1/2) 36 (x)
System (9 1/2) 9.35x3 25 opt.

Positive Pulse Telemetry 3 3/8, 3 1/2, 4 3/4, (3 3/8, 3 1/2) 21, (3 3/8 - 4 3/4) 30/14, (3 3/8) 3.21x1.5, (3 1/2) 3.35x1.5, (4 3/4) 150 std. 20, 22.5, (3 3/8, 3 1/2) 120 (4 3/4) 140 170 380 (3 3/8, 3 1/2) 90-200, (4
System 6 1/2, 6 3/4, 7 1/4, (4 3/4 - 9 1/2) 26 (6 1/2 - 7 1/4) 21/10, 4.66x2.25, (6 1/2 - 9 1/2) Equivalent to a 175 25, 30 at 150 gal/min 3/4) 150-350, (6 1/2 -9 1/2)
8, 9 1/2 (7 3/4 - 9 1/2) 14/8 standard NMDC opt. 225-650, (7 1/4 - 9 1/2)
400-1,500

MWD Gyro 6 3/4, 8, 9 1/2 25.8 (6 3/4) 21/10, (8) 14/8, Equivalent to standard NMDC 150 20 (6 3/4, 8) 17, (9 1/2) 4 (6 3/4, 8) 31, (9 1/2) 7 (6 3/4, 8) 182, (9 1/2) 36 225-1500
(9 1/2) 14/8

MWD Services LLC. Clyde Cormier - P O Box 750, or 219 Griffin Rd, Youngsville, LA 70592, (337) 856-5965, [email protected]

MWD Shuttle 1 7/8 tool OD, 3 22.7 w/single battery, 29.1 60/30 As applicable to standard NMDC 150 20 40 80 150 75-1,000
1/8 - 9 1/2 w/dual battery

Navigate Energy Services Steve Krase - 15700 International Plaza Drive, Suite 150, Houston, TX 77032, 832-300-0030, [email protected]

Drift 6 1/2, 8, & 9 1/2 8 ft API conn limited TBD 150 20 N/A 60 125 N/A 250-1300

Directional 4 3/4, 6 1/2, 8 (4 3/4) 10, ( 6 1/2 & 8) 10 (4 3/4) 32/16, (6 3/4) TBD, As applicable to standard NMDC 150 20 N/A 60 125 N/A 225-1000
available Q4 ‘09 (8) TBD

PathFinder, a Schlumberger company Allan Rennie - 23500 Colonial Pkwy, Katy, TX 77493, (281) 769-4501, [email protected]

HDS-1L Directional Survey 4 3/4, 6 3/8, 6 3/4, 8 30 (4 3/4) 31/17, (6 3/8) 24/11.5, (4 3/4) 4.69x2.25, (6 3/8) 6.47x2.81, 150 20 (4 3/4) 40, (6 (4 3/4) 50, (6 3/8) 50, (4 3/4, 6 3/8) N/A, (6 (4 3/4, 6 3/8, 6 3/4, 8 (4 3/4, 6 3/8) 125-375, (6
LF, 8 HF, 9 1/2 (6 3/4) 17/9, (8 LF) 18/9, (6 3/4) 6.74x2.81, (8 LF) 7.98x2.81, (8 HF) 3/8) 40, (6 3/4, (6 3/4, 8 LF) 45, ( 8 HF, 3/4) 50, (8 LF) 50, (8 LF) N/A, (8 HF) 200, (9 3/4) 250-750, (8 LF) 250-
(8 HF) 18/9, (9 1/2) 15/8 7.98x2.81, (9 1/2) 9.5x3 8 LF, 8 HF, 9 9 1/2) N/A HF) 45, (9 1/2) 45 1/2) 200 950, (8 HF) 375-1,125 (9
1/2) N/A 1/2) 500-1,500

HDS-1M Directional 6 3/4, 8 LF, 8 HF, 26.6 (6 3/4) 17/9, (8 LF) 18/10, (6 3/4) 6.43x2.81, (8 LF) 7.85x2.81, (8 HF) 150 20 (6 3/4, 8 LF, 8 HF, (6 3/4) 50, (8 LF, 8 HF, (6 3/4) 90, (8 LF) 90, (6 3/4, 8 LF, 8 HF), N/A (6 3/4) 315-750, (8 LF)
9 1/2 (8 HF) 18/10, (9 1/2) 12/6 7.60x2.81, (9 1/2) 9.36x3.00 9 1/2) N/A 9 1/2) N/A (8 HF, 9 1/2) 40 (9 1/2) 200 315-950, (8 HF) 375-1125,
(9 1/2) 500-1500

HDS-1R Directional 3 1/8 - 9 1/2 30 60/30 Dependant on drill collar As applicable to standard NMDC 150 20 250 250 250 250 (2 1/4) 60-180, (2 1/2)
140-280, (2 11/16) 180-
350, (2 13/16) 250-550,
(3 1/4) 300-1,000 (3 1/2)
600-1,500

HDS-1S Directional 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8 16 (4 3/4) 31/17,(6 3/4) 17/9, (4 3/4) 4.69x2.25, (6 3/4) 6.74x2.81, (8 LF) 150 20 (4 3/4) 40, (6 (4 3/4) 50, (6 3/4, 8 LF) (4 3/4) N/A, (6 3/4) (4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8 LF) N/A, (4 3/4) 125-375, (6 3/4)
LF, 8 HF (8 LF) 18/9, (8 HF) 18/9 7.98x2.81, (8 HF) 7.98x2.81 3/4, 8 LF, 8 45, (8 HF) N/A 50, (8 LF) 50, (8 (8 HF) 200 250-750, (8 LF) 250-950, (8
HF) N/A HF) 45 HF) 375-1,125

Survivor HDS-1 Directional 4 3/4, 6 3/8, 6 3/4, 30 (4 3/4) 31/17, (6 3/8) 24/11.5, (4 3/4) 4.69x2.25, (6 3/8) 6.47x2.81, 175 25 (4 3/4) 40, (6 (4 3/4) 50, (6 3/8) 50, (4 3/4, 6 3/8) N/A, (6 (4 3/4, 6 3/8, 6 3/4, 8 (4 3/4, 6 3/8) 125-375, (6
8 LF, 8 HF, 9 1/2 (6 3/4) 17/9, (8 LF) 18/9, (6 3/4) 6.74x2.81, (8 LF) 7.98x2.81, (8 HF) 3/8) 40, (6 3/4, (6 3/4, 8 LF) 45,( 8 HF, 3/4) 50, (8 LF) 50, (8 LF) N/A, (8 HF) 200, (9 3/4) 250-750, (8 LF) 250-
(8 HF) 18/9, (9 1/2) 15/8 7.95x2.81, (9 1/2) 9.5x3.0 8 LF, 8 HF, 9 9 1/2) NA HF) 45, (9 1/2) 45 1/2) 200 950, (8 HF) 375-1,125 (9
1/2) N/A 1/2) 500-1,500

Survivor HDS-1R Directional 3 1/8 - 9 1/2 30 60/30 Dependant on drill collar As applicable to standard NMDC 175 25 250 250 250 250 (2 1/4) 60-180, (2 1/2)
80-280, (2 11/16) 100-350,
(2 13/16) 150-550, (3
1/4) 300-1,000 (3 1/2)
600-1,500

Survivor HDS-1S Directional 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 16 (4 3/4) 31/17,(6 3/4) 17/9, (4 3/4) 4.69x2.25, (6 3/4) 6.74x2.81, (8 LF) 175 25 (4 3/4) 40, (6 (4 3/4) 50, (6 3/4, 8 LF) (4 3/4) N/A, (6 3/4) (4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8 LF) N/A, (4 3/4) 125-375, (6 3/4)
8 LF, 8 HF (8 LF) 18/9, (8 HF) 18/9 7.98x2.81, (8 HF) 7.98x2.81 3/4, 8 LF, 8 45, (8 HF) N/A 50, (8 LF) 50, (8 (8 HF) 200 250-750, (8 LF) 250-950, (8
HF) N/A HF) 45 HF) 375-1,125

Payzone Inclination Gamma 4 3/4, 6 3/4 7.13 upper, 2.7 lower (4 3/4) 31/17, (6 3/4) 17/9 (4 3/4) 4.66x2.25, (6 3/4) 6.57x2.81 150 20 N/A (4 3/4) 70, (6 3/4) 20 (4 3/4) N/A, (6 3/4) 35 N/A (4 3/4) 125-375, (6 3/4)
250-750

Imaging Payzone Inclination 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8 7.13 upper, 3.33 lower, (4 3/4) 31/17, (6 3/4) 16/10, (4 3/4) 4.43x2.25, (6 3/4) 5.99x2.81, (8) 175 (4 3/4), (6 N/A (4 3/4) 70, (6 3/4) 20 (4 3/4) N/A, (6 3/4) N/A (4 3/4) 125-375, (6 3/4)
Gamma 5.92 upper, 3.66 lower, (8) 16/10 6.99x2.81 3/4) 25, 35, (8) 20 250-750, (8) 250-1125
5.92 upper, 3.66 lower (8) 20

Gyro HDS1 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8LF, 30 (4 3/4) 31/17, (6 3/4) 17/9, (4 3/4) 4.69x2.25, (6 3/4) 6.74x2.81, (8 LF) 150 20 (4 3/4) 40 (6 (4 3/4) 50, (6 3/4, 8 LF) (4 3/4) N/A, (6 3/4, (4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8 LF) N/A, (4 3/4) 125-375, (6 3/4)
8 HF, 9 1/2 (8 LF) 18/9, (8 HF) 18/9, 7.98x2.81, (8 HF) 7.98x2.81, (9 1/2) 9.39x3 3/4, 8 LF, 8 HF, 9 45, (8 HF, 9 1/2) N/A 8 LF) 50, (8 HF, 9 (8 HF, 9 1/2) 200 250-600, (8 LF) 250-950,
(9 1/2) 15/8 1/2) N/A 1/2) 50 (8 HF) 375-1,125 (9 1/2)
500-1,500

Gravity HDS1 4 3/4, 6 3/8, 6 3/4, 46 (4 3/4) 31/17, (6 3/8) 24/11.5, (4 3/4) 4.69x2.25, (6 3/8) 6.47x2.81, 150 20 (4 3/4) 40, (6 (4 3/4) 50, (6 3/8) 50, (4 3/4, 6 3/8) N/A, (6 (4 3/4, 6 3/8, 6 3/4, 8 (4 3/4, 6 3/8) 125-375, (6
8 LF, 8 HF, 9 1/2 (6 3/4) 17/9, (8 LF) 18/9, (6 3/4) 6.74x2.81, (8 LF) 7.98x2.81, (8 HF) 3/8) 40, (6 3/4, (6 3/4, 8 LF) 45, (8 HF, 3/4) 50, (8 LF) 50, (8 LF) N/A, (8 HF) 200, (9 3/4) 250-750, (8 LF) 250-
(8 HF) 18/9, (9 1/2) 15/8 7.98x2.81, (9 1/2) 9.5x3 8 LF, 8 HF, 9 9 1/2) N/A HF) 45, (9 1/2) 45 1/2) 200 950, (8 HF) 375-1,125 (9
1/2) N/A 1/2) 500-1,500

Survivor Gravity HDS1 4 3/4, 6 3/8, 6 3/4, 46 (4 3/4) 31/17, (6 3/8) 24/11.5, (4 3/4) 4.69x2.25, (6 3/8) 6.47x2.81, 175 25 (4 3/4) 40, (6 (4 3/4) 50, (6 3/8) 50, (4 3/4, 6 3/8) N/A, (6 (4 3/4, 6 3/8, 6 3/4, 8 (4 3/4, 6 3/8) 125-375, (6
8 LF, 8 HF, 9 1/2 (6 3/4) 17/9, (8 LF) 18/9, (6 3/4) 6.74x2.81, (8 LF) 7.98x2.81, (8 HF) 3/8) 40, (6 3/4, (6 3/4, 8 LF) 45,( 8 HF, 3/4) 50, (8 LF) 50, (8 LF) N/A, (8 HF) 200, (9 3/4) 250-750, (8 LF) 250-
(8 HF) 18/9, (9 1/2) 15/8 7.98x2.81, (9 1/2) 9.5x3 8 LF, 8 HF, 9 9 1/2) N/A HF) 45, (9 1/2) 45 1/2) 200 950, (8 HF) 375-1,125 (9
1/2) N/A 1/2) 500-1,500

Slim Array Wave Resistivity 4.75 20 30/15 4.72x2.25 150 25 6 29 N/A N/A 120-375

Survivor Slim Array Wave 4.75 20 30/15 4.72x2.25 175 25 6 29 N/A N/A 120-375
Resistivity

Array Wave Resistivity 6 3/4, 8, 9 1/2 20 (6 3/4) 16/10, (8, 9 1/2) 16/10 (6 3/4) 6.4x2.81, (8) 8.9x3, (9 1/2) 8.9x3 150 (6 3/4, 8, 9 N/A (6 3/4) 30, (8) 30, (9 (6 3/4) 75, (8) 75, (9 (6 3/4) N/A, (8) N/A, (9 (6 3/4) 250-750, (8) 250-
1/2) 25 1/2) 30 1/2) 75 1/2) 300 1,125, (9 1/2) 250-1,500

Survivor Array Wave 6 3/4, 8, 9 1/2 20 (6 3/4) 16/10, (8, 9 1/2) 16/10 (6 3/4) 6.4x2.81, (8) 8.9x3, (9 1/2) 8.9x3 175 (6 3/4, 8, 9 N/A (6 3/4) 30, (8) 30, (9 (6 3/4) 75, (8) 75, (9 (6 3/4) N/A, (8) N/A, (9 (6 3/4) 250-750, (8) 250-
Resistivity 1/2) 25 1/2) 30 1/2) 75 1/2) 300 1,125, (9 1/2) 250-1,500

Ryan Energy Technologies Butch Belcher - 19510 Oil Center Blvd., Houston, TX 77073, (281) 443-1414, [email protected]

Ryan EM 1 7/8 tool OD, 3 1/8 34 150 20 (137

- 6 3/4 collars mpa)

Ryan Mud Pulse 1 7/8 tool OD, 3 1/8 30 45deg/100ft Sliding. As applicable to standard NMDC 175C 20 (137 (3 1/8) 50-130, (4 3/4) 130-
- 9 1/2 collars mpa) 265, (6 3/4) 235-530, (8)
400-925, (9 1/2) 500-925

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Schlumberger Mike Williams - 281-285-8500

PowerDrive X5 Rotary 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8 (4 3/4) 14.95, (6 3/4) Capability (°/100 ft) : (4 3/4, 6 150 20 std, N/A 36 30 46 220-1,900
Steerable Tool 1/4, 9, 11 13.48, (8 1/4, 9) 14.6, 3/4) 8, (8 1/4) 6, (9) 5, (11) 3 (650 - 750 psi required (650 - 750 psi (650 - 750 psi required
(11) 15.1 Pass Through (°/100 ft): (4 30 opt. across bit) required across bit) across bit)
3/4) 30/15, (6 3/4, 8.25, 9) (4 3/4, 6
20/10, (11) 15/8 3/4)

PowerDrive X6 Rotary 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8 (4 3/4) 14.95, (6 3/4) Capability (°/100 ft) : (4 3/4, 6 150 20 36 36 30 46 100-2,000
Steerable Tool 1/4, 9, 11 13.48, (8 1/4, 9) 14.6, 3/4) 8, (8 1/4) 6, (9) 5, (11) 3 std., (650 - 750 (650 - 750 psi required (650 - 750 psi (650 - 750 psi required
(11) 15.1 Pass Through (°/100 ft): (4 175 psi required across bit) required across bit) across bit)
3/4) 30/15, (6 3/4, 8.25, 9) opt. across bit)
20/10, (11) 15/8

PowerDrive Archer Rotary 6 3/4 (6 3/4) 16.64 Capability (°/100 ft) : (6 150 20 N/A N/A 30 N/A 250-650
Steerable Tool 3/4) 15 (600 - 750 psi
Pass Through (°/100 ft): (6 required across bit)
3/4), >15 Based on fatigue
management

Power Drive Xceed Rotary 6 3/4, 9 (6 3/4) 25, (9) 28 Capability (°/100 ft) : (6 3/4) (6 3/4) 31, (9) 35.9 150 20 N/A N/A 60 N/A 290-1800
Steerable Tool 8, (9) 6.5
Pass Through (°/100 ft): (6
3/4) 15/8, (9) 12/6.5

PowerV Vertical drilling 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8 (4 3/4) 14.95, (6 3/4) Capability (°/100 ft) : (4 3/4, 6 150 20 N/A 36 30 46 100-2,000
Rotary Steerable Tool 1/4, 9, 11 13.48, (8 1/4, 9) 14.6, 3/4, 8 1/4) 8, (9) 5, (11) 4 std., (650 - 750 psi required (650 - 750 psi (650 - 750 psi required
(11) 15.1 Pass Through (°/100 ft): (4 175 across bit) required across bit) across bit)
3/4) 30/15, (6 3/4, 8.25, 9) opt.
20/10, (11) 15/8

PowerDrive vorteX Xceed 6 3/4, 9 (6 3/4) 55, (9) 58 Capability (°/100 ft) : (6 3/4) N/A 150 20 N/A 235 N/A N/A 290-1800
8, (9) 6.5
Pass Through (°/100 ft): (6
3/4) 15/8, (9) 12/6.5

PowerDrive vorteX 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8 (4 3/4) 30, (6 3/4) 43, (8 Capability (°/100 ft) : (4 3/4, 6 N/A 150 20 N/A 235 250, 200 350 130 - 2,000
1/4, 9, 11 1/4) 49.6. (9, 11) 50.6 3/4) 8, (8 1/4, 9) 6, (11) 3 std.,
Pass Through (°/100 ft): (4 175 opt.
3/4) 30/15, (6 3/4, 8 1/4, 9) (4 3/4.
20/10, (11) 15/8 6 3/4, 8
1/4)

PowerPak ERT high 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8, 9 5/8 17.3 (4 3/4), 16.3 (6 3/4), As per motor specification for N/A 175 30 Dependent on Dependent on specific Dependent on specific Dependent on specific 125-325 (4 3/4), 300-650
performance positive 30.2 (8), 30 (9 5/8) bend setting specific model model model model (6 3/4), 300-900 (8), 600-
displacement motors 1200 (9 5/8)

PowerPak HR higher torque 4 3/4, 6 3/4,7, 8, 9 Dependent on specific As per motor specification for N/A 175 30 Dependent on Dependent on specific Dependent on specific Dependent on specific 125-325 (4 3/4), 300-600
positive displacement 5/8, 11 1/4 model bend setting specific model model model model (6 3/4 and 7), 300-900 (8),
motors 600-1200 (9 5/8), 800-1800
(11 1/4)

ImPulse 4.75 32 30/15 4.75x2.25x38.5 150 20 std., N/A 125 (varies with N/A N/A 130-400
std., 27.5 opt. Modulator gap)
175
opt.

ShortPulse 4 3/4 27.3 30/15 4.75x2.25x34.8 150 20 N/A 125 (varies with N/A N/A 130-400
-OR- std., Modulator gap)
4.59x2.25x30.3 175
opt.

PowerPulse 6 3/4, 8 1/4, 9, 9 1/2 24.7 (6 3/4) 16/8 (6 3/4) 6.75x2.81x31.5 150 20 std., 30 N/A (6 3/4) 56 (6 3/4) 151 (8 1/4, 9 1/2) 595 (varies (6 3/4) 250-800
(8 1/4) 12/7 (8 1/4) 8x2.81x26.2 std., opt. (8 1/4) 32 (varies with (8 1/4, 9 1/2) 84 with modulator gap) (8 1/4) 300-1,200
(9, 9 1/2) 10/6 (9 1/4) 9.25x3x28 175 modulator gap) (varies with modulator (8 1/4) opt. 800-1,400
(9 1/2) 9.5x3.5x26.2 opt. gap) (9 1/2) 400-1,200
(9 1/2) opt. 400-1,600

TeleScope 6 3/4, 8 1/4, 9, 9 1/2 24.7 (6 3/4) 16/8 (6 3/4) 6.75x2.81x31.5 150 20 std., 30 N/A (6 3/4) 56 (6 3/4) 151 (8 1/4, 9 1/2) 595 (varies (6 3/4) 250-800
(8 1/4) 12/7 (8 1/4) 8x2.81x26.2 std., opt. (8 1/4) 32 (varies with (8 1/4, 9 1/2) 84 with modulator gap) (8 1/4) 300-1,200
(9, 9 1/2) 10/6 (9 1/4) 9.25x3x28 175 modulator gap) (varies with modulator (8 1/4) opt. 800-1,400
(9 1/2) 9.5x3.5x26.2 opt. gap) (9 1/2) 400-1,200
(9 1/2) opt. 400-1,600

SlimPulse 1 3/4 tool OD 3 Collar based probe (4 3/4 and smaller) 145/40 (4 3/4) 4.75x2.81x33 150 22 (4 3/4) 68 (6 3/4) 100 (6 3/4) 324 (8 1/4, 9 1/2) 411 Multiple configurations:
1/8 to 9 1/2 collars normally 30 (6 3/4) 28/10 (6 3/4) 6.75x2.81x32 std., (6 3/4) 16 (8 1/4) 18 (8 1/4, 9 1/2) 58 35-1,200
(8 1/4) 20/8 175
(9 1/2) 19/7 opt.

E-Pulse 4 3/4, 6 1/2 (4 3/4) 58.6 (4 3/4) 30/15 (4 3/4) 4.75x2.25x75.5, (6 1/2) 125 12 (4 3/4) 15, (6 (4 3/4) 91, (6 3/4) 31 (6 3/4) 98 N/A (4 3/4) 0-400 (6 3/4) 0-600
(6 1/2) 60.8 (6 1/2) 15/8 6.5x2.813x76.9 3/4) 5

E-Pulse XR 4 3/4, 6 1/2 45 (4 3/4) 30/15 (4 3/4) 4.75x2.25x75.5, (6 1/2) 125 12 (4 3/4) 5, (6 (4 3/4) 25, (6 3/4) 10 (6 3/4) 34 N/A (4 3/4) 0-400 (6 3/4) 0-600
(6 1/2) 15/8 6.5x2.813x76.9 3/4) 2

GyroPulse 8 1/4, 9, 9 1/2 (8 1/4) 24.6, (9) 24.7, (8 1/4) 12/12 (9) 10/10, (8 1/4) 8.25x3.5x26.2 (9) 9x3.5x28 (9 1/2) 150 25 N/A N/A 4 26 400-1,200
(9 1/2) 24.9 (9 1/2) 10/10 9.5x3.5x26.2

Target MWD Inc. Craig Constant - 1125 Regional Park Drive, Houston TX 77060, (281) 951-2100, [email protected]

Target Retrievable System 1 7/8 tool OD, 3 25 w/single battery, 32 w/ (3 1/8) 100/20, (4 3/4) 70/20, As applicable to standard NMDC 150 20 40 80 150 75-1,000
1/8 - 9 1/2 dual battery (6 3/4) 40/14, (8 1/4) 20/10

Weatherford Brad Raymond - 16178 West Hardy Rd., Houston, TX 77060, [email protected]

Revolution Rotary Steerable 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8 1/4 (4-3/4”) 12’, (6-3/4”) 14’, (4 3/4) 10, (6 3/4), 10, 150 20 std. 20 35 55 N/A (4 3/4) 350; (6 3/4) 750; (8
(8 1/4”) 17’ (8 1/4) 7.5 25 opt. 1/4) 1,500

High Temperature Rotary 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8 1/4 (4-3/4”) 12’, (6-3/4”) 14’, (4 3/4) 10, (6 3/4), 10, 165 std. 25 20 35 55 N/A (4 3/4) 350; (6 3/4) 750; (8
Steerable (Revolution HT) (8 1/4”) 17’ (8 1/4) 7.5 180 1/4) 1,500
opt.

EMpulse (Electromagnetic) All sizes (3 1/16) 28.4, (4 3/4) 33.1, (3 1/6) 116/38, (4 3/4) 25/16, (3 1/16) 3.06x2.16, (3 3/8) 3.38x2.16, 150 15 (3 1/16, 3 3/8, 3 (4 3/4) 20; (6 1/4) 25, (6 3/4, 8) 20; (9.5) 13 (3 1/16, 3 3/8, 3 1/2) 160; (4
(6 3/4) 34.8, (8) 35.4, (9 (6 1/4) 20/14, (6 3/4) 18/13, (4 3/4) 4.53x2.25, (6 3/4) 6.59x2.81, (8) 1/2) 100; (4 3/4) 8; (6 3/4, 8) 7; (9.5) 4 3/4, 6 1/4) 350; (6 3/4) 800
1/2) 36.4 (8) 15/10, (9 1/2) 14/7.5 7.78x2.81, (9 1/2) 9.69x3 (6 1/4) 9

Hostile Environment Logging 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8, 8 (All sizes) 22 (4 3/4) 30/15, (6 3/4), 19/10, (4 3/4) 4.75x3.22, (6 3/4) 6.75x4.24, (8, 150 std. (4.75, (4 3/4) 12, (6 (4 3/4) 64, (6 3/4, 8) 9, (4 3/4) 193, (6 3/4, 8) (6 3/4, 8) 170, (8-1/4, (4 3/4) 80-350; (6 3/4,
1/4, 9 1/2 (8, 8 1/4) 14/8, (9 1/2) 14/8 8 1/4) 8x4.28 180 6.75, 8”) 3/4, 8) 2, (8 1/4, (8 1/4, 9-1/2) 2 26, (8 1/4, 9 1/2) 2 9-1/2) 33 8) 80-800; (8 1/4, 9 1/2)
opt. 20 std., 30 9-1/2) 1 80-1,800
opt.
(8.25, 9.5)
20 std., 25
opt.

HyperPulse All sizes 31 (3 1/16) 116/38, (4 3/4) 37/25, (4 3/4) 4.75x2.69, (6 1/4) 6.25x3.25, (6 150 15 100 140 200 70-1,000
(6 1/4, 6 3/4) 27/15 3/4) 6.75x3.25

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Drilling Mechanics

APS Technology (Rental Division)

APS Push-the-Bit Rotary 6 3/4 17 Programmable build rates of 150 20 250 psi @ 600 300 - 600 gal/min
Steerable Motor (RSM) (blades and 0.5 to 5.5. Also, vertical and gal/min
stabilizers for 8 1/2 tangent angle hold modes.
and 8 3/4 holes)

Baker Hughes

Acoustic Caliper 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8 1/4 Part of LithoTrak service 150 std 20 (4
3/4) opt.
25, (6 3/4
& 8.1/4)
opt. 30

AutoTrak Generation 3.0 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8 (4 3/4) 50.8, (6 3/4) 49.9, (4 3/4) 30/10, (6 3/4) 20/13, N/A std. 150 std 20 (4 (j) (4 3/4) 125-350, (6 3/4)
(includes OnTrak or AziTrak 1/4, 9 1/2 (8 1/4) 56.9, (9 1/2) 58.1 (8 1/4) 9/6.5, (9 1/2) 13/6.5 (6.3/4”, 3/4) opt. 200-900, (8 1/4) 300-1290,
MWD), can also be run in 8.1/4” 25, (6 3/4 (9 1/2) 300-1,600
combination with Modular & & 8.1/4)
X-treme motor. 9.1/2”) opt. 30,
opt. (9 1/2)
175 opt. 25

AutoTrak eXpress 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 9 1/2 4 3/4” = 56.8 4 3/4” = 30/10 As applicable to standard NMDC 150 20 (j) 4 3/4) 125-350, (6 3/4) 200-
6 3/4” = 58.2 Version 6 6 3/4” = 23/8 Version 6 3/4” 900, (9 1/2) 300-1,600
3/4” High Dog Leg = 70 High Dog Leg = 23/12
9 1/2” = 64.6 9 1/2” = 13/6.5

AutoTrak V 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 9 1/2 (4 3/4) 23.1, (6 3/4) 19.7, (4 3/4) 30/10, (6 3/4) 23/8, N/A std. 150 std 20 (4 (j) (j) (j) (j) (4 3/4) 125-350, (6 3/4)
(9 1/2) 22.3 (9 1/2) 13/6.5 (6.3/4” 3/4) opt. 200-900, (9 1/2) 300-1,600
& 25, (6 3/4)
9.1/2”) opt. 30,
opt. (9 1/2)
175 opt. 25

CoilTrak 2 3/8 and 3” Coil (2 3/8) 49.5, (3) 37.6 (2 3/8) 50, (3) 45 - sliding only As applicable to standard Coil 150 14.5 (j) (2 3/8) max 80, (3) max 211
typical BHA including
motor

CoPilot 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8 (4 3/4) 8.9, (6 3/4) 7, (z) N/A 150 std 20, (j) (4 3/4) 100-350, (6 3/4)
1/4, 9 1/2 (8 1/4) 8.1, (9 1/2) 7.5 opt 25 200-800, (8 1/4) 300-1,600

Drill Collar Pressure 6 3/4, 8 1/4, 9 1/2 (6 3/4, 8 1/4) 5.6, (z) (6 3/4) 6.5x2.81, (8 1/4) 8x2.81 150 20 (j) (6 3/4) 200-800, (8 1/4, 9
(9 1/2) 8.8 1/2) 300-1,600

E-MTrak 4 3/4, 6 1/2 (4 3/4, 6 1/2) 39.6 Slick collar: (4 3/4) 21/7, As applicable to standard NMDC 150 20 (j) (4 3/4) max 350, (6 1/2)
(6 1/2) 12.5/6.5 max 660
Flexible collar 4 3/4) 58.0/32,
(6 1/2) 48/25

NaviTrak 1 3/4 OD probe; (1 3/4) 22 Probe limits: (1 3/4) 115/51 As applicable to standard NMDC 150 20 (j) 75-1600
(1 3/4) 3 1/8 and
larger collars

TeleTrak 4 3/4, (4 3/4) 44.5 Probe limits: (1 3/4) 115/51 As applicable to standard NMDC 150 20 (j) (4 3/4) 120- 350
6 1/2, 6 3/4 (6 1/2, 6 3/4) 39.83
(6 1/2, 6 3/4) 240-750

OnTrak MWD 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8 (4 3/4) 20.2, (6 3/4) 17.0, (4 3/4) 33/12, (6 3/4) 25/15, NA std. std 20 (j) 4 3/4) 125-350, (6 3/4) 200-
1/4, 9 1/2 (8 1/4) 19.0, (9 1/2) 18.1 (8 1/4) TBD, (9 1/2) 10/7 150, (4-3/4, 900, (8 1/4) 300-1295, (9
opt. 6-3/4 & 1/2) 300-1,600
175 8-1/4,
9-1/2) opt.
25, (4-3/4,
6-3/4 &
8-1/4)
opt. 30

AziTrak MWD 4 3/4, 6 3/4 (4 3/4) 40.4, (6 3/4) 35.3 (z) TBD 150 std 20 (4 (j) 4 3/4) 125-350, (6 3/4)
3/4) opt. 265-900
25, (6 3/4)
opt. 30

Vibration Stick-Slip 3 1/8 - 9 1/2 In basic directional OnTrak N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
& NaviTrak tools

3.1/8” Advanced Slim 3 1/8” 7.7 50, 12 N/A 150 20 (j) 79 - 180
MWD System + Drilling
Performance Sub

GE Oil & Gas

Sentinel, Shock and Vibration 3-1/2 - 9 1/2 Part of As per Geolink MWD As per Geolink MWD 150 20 As per Geolink As per Geolink MWD As per Geolink MWD As per Geolink MWD As per Geolink MWD
E-Link & Geolink MWD MWD

Guardian, Pressure During 4 3/4 - 9 1/2 Additional 4 ft sub to As per Geolink MWD As per Geolink MWD 150 20 As per Geolink As per Geolink MWD As per Geolink MWD As per Geolink MWD As per Geolink MWD
Drilling Geolink or E-Link MWD MWD

Halliburton/Sperry Drilling

AcoustiCaliper 6 3/4, 8 (6 3/4) 6, (8) 7.7 (6 3/4) 21/10, (8) 14/8 (6 3/4) 6.45x2.81, (8) 7.81x2.81 150 18 (6 3/4) 3, (8) 4 (6 3/4) 10, (8) 12 (6 3/4) 57, (8) 73

Drillstring Dynamics 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8, 9 1/2 Part of some dual gamma 150
ray tools, see below

Pressure While Drilling 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8, 9 1/2 (4 3/4) 10.8, (6 3/4, 8) (4 3/4) 30/14, (6 3/4) 21/10, (4 3/4) 4.66x2.25, (6 3/4) 6.54x2.81, (8) 175 18 - 25 (4 3/4) 70, (6 3/4, 8) 2, (4 3/4) 190, (6 3/4, 8) (6 3/4, 8) 42, (9 1/2) 14
4.51, (9 1/2) 4.45 (8, 9 1/2) 14/8 7.76x2.81, (9 1/2) 9.35x3 (9 1/2) 1 7, (9 1/2) 2

Vibration Severity 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8, 9 1/2 Part of pressure-while- 175

drilling tool (see above) as
well as some other tools

Annular Mud Temperature 8 25.3 (part of EWR-M5 tool) 14/8 7.65 x 2.81 150 25 N/A 5 13 75

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Drilling Downhole 6 3/4, 8 7.36 (6 3/4) 21/10, (8) 14/8 (6 3/4) 6.63x2.81, (8) TBD 175 25 (6 3/4) 4, (8) 2 (6 3/4) 11, (8) 4 (6 3/4) 59, (8) 22
Optimization Collar
(DrillDOC)

PathFinder, a Schlumberger company

Drilling Formation Tester 6.75 37 16/7 6.37x2.81 150 20 N/A N/A 70 N/A 275-750

Dynamic Pressure Module 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8, 9 1/2 4.7 (4 3/4) 30/16.6, (6 3/4) 17.5/9, (4 3/4) 4.5x2.25, (6 3/4) 6.44x2.81, (8) 150 20 (4 3/4) 22 at 150 (4 3/4) 58, (6 3/4) 26, (4 3/4) N/A (6 3/4) (4 3/4) N/A (6 3/4) (4 3/4) 125-375, (6 3/4)
(8) 19/11, (9 1/2) 13/7 7.18x2.81, (9 1/2) 8.82x2.81 gal/min (8, 9 1/2) N/A at 400 49, (8) 39, (9 1/2) 65, (8) 52, (9 1/2) 52 250-750, (8) 400-1,500, (9
39 at 750 at 1000 1/2) 500-1,500

Survivor Dynamic Pressure 4 3/4, 6 3/4 8.5 (4 3/4) 30/17, (6 3/4) 18/9 (4 3/4) 4.5x2.25, (6 3/4) 6.44x2.81 175 25 (4 3/4) 22 at 150 (4 3/4) 58, (6 3/4) 26 (4 3/4) N/A (6 3/4) 49, N/A (4 3/4) 125-375, (6 3/4)
Module gal/min 250-750

Schlumberger

ImPulse 4.75 32 30/15 4.75x2.25x38.5 150 20 std., 20 125 (varies with N/A N/A 130-400
*Downhole shocks std., 27.5 opt. Modulator gap)
*Downhole flow/washout 175
*APWD (with VisionPWD opt.
sub)

ShortPulse 4.75 27.3 30/15 4.75x2.25x34.8 150 20 20 125 (varies with N/A N/A 130-400
*Downhole shocks -OR- std., Modulator gap)
*Downhole flow/washout 4.59x2.25x30.3 175
*APWD (with VisionPWD opt.
sub)

VisionPWD *APWD *IPWD 4.75 13.6 30/15 4.75x2.25x38.5 150 25 5 29 N/A N/A 0-400
std.,
175
opt.

PowerPulse 6 3/4, 8 1/4, 9, 9 1/2 24.7 (6 3/4) 16/8 (6 3/4) 6.75x2.81x31.5 150 20 std., 30 N/A (6 3/4) 56 (6 3/4) 151 (8 1/4, 9 1/2) 595 (varies (6 3/4) 250-800
*APWD (8 1/4) 12/7 (8 1/4) 8x2.81x26.2 std., opt. (8 1/4) 32 (varies with (8 1/4, 9 1/2) 84 with modulator gap) (8 1/4) 300-1,200
*3 axis Vibrations (MVC) (9, 9 1/2) 10/6 (9 1/4) 9.25x3x28 175 modulator gap) (varies with modulator (8 1/4) opt. 800-1,400
*Downhole WOB (9 1/2) 9.5x3.5x26.2 opt. gap) (9 1/2) 400-1,200
*Downhole TORQ (9 1/2) opt. 400-1,600
*Downhole flow/washout

TeleScope 6 3/4, 8 1/4, 9, 9 1/2 24.7 (6 3/4) 16/8 (6 3/4) 6.75x2.81x31.5 150 20 std., 30 N/A (6 3/4) 56 (6 3/4) 151 (8 1/4, 9 1/2) 595 (varies (6 3/4) 250-800
*APWD (8 1/4) 12/7 (8 1/4) 8x2.81x26.2 std., opt. (8 1/4) 32 (varies with (8 1/4, 9 1/2) 84 with modulator gap) (8 1/4) 300-1,200
*3 axis vibrations (MVC) (9, 9 1/2) 10/6 (9 1/4) 9.25x3x28 175 modulator gap) (varies with modulator (8 1/4) opt. 800-1,400
*Downhole WOB (9 1/2) 9.5x3.5x26.2 opt. gap) (9 1/2) 400-1,200
*Downhole TORQ (9 1/2) opt. 400-1,600
*Downhole flow/washout

SlimPulse 1 3/4 tool OD Collar based probe (4 3/4 and smaller) 145/40 (4 3/4) 4.75x2.81x33 150 22 (4 3/4) 68, (6 (6 3/4) 100, (8 3/4) 18 (6 3/4) 324, (8 3/4, (8 3/4, 9 3/4) 411 Multiple configurations:
*Shocks *Stick Slip 3 1/8 to 9 1/2 collars normally 30 (6 3/4) 28/10 (6 3/4) 6.75x2.81x32 std., 3/4) 16 9 3/4) 58 35-1200
(8 1/4) 20/8 175
(9 1/2) 19/7 opt.

E-Pulse 4 3/4, 6 1/2 (4 3/4) 58.6, (6 1/2) 60.8 (4 3/4) 30/15, (6 1/2) 15/8 (4 3/4) 4.75x2.25x75.5, (6 1/2) 125 12 (4 3/4) 15, (6 (4 3/4) 91, (6 3/4) 31 (6 3/4) 98 N/A (4 3/4) 0-400 (6 3/4) 0-600
*Shocks 6.5x2.813x76.9 3/4) 5
*Stick Slip
*APWD

E-Pulse XR 4 3/4, 6 1/2 45 (4 3/4) 30/15, (6 1/2) 15/8 (4 3/4) 4.75x2.25x75.5, (6 1/2) 125 12 (4 3/4) 5, (6 (4 3/4) 25, (6 3/4) 10 (6 3/4) 34 N/A (4 3/4) 0-400 (6 3/4) 0-600
*Shocks 6.5x2.813x76.9 3/4) 2
*Stick Slip

EcoScope 6 3/4 with 7 7/8, 25.2 16/8 6.5x2.81x24.5 150 std. 20 std., 25 2 10 32 N/A 250-800
*APWD 8 3/8, or 9 3/8 175 opt.
*Multi-axis shock & vibration Stabilizer Options opt.
*Ultrasonic caliper

proVISION (Magnetic 6 3/4 with Slick, 37.3 16/8 6.5x2.81x36.5 150 18 4 25 81 N/A 300-800
Resonance while Drilling) 8 1/4, or 9 3/8
*3 axis motion detection Stabilizer Options
*Shocks
*Stick Slip
*Downhole flow/washout

Weatherford

BAP (Borehole/Annular 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8, 8 10.8 (4 3/4) 30/15, (6 3/4), 19/10, (4 3/4) 4.75x3.22, (6 3/4) 6.75x4.24, 150 std. (4.75, (4 3/4) 12, (6 (4 3/4) 64, (6 3/4, 8) 9, (4 3/4) 193, (6 3/4, 8) (6 3/4, 8) 170, (8-1/4, (4 3/4) 80-350; (6 3/4,
Pressure) 1/4, 9 1/2 (8, 8 1/4) 14/8, (9 1/2) 14/8 (8, 8 1/4) 8x4.28 180 6.75, 8”) 3/4, 8) 2, (8 1/4, (8 1/4, 9-1/2) 2 26, (8 1/4, 9 1/2) 2 9-1/2) 33 8) 80-800; (8 1/4, 9 1/2)
opt. 20 std., 30 9-1/2) 1 80-1,800
opt.
(8.25, 9.5)
20 std., 25
opt.

TVM (True Vibration Monitor) 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8, 8 No additional Length (4 3/4) 30/15, (6 3/4), 19/10, (4 3/4) 4.75x3.22, (6 3/4) 6.75x4.24, 150 std. (4.75, (4 3/4) 12, (6 (4 3/4) 64, (6 3/4, 8) 9, (4 3/4) 193, (6 3/4, 8) (6 3/4, 8) 170, (8-1/4, (4 3/4) 80-350; (6 3/4,
1/4, 9 1/2 (8, 8 1/4) 14/8, (9 1/2) 14/8 (8, 8 1/4) 8x4.28 180 6.75, 8”) 3/4, 8) 2, (8 1/4, (8 1/4, 9-1/2) 2 26, (8 1/4, 9 1/2) 2 9-1/2) 33 8) 80-800; (8 1/4, 9 1/2)
opt. 20 std., 30 9-1/2) 1 80-1,800
opt.
(8.25, 9.5)
20 std., 25
opt.

ESM (Environmental Severity 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8, 8 No additional Length (4 3/4) 30/15, (6 3/4), 19/10, (4 3/4) 4.75x3.22, (6 3/4) 6.75x4.24, 150 std. (4.75, (4 3/4) 12, (6 (4 3/4) 64, (6 3/4, 8) 9, (4 3/4) 193, (6 3/4, 8) (6 3/4, 8) 170, (8-1/4, (4 3/4) 80-350; (6 3/4,
Measurement) 1/4, 9 1/2 (8, 8 1/4) 14/8, (9 1/2) 14/8 (8, 8 1/4) 8x4.28 180 6.75, 8”) 3/4, 8) 2, (8 1/4, (8 1/4, 9-1/2) 2 26, (8 1/4, 9 1/2) 2 9-1/2) 33 8) 80-800; (8 1/4, 9 1/2)
opt. 20 std., 30 9-1/2) 1 80-1,800
opt.
(8.25, 9.5)
20 std., 25
opt.

RAT (Rapid Annular 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8, 8 No additional length (4 3/4) 30/15, (6 3/4), 19/10, (4 3/4) 4.75x3.22, (6 3/4) 6.75x4.24, 150 std. (4.75, (4 3/4) 12, (6 (4 3/4) 64, (6 3/4, 8) 9, (4 3/4) 193, (6 3/4, 8) (6 3/4, 8) 170, (8-1/4, (4 3/4) 80-350; (6 3/4,
Temperature) 1/4, 9 1/2 (8, 8 1/4) 14/8, (9 1/2) 14/8 (8, 8 1/4) 8x4.28 180 6.75, 8”) 3/4, 8) 2, (8 1/4, (8 1/4, 9-1/2) 2 26, (8 1/4, 9 1/2) 2 9-1/2) 33 8) 80-800; (8 1/4, 9 1/2)
opt. 20 std., 30 9-1/2) 1 80-1,800
opt.
(8.25, 9.5)
20 std., 25
opt.

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APS Technology (Rental Division)

Baker Hughes

AutoTrak X-treme (Rotary 4 3/4 (4 3/4) 68 (4 3/4) 30/10, (6 3/4) 20/13, BHA-dependent (All std. 20 (j) (j) (j) (j) (4 3/4) 125-350, (6 3/4)
Steerable System, including 6 3/4 (6 3/4) 70 (8 1/4) 9/6.5, (9 1/2) 13/6.5 sizes) (4 3/4, 6 200-900, (8 1/4) 300-1290,
OnTrak or AziTrak Integrated 9 1/2 (9 1/2) 82 150 3/4, 8.1/4) (9 1/2) 300-1,600
MWD/LWD and hard-wired, (6.3/4”, opt. 30
precontoured modular 8.1/4”, (9 1/2)
X-treme mud motor) 9.1/2”) opt. 25
opt.
175

AutoTrak eXpress (Rotary 4 3/4 4 3/4” = 56.8 4 3/4” = 30/10 BHA-dependent 150 20 (j) (j) (j) (j) (4 3/4) 125-350
Steerable System including 6 3/4 6 3/4” = 58.2 Version 6 6 3/4” = 23/8 Version 6 3/4” (6 3/4) 200-900
MWD, can be run with 9 1/2 3/4” High Dog Leg = 70 High Dog Leg = 23/12 (9 1/2) 300-1,600
hard-wired modular X-treme 9 1/2” = 64.6 9 1/2” = 13/6.5
motor)

CoilTrak 2 3/8 and 3” Coil (2 3/8) 49.5, (3) 37.6 (2 3/8) 50, (3) 45 - sliding only As applicable to standard Coil 150 14.5 (j) (2 3/8) max 80, (3) max 211
typical BHA including
motor

E-MTrak 4 3/4, 6 1/2 (4 3/4, 6 1/2) 39.6 Slick collar: (4 3/4) 21/7, As applicable to standard NMDC 150 20 (j) (4 3/4) max 350, (6 1/2)
(6 1/2) 12.5/6.5 max 660
Flexible collar: (4 3/4) 8/32,
(6 1/2) 48/25

Multiple Propagation 2 3/8, 3 1/8, 4 3/4, 6 (3 1/8) 17, (4 3/4 - 8 (z) (3 1/8) TBD, (4 3/4) 4.6x2.25, (6 3/4) 150 20 (j) (3 1/8) 80-160, (4 3/4)
Resistivity 3/4, 8 1/4 1/4) 12 6.62x2.81, (8 1/4) 8.23x4 100-350, (6 3/4) 200-800, (8
1/4) 300-1,600

NaviTrak 1 3/4 OD probe; (1 3/4) 4 Probe limits: (1 3/4) 115/51 NA 150 20 (j) (1 3/4) 75-1600
3 1/8 and larger
collars

TeleTrak 4 3/4, 6 (4 3/4) 44.5 Probe limits: (1 3/4) 115/51 As applicable to standard NMDC 150 20 (j) (4 3/4) 120- 350
1/2, 6 3/4 (6 1/2, 6 3/4) 39.83 (6 1/2, 6 3/4) 240-750

OnTrak 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8 (4 3/4) 20.2, (6 3/4) 17.0, (4 3/4) 33/12, (6 3/4) 25/15, NA std. std 20 (j) 4 3/4) 125-350, (6 3/4) 200-
1/4, 9 1/2 (8 1/4) 19.0, (9 1/2) 18.1 (8 1/4) TBD, (9 1/2) 10/7 150, (4-3/4, 900, (8 1/4) 300-1295, (9
opt. 6-3/4 & 1/2) 300-1,600
175 8-1/4,
9-1/2) opt.
25, (4-3/4,
6-3/4 &
8-1/4)
opt. 30

AziTrak MWD 4 3/4, 6 3/4 (4 3/4) 40.4, (6 3/4) 35.3 (z) TBD 150 std 20 (4 (j) 4 3/4) 125-350, (6 3/4)
3/4) opt. 265-900
25, (6 3/4)
opt. 30

Near Bit Gamma 9.5 4.77 (z) TBD 150 std 20, (j) 300-1,600, function of MWD
opt 25 platform

TruTrak 4 3/4”, 6 3/4, (4 3/4) 30.4, (6 3/4) 31.0, (4 3/4) 5, (6 3/4) 3, (8 & 91/2) N/A 150 20 (j) (4 3/4) 125-317, (6 3/4)
8, 9 1/2 (8) 36.1, (9 1/2) 36.1 2 (non-rotational system) 264-660, (8) 395-900, (9
+add. MWD 1/2) 528-1162

3.1/8” Advanced SLIM MWD 3 1/8” 26.4 50, 12 N/A 150 20 (j) 79 - 180
System

DrilTech LLC

Positive Pulse MWD and API 1 7/8 tool OD, 4 23-28 60/30 As applicable to standard NMDC 150 - 20 (137 50 (NMDC 100 (NMDC dependent) 150 (NMDC N/A (3 1/4) 50-130, (4 3/4)
Gamma Ray Probe Based 3/4 - 8 collars 175 mpa) dependent) dependent) 130-275, (6 3/4) 235-600,
(8) 400-800

GE Oil & Gas

Pilot Gamma 3 1/2, 4 3/4, 6 1/2, Shortest probe length with As Per Pilot MWD As Per Pilot MWD 150 (i) 20 As Per Pilot As Per Pilot MWD As Per Pilot MWD As Per Pilot MWD As Per Pilot MWD
8, 9 1/2 MWD 26.21 MWD

Scinturion Gamma 3 1/2, 4 3/4, 6 1/2, Shortest probe length with As per Tensor MWD As per Tensor MWD 175 20 As per Tensor As per Tensor MWD As per Tensor MWD As per Tensor MWD As per Tensor MWD
8, 9 1/2 MWD 31 MWD

Halliburton/Sperry Drilling

Dual Gamma Ray (DGR) 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8, 9 1/2 (4 3/4) 7.5, (6 3/4, 8) 4.5, (4 3/4) 30/14, (6 3/4) 21/10, (4 3/4) 4.66x2.25, (6 3/4) 6.54x2.81, 150 18 std. 25 (4 3/4) 68, (6 3/4, 8) 2, (4 3/4) 184, (6 3/4, 8) (6 3/4, 8) 43, (9 1/2) 16
(9 1/2) 4.4 (8, 9 1/2) 14/8 (8) 7.76x2.81, (9 1/2) 9.35x2.81 opt. (9 1/2) 1 7, (9 1/2) 3

Gamma Ray Probe Depends on hang- Depends on hang-off collar Depends on hang-off collar Depends on hang-off collar 150 std. 20 std. 30 Depends Depends on hang-off Depends on hang-off (3 3/8, 3 1/2) 90-200,
off collar OD 175 opt. on hang-off collar ID collar ID (4 3/4) 150-350, (6 1/2
opt. collar ID - 9 1/2) 225-650, (7 1/4
- 9 1/2) 400-1,500

Azimuthal Gamma Ray (AGR) 6 3/4, 8, 9 1/2 (6 3/4) 23.6, (8) 25.3, (9 (6 3/4) 21/10, (8, 9 1/2) 14/8 (6 3/4) 6.60 x 2.81, (8) 7.65 x 2.81, (9 1/2) 150 25 N/A (6 3/4) 12, (8, 9 1/2) 5 (6 3/4) 35, (8, 9 (6 3/4) 200, (8, 9 1/2) 75
1/2) 25.4 (part of EWR- 9.23 x 3.00 1/2) 13
M5 tool)

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Geo-Pilot Gamma Ray (ABG) 6 3/4, 9 5/8 (6 3/4) 20, (9 5/8) 22 (6 3/4) 21/10, (9 5/8) 14/8 Depends on rotary steerable tool mode 150 20 std. 30 (6 3/4) 38, (9 5/8) 6 (6 3/4) 105(9 5/8) 17 (9 5/8) 96
(part of GeoPilot RST) std., opt.
175
opt.

Gamma Ray/At-Bit 4.75 Part of Mud Motor 30/14 Depends on mud motor 150 20 Depends on mud Depends on mud motor 100-265
Inclination (GABI) motor

MWD Services Inc.

MWD Shuttle Sub dia: 3 1/8 - 9 29.1 w/single battery, 35.5 60/30 As applicable to standard NMDC 150 20 40 80 150 75-1,000
1/2, tool dia: 1 7/8 w/dual battery

Navigate Energy Services

Directional Gamma 4 3/4, 6 1/2 & 8 (4 3/4) 10, ( 6 1/2 & 8) 10 (5 3/4) 32/16, (6 3/4) TBD, As applicable to standard NMDC 150 20 N/A 60 125 N/A 225-1000
available QI ‘10 (8) TBD

PathFinder, a Schlumberger company

HDS-1L 4 3/4, 6 3/8, 6 3/4, 30 (4 3/4) 31/17, (6 3/8) 24/11.5, (4 3/4) 4.69x2.25, (6 3/8) 6.47x2.81, 150 20 (4 3/4) 40, (6 (4 3/4) 50, (6 3/8) 50, (4 3/4, 6 3/8) N/A, (6 (4 3/4, 6 3/8, 6 3/4, 8 (4 3/4, 6 3/8) 125-375, (6
Directional Gamma 8 LF, 8 HF, 9 1/2 (6 3/4) 17/9, (8 LF) 18/9, (8 (6 3/4) 6.74x2.81, (8 LF) 7.98x2.81, (8 HF) 3/8) 40, (6 3/4, (6 3/4, 8 LF) 45,( 8 HF, 3/4) 50, (8 LF) 50, (8 LF) N/A, (8 HF) 200, (9 3/4) 250-750, (8 LF) 250-
HF) 18/9, (9 1/2) 15/8 7.95x2.81, (9 1/2) 9.5x3 8 LF, 8 HF, 9 9 1/2) N/A HF) 45, (9 1/2) 45 1/2) 200 950, (8 HF) 375-1,125 (9
1/2) N/A 1/2) 500-1,500

HDS-1S 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8 LF, 8 16 (4 3/4) 31/17, (6 3/4) 17/9, (4 3/4) 4.69x2.25, (6 3/4) 6.74x2.81, (8 LF) 150 20 (4 3/4) 40, (6 (4 3/4) 50, (6 3/4, 8 LF) (4 3/4) N/A, (6 3/4) (4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8 LF) N/A, (4 3/4) 125-375, (6 3/4)
Directional Gamma HF, 9 1/2 (8 LF) 18/9, (8 HF) 18/9, 7.98x2.81, (8 HF) 7.95x2.81, (9 1/2) 9.5x3 3/4, 8 LF, 8 HF, 9 45,( 8 HF, 9 1/2) N/A 50, (8 LF) 50, (8 HF) (8 HF) 200, (9 1/2) 200 250-750, (8 LF) 250-950,
(9 1/2) 15/8 1/2) N/A 45, (9 1/2) 45 (8 HF) 375-1,125 (9 1/2)
500-1,500

HDS-1R 3 1/8 - 9 1/2 30 60/30 Dependant on drill collar As applicable to standard NMDC 150 20 250 250 250 250 (2 1/4) 60-180, (2 1/2)
Directional Gamma 80-280, (2 11/16) 100-350,
(2 13/16) 150-550, (3 1/4)
300-1,000

Survivor HDS-1L Directional 4 3/4, 6 3/8, 6 3/4, 30 (4 3/4) 31/17, (6 3/8) 24/11.5, (4 3/4) 4.69x2.25, (6 3/8) 6.47x2.81, 175 25 (4 3/4) 40, (6 (4 3/4) 50, (6 3/8) 50, (4 3/4, 6 3/8) N/A, (6 (4 3/4, 6 3/8, 6 3/4, 8 (4 3/4, 6 3/8) 125-375, (6
Gamma 8 LF, 8 HF, 9 1/2 (6 3/4) 17/9, (8 LF) 18/9, (6 3/4) 6.74x2.81, (8 LF) 7.98x2.81, (8 HF) 3/8) 40, (6 3/4, (6 3/4, 8 LF) 45,( 8 HF, 3/4) 50, (8 LF) 50, (8 LF) N/A, (8 HF) 200, (9 3/4) 250-750, (8 LF) 250-
(8 HF) 18/9, (9 1/2) 15/8 7.95x2.81, (9 1/2) 9.5x3 8 LF, 8 HF, 9 9 1/2) N/A HF) 45, (9 1/2) 45 1/2) 200 950, (8 HF) 375-1,125 (9
1/2) N/A 1/2) 500-1,500

Survivor HDS-1S Directional 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8 LF, 16 (4 3/4) 31/17, (6 3/4) 17/9, (4 3/4) 4.69x2.25, (6 3/4) 6.74x2.81, (8 LF) 175 25 (4 3/4) 40, (6 (4 3/4) 50, (6 3/4, 8 LF) (4 3/4) N/A, (6 3/4) (4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8 LF) N/A, (4 3/4) 125-375, (6 3/4)
Gamma 8 HF, 9 1/2 (8 LF) 18/9, (8 HF) 18/9, 7.98x2.81, (8 HF) 7.95x2.81, (9 1/2) 9.5x3 3/4, 8 LF, 8 HF, 9 45,( 8 HF, 9 1/2) N/A 50, (8 LF) 50, (8 HF) (8 HF) 200, (9 1/2) 200 250-750, (8 LF) 250-950,
(9 1/2) 15/8 1/2) N/A 45, (9 1/2) 45 (8 HF) 375-1,125 (9 1/2)
500-1,500

Survivor HDS-1R Directional 3 1/8 - 9 1/2 30 60/30 Dependant on drill collar As applicable to standard NMDC 175 25 250 250 250 250 (2 1/4) 60-180, (2 1/2)
Gamma 80-280, (2 11/16) 100-350,
(2 13/16) 150-550, (3 1/4)
300-1,000

Imaging Payzone Inclination 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8 7.13 upper, 3.33 lower, (4 3/4) 31/17, (6 3/4) 16/10, (4 3/4) 4.43x2.25, (6 3/4) 5.99x2.81, (8) 175 (4 3/4), N/A (4 3/4) 70, (6 3/4) 20 (4 3/4) N/A, (6 3/4) N/A (4 3/4) 125-375, (6 3/4)
Gamma 5.92 upper, 3.66 lower, (8) 16/10 6.99x2.81 (6 3/4) 25, 35, (8) 20 250-750, (8) 250-1125
5.92 upper, 3.66 lower (8) 20

Compensated Wave 6 3/4, 8, 9 1/2 25 (6 3/4) 14/5, (8) 12/4, (6 3/4) 5.94 x2.81, (8) 6.9x2.81, 150 20 N/A (6 3/4) 30, (8) 30, (9 (6 3/4) 80, (8) 80, (9 (6 3/4) n/a, (8) n/a, (9 (6 3/4) 250-750, (8) 250-
Resistivity (9 1/2) 8/2 (9 1/2) 8.49x3 1/2) 30 1/2) 80 1/2) 300 1,125, (9 1/2) 250-1,250

Slim Array Wave Resistivity 4.75 20 30/15 4.72x2.25 150 25 6 29 N/A N/A 120-375

Survivor Slim Array Wave 4.75 20 30/15 4.72x2.25 175 25 6 29 N/A N/A 120-375
Resistivity

Ryan Energy Technologies

Gamma Ray w/DPD-2 1 7/8 tool OD, 3 41 150 20 (137 (3 1/8) 50-130, (4 3/4) 130-
Electromagnetic 1/8 - 8 collars mpa) 265, (6 3/4) 235-530, (8)
400-925, (9 1/2) 500-925

Gamma Ray w/DPD-2 1 7/8 tool OD, 3 1/8 37 As applicable to standard NMDC 175 20 (137 (3 1/8) 50-130, (4 3/4) 130-
Mud Pulse - 9 1/2 collars mpa) 265, (6 3/4) 235-530, (8)
400-925, (9 1/2) 500-925

Gamma Ray w/ 1 7/8 tool OD, 3 34 150 20 (137 (3 1/8) 50-130, (4 3/4)
Electromagnetic 1/8 - 8 collars mpa) 130-265, (6 3/4) 235-530,
(8)400-925, (9 1/2) 500-925

Gamma Ray w/Mud Pulse 1 7/8 tool OD, 3 1/8 30 As applicable to standard NMDC 150 20 (137 (3 1/8) 50-130, (4 3/4) 130-
- 9 1/2 collars mpa) 265, (6 3/4) 235-530, (8)
400-925, (9 1/2) 500-925

GSI-2 w/Electromagnetic 1 7/8 tool OD, 4 3/4 Varies 150 20 (137 (3 1/8) 50-130, (4 3/4) 130-
- 6 3/4 collars mpa) 265, (6 3/4) 235-530, (8)
400-925, (9 1/2) 500-925

Schlumberger

PowerDrive X5 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8 (4 3/4) 14.95, (6 3/4) Capability (°/100 ft) : (4 3/4, 150 20 std, N/A 36 30 46 130-1,900
1/4, 9, 11 13.48, (8 1/4, 9) 14.6, 6 3/4, 8 1/4) 8, (9) 5, (11) 4 30 opt. (600 - 800 psi required (600 - 800 psi (600 - 800 psi required
(11) 15.1 Pass Through (°/100 ft) : (4 3/4, 6 across bit) required across bit) across bit)
(4 3/4) 30/15, (6 3/4, 8.25, 9) 3/4)
20/10, (11) 15/8

PowerDrive X6 Rotary 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8 (4 3/4) 14.95, (6 3/4) Capability (°/100 ft) : (4 3/4, 150 20 36 36 30 46 100-2,000
Steerable Tool 1/4, 9, 11 13.48, (8 1/4, 9) 14.6, 6 3/4) 8, (8 1/4) 6, (9) std., (650 - 750 (650 - 750 psi required (650 - 750 psi (650 - 750 psi required
(11) 15.1 5, (11) 3 175 psi required across bit) required across bit) across bit)
Pass Through (°/100 ft): (4 opt. across bit)
3/4) 30/15, (6 3/4, 8.25, 9)
20/10, (11) 15/8

PowerDrive Archer Rotary 6 3/4 (6 3/4) 16.64 Capability (°/100 ft) : 150 20 N/A N/A 30 N/A 250-650
Steerable Tool (6 3/4) 15 (600 - 750 psi
Pass Through (°/100 ft): (6 required across bit)
3/4), >15 Based on fatigue
management

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ShortPulse 4.75 27.3 30/15 4.75x2.25x34.8 150 20 20 125 (varies with N/A N/A 130-400
-OR- std., Modulator gap)
4.59x2.25x30.3 175
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ImPulse 4.75 32 30/15 4.75x2.25x38.5 150 20 std., 20 125 (varies with N/A N/A 130-400
std., 27.5 opt. Modulator gap)
175
opt.

PowerPulse 6 3/4, 8 1/4, 9, 9 1/2 24.7 (6 3/4) 16/8 (6 3/4) 6.75x2.81x31.5 150 20 std., N/A (6 3/4) 56 (6 3/4) 151 (8 1/4, 9 1/2) 595 (varies (6 3/4) 250-800
(8 1/4) 12/7 (8 1/4) 8x2.81x26.2 std., 30 opt. (8 1/4) 32 (varies with (8 1/4, 9 1/2) 84 with modulator gap) (8 1/4) 300-1,200
(9, 9 1/2) 10/6 (9 1/4) 9.25x3x28 175 modulator gap) (varies with modulator (8 1/4) opt. 800-1,400
(9 1/2) 9.5x3.5x26.2 opt. gap) (9 1/2) 400-1,200
(9 1/2) opt. 400-1,600

SlimPulse 1 3/4 tool OD Collar based probe (4 3/4 and smaller) 145/40 (4 3/4) 4.75x2.81x33 150 22 (4 3/4) 68, (6 (6 3/4) 100, (8 3/4) 18 (6 3/4) 324, (8 3/4, (8 3/4, 9 3/4) 411 Multiple configurations:
3 1/8 to 9 1/2 collars normally 30 (6 3/4) 28/10 (6 3/4) 6.75x2.81x32 std., 3/4) 16 9 3/4) 58 35-1200
(8 1/4) 20/8 175
(9 1/2) 19/7 opt.

E-Pulse XR 4 3/4, 6 1/2 45 (4 3/4) 30/15, (6 1/2) 15/8 (4 3/4) 4.75x2.25x75.5, (6 1/2) 125 12 (4 3/4) 5, (6 (4 3/4) 25, (6 3/4) 10 (6 3/4) 34 N/A (4 3/4) 0-400 (6 3/4) 0-600
6.5x2.813x76.9 3/4) 2

geoVISION675 6 3/4 10.12 16/8 6.5x2.81x10 150 18 0.9 5.5 18 N/A 0-800

geoVISION825 8 1/4 12.72 13/7 8x2.81x13.5 150 15 0.15 0.95 3 21.8 0-1,200

arcVISION312 3.125 23.5 100/30 3x1.75x33 150 20 112 N/A N/A N/A 0-160

arcVISION475 4.75 21 30/15 4.75x2.81x22 150 25 3 30 N/A N/A 0-400

arcVISION675 6 3/4 18 16/8 6.5x2.81x19 150 std. 20 std., 1 9 20 N/A 0-800

175 25 and 30
opt. opt.

arcVISION825 8 1/4 18 14/7 8.25x2.81x19.8 150 std. 25 std., 0.12 1.5 2.5 17.8 0-1,950
175 30 opt.
opt.

arcVISION900 9 18 12/6 9x3x20.7 150 25 0.12 1.5 2.5 17.8 0-1,950

EcoScope 6 3/4 with 7 7/8, 25.2 16/8 6.5x2.81x24.5 150 std. 20 std., 25 2 10 32 N/A 250-800
8 3/8, or 9 3/8 175 opt.
Stabilizer Options opt.

PeriScope 4 3/4, 6 3/4 18.3 (6 3/4), 23.5 (4 3/4) (4 3/4) 30/15, (6 1/2) 16/8 4.75x2.25x27 (4 3/4), 6.5x2.81x19.3 (6 3/4) 150 25 (4 3/4) 10, (4 3/4) 65, (6 3/4) 14 N/A 0-400 (4 3/4), 0-800 (6 3/4)

(6 3/4) 0.7 (6 3/4) 4

Target MWD Inc.

Target Retrievable Gamma 1 7/8 tool OD, 3 1/8 32 ft w/single battery/ 39 ft per Target Retrievable System per Target Retrievable System 150 20 (137 per target retrievable system
System - 9 1/2 collars w/dual battery mpa)

Weatherford

EMpulse (Electromagnetic) All Sizes 31 (3 1/16, 3 1/2 Flex) 116/38, (4 3/4) 4.53 x 2.25, (6 1/4) 6.09 x 2.25), 150 15 (4 3/4) 50 (4 3/4) 80-350; (6 3/4,
(3 3/8) 66/27 (6 3/4) 6.59 x 2.81, (8) 7.78 x 2.81 8) 80-800; (8 1/4, 9 1/2)
80-1,800

HyperPulse All sizes 31 (3 1/16) 116/38, (4 3/4) 37/25, (4 3/4) 4.75x2.69, (6 1/4) 6.25x3.25, 150 15
(6 1/4, 6 3/4) 27/15 (6 3/4) 6.75x3.25

HAGR (High-temperature 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8, 8 (4 3/4) 12.5 (6 3/4, 8, 8 (4 3/4) 30/15, (6 3/4), 19/10, (4 3/4) 4.75x3.22 150 std. (4.75, (4 3/4) 12, (6 (4 3/4) 64, (6 3/4, 8) 9, (4 3/4) 193, (6 3/4, 8) (6 3/4, 8) 170, (8-1/4, (4 3/4) 80-350; (6 3/4,
Azimuthal GR) 1/4, 9 1/2 1/4, 9 1/2) 12.3 (8, 8 1/4) 14/8, (9 1/2) 14/8 (6 3/4) 6.75x4.24 180 6.75, 8, 3/4, 8) 2, (8 1/4, (8 1/4, 9-1/2) 2 26, (8 1/4, 9 1/2) 2 9-1/2) 33 8) 80-800; (8 1/4, 9 1/2)
(8, 8 1/4) 8x4.28 opt. 8.25, 9.5) 9-1/2) 1 80-1,800
(9 1/2) 9.5x5.16 20 std. 30
opt.,

SAGR (Spectral Azimuthal 4 3/4, 6 3/4 (4 3/4 TBD), (6 3/4) 12.3 (4 3/4) 30/15, (6 3/4) 16/8 (6 3/4) 6.75x4.24 150 20 std. 2 9 26 170 (6 3/4) 80-800
GR) 30 opt.

At-Bit Measurement System 4 3/4, 6 3/4 NOM (4 3/4) 2.83 ft., (6 3/4) (4 3/4) 30/15 (4 3/4, (4 3/4) 10 estimates (4 3/4) estimates (4 3/4) 64, estimates (4 3/4) estimates (6 3/4) 170 (4 3/4) 80-350; (6 3/4,
TOOL SIZE (5.60” 3.01 ft. 6 3/4) (6 3/4) 10 12, (6 3/4) 2 (6 3/4) 9 exceeds flow rate, (6 8) 80-800; (8 1/4, 9 1/2)
and 7.325” max) (6 3/4) 16/8 150 3/4) 26 80-1,800

Resistivity

APS Technology (Rental Division)

APS SureShot Gamma + 3 1/2, 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8 59 (2 pcs.) Collar-limited Collar-defined 150 and 20 and 25 Configuration- Configuration- Configuration- Configuration-dependent (3 1/2) 190 max. (4 3/4) 350
Propagation Resistivity 175 dependent dependent dependent max. (6 3/4) 700 max. (8)
1,200 max.

Baker Hughes

AutoTrak G3 (Rotary 4 3/4 6 3/4 8 (4 3/4) 50.8 (4 3/4) 30/10, (6 3/4) 20/13, (8 BHA-dependent (All std. 20 (j) (j) (j) (j) (4 3/4) 125-350, (6 3/4)
Steerable System, including 1/4 9 1/2 (6 3/4) 49.9 1/4) 9/6.5, (9 1/2) 13/6.5 (z) Sizes) (4 3/4, 6 200-900, (8 1/4) 300-1290,
OnTrak or AziTrak Integrated (8 1/4) 56.9 150 3/4, 8.1/4) (9 1/2) 300-1,600
MWD/LWD) (9 1/2) 58.1 (zzz) (6.3/4”, opt. 30
8.1/4”, (9 1/2)
9.1/2”) opt. 25
opt.
175

AutoTrak X-treme (Rotary 4 3/4 6 3/4 (4 3/4) 68 (4 3/4) 30/10, (6 3/4) 20/13, (8 BHA-dependent (All std. 20 (j) (j) (j) (j) (4 3/4) 125-350, (6 3/4)
Steerable System, including 9 1/2 (6 3/4) 70 1/4) 9/6.5, (9 1/2) 13/6.5 (z) sizes) (4 3/4, 6 200-900, (8 1/4) 300-1290,
OnTrak or AziTrak Integrated (9 1/2) 82 (zzz) 150 3/4, 8.1/4) (9 1/2) 300-1,600
MWD/LWD and hard-wired, (6.3/4”, opt. 30
precontoured modular 8.1/4”, (9 1/2)
X-treme mud motor) 9.1/2”) opt. 25
opt.
175

Multiple Propagation 2 3/8, 3 1/8, 4 3/4, 6 (2 3/8) 9.6, (3 1/8) 17, (z) (2 3/8 - 3 1/8) TBD, (4 3/4) 4.597x2.25, 150 20 (j) (3 1/8) 80-160, (4 3/4)
Resistivity 3/4, 8 1/4 (4 3/4 - 8 1/4) 12 (6 3/4) 6.625x2.81, (8 1/4) 8.23x4.005 100-350, (6 3/4) 200-800, (8
1/4) 300-1,600

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OnTrak 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8 (4 3/4) 20.2, (6 3/4) 17.0, (4 3/4) 33/12, (6 3/4) 25/15, (8 NA std. std 20 (j) 4 3/4) 125-350, (6 3/4) 200-
1/4, 9 1/2 (8 1/4) 19.0, (9 1/2) 18.1 1/4) TBD, (9 1/2) 10/7 150, (4-3/4, 900, (8 1/4) 300-1295, (9
opt. 6-3/4 & 1/2) 300-1,600
175 8-1/4,
9-1/2) opt.
25, (4-3/4,
6-3/4 &
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opt. 30

AziTrak MWD 4 3/4, 6 3/4 (4 3/4) 40.4, (6 3/4) 35.3 (z) TBD 150 std 20 (4 (j) 4 3/4) 125-350, (6 3/4)
3/4) opt. 200-900
25, (6 3/4)
opt. 30

StarTrak 4 3/4, 6 3/4 (4 3/4) 9.8, (6 3/4) 8.3 (z) (4 3/4) 5.25 x 3.13, 150 std 20, (j) (4 3/4) 125-350,
(6 3/4) 7.25 x 4.6 opt 25
(6 3/4) 265-900, function of
MWD platform

ZoneTrak (Bit Resistivity) 6 3/4, 9 1/2 (6 3/4) 6.3, (9 1/2) 5.7 (z) (6 3/4) 7.25 x 3.64, (9 1/2) 9.63 x 3.7 150 std 20, (j) (6 3/4) 200-900
opt 25 (9 1/2) 300-1,600
function of MWD platform

GE Oil & Gas

Centerfire Propagation 4 3/4, 6.91, 8 1/4 (4 3/4, 6.91) (4 3/4) 25/12.2 (4 3/4) 5.0x2.81, (6 3/4) 6.58x2.81, (8 175 20 As per Tensor As per Tensor MWD As per Tensor MWD As per Tensor MWD (4 3/4)
Resistivity Tool 14.5 (6.91) 1/4) 8.25x2.81 MWD 100-350
(8 1/4) 15.16 17/8 (6.91)
(8 1/4) 300-750
14/7 (8 1/4)
450-1200

Halliburton/Sperry Drilling

EWR-PHASE 4 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8, 9 1/2 (4 3/4) 12.5, (6 3/4) 12.1, (4 3/4) 30/14, (6 3/4) 21/10, (4 3/4) 4.66x2.25, (6 3/4) 6.54x2.81, (8) 150 std. 18 or 25 (4 3/4) 90, (6 3/4, 8) 7, (4 3/4) 250, (6 3/4, 8) (6 3/4) 114, (8) 115,
(8, 9 1/2) 12.2 (8, 9 1/2) 14/8 7.76x2.81, (9 1/2) 9.35x3 175 (9 1/2) 2 19, (9 1/2) 7 (9 1/2) 40
opt.

EWR-PHASE 4D 9.5 12.2 14/8 9.35x3 150 18 2 7 40

SuperSlim EWR-PHASE 4 3.125 11.3 30/14 2.63x1.25 150 16 213 at 150

gal/min

SuperSlim EWR-PHASE 4 3.625 12.9 30/14 TBD 150 20 TBD

EWR-M5 6 3/4, 8, 9 1/2 (6 3/4) 23.6, (8) 25.3, (6 3/4) 21/10, (8, 9 1/2) 14/8 (6.75) 6.60 x 2.81, (8) 7.65 x 2.81, (9 1/2) 150 25 N/A (6 3/4) 12, (8, 9 1/2) 5 (6 3/4) 35, (8, 9 (6 3/4) 200, (8, 9 1/2) 75
(9 1/2) 25.4 9.23 x 3.00 1/2) 13

Azimuthal Focused 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8 (4 3/4) 10.0, (6 3/4) 10.8, (4 3/4) 30/14, (6 3/4) 21/10, (4 3/4) 4.74x2.25, (6 3/4) 6.56x2.81, (8) TBD 150 (4 3/4) (4 3/4) 78, ( 6 3/4) (4 3/4) 214, (6 3/4) (6 3/4) 101, (8) 25
Resistivity (AFR) (8) 8.5 (8) 14/8 24.5, (6 6, (8) 2 17, (8) 5
3/4) 22,
(8) 24.5

Azimuthal Deep Resistivity 4 3/4, 6 3/4 (4 3/4) 25.5, (6 3/4) 24.3 (4 3/4) 30/14, (6 3/4) 21/10 (4 3/4) 4.76x2.25, (6 3/4) 6.71x2.81 150 25 (4 3/4) 152, (6 3/4) 14 (4 3/4) 419, (6 3/4) 38 (6 3/4) 229
(ADR)

PathFinder, a Schlumberger company

Compensated Wave 6 3/4, 8, 9 1/2 25 (6 3/4) 14/5, (8) 12/4, (9 (6 3/4) 5.94 x2.81, (8) 6.9x2.81, (9 150 20 N/A (6 3/4) 30, (8) 30, (9 (6 3/4) 80, (8) 80, (9 (6 3/4) n/a, (8) n/a, (9 (6 3/4) 250-750, (8) 250-
Resistivity 1/2) 8/2 1/2) 8.49x3 1/2) 30 1/2) 80 1/2) 300 1,125, (9 1/2) 250-1,250

Slim Compensated Wave 4.75 29.8 34/17 4.36 x2.25 150 20 8 40 N/A N/A 120-275
Resistivity

Slim Array Wave Resistivity 4.75 20 30/15 4.72x2.25 150 25 6 29 N/A N/A 120-375

Survivor Slim Array Wave 4.75 20 30/15 4.72x2.25 175 25 6 29 N/A N/A 120-375
Resistivity

Schlumberger

mcrVISION 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8 1/4 19.4 (4 3/4), 22.8 (6 3/4), (4 3/4) 30/15 22 (4 3/4), 25.8 (6 3/4), 21 (8 1/4) 150 20 (4 3/4) 12, (6 (4 3/4) 79, (6 3/4) 8, (4 3/4) 250, (6 3/4) N/A (4 3/4) 0-400
21.2 (8 1/4) (6 3/4) 15/8 3/4) 1, (8 1/4) 1 (8 1/4) 8 25, (8 1/4) 25 (6 3/4) 0-800
(8 1/4) 14/7 (8 1/4) 0-800

ImPulse 4.75 32 30/15 4.75x2.25x38.5 150 20 std., N/A 125 N/A N/A 0-400
std., 27.5 opt.
175
opt.

geoVISION675 6.75 10.12 16/8 6.5x2.81x10 150 18 0.9 5.5 18 N/A 0-800

geoVISION825 8 1/4 12.72 13/7 8x2.81x13.5 150 15 0.15 0.95 3 21.8 0-1,200

arcVISION312 3.125 23.5 100/30 3x1.75x33 150 20 112 N/A N/A N/A 0-160

arcVISION475 4.75 21 30/15 4.75x2.81x22 150 25 3 30 N/A N/A 0-400

arcVISION675 6.75 18 16/8 6.5x2.81x19 150 std. 20 std., 1 9 20 N/A 0-800

175 25 and 30
opt. opt.

arcVISION825 8.25 18 14/7 8.25x2.81x19.8 150 std. 25 std, 0.12 1.5 2.5 17.8 0-1,950
175 30 opt.
opt.

arcVISION900 9 18 12/6 9x3x20.7 150 25 0.12 1.5 2.5 17.8 0-1,950

PeriScope 4 3/4, 6 3/4 18.3 (6 3/4), 23.5 (4 3/4) 30/15 (4 3/4), 16/8 (6 3/4) 4.75x2.25x27 (4 3/4), 6.5x2.81x19.3 (6 3/4) 150 25 (4 3/4) 10, (4 3/4) 65, (6 3/4) 14 N/A 0-400 (4 3/4), 0-800 (6 3/4)

(6 3/4) 0.7 (6 3/4) 4

EcoScope 6 3/4 with 7 7/8, 25.2 16/8 6.5x2.81x24.5 150 std. 20 std., 25 2 10 32 N/A 250-800
8 3/8, or 9 3/8 175 opt.
Stabilizer Options opt.

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Weatherford

Multi-Frequency Resistivity 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8, 8 (4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8, 8 1/4, 9 (4 3/4) 30/15, (6 3/4), 16/8, (4 3/4) 4.75x2.29; (6 3/4) 6.75x3.06; 150 (4.75, 4 3/4 - 19 4 3/4 - 105 4 3/4 - 320 6 3/4, 8 - 208 (4 3/4) 80-350; (6 3/4,
(MFR) 1/4, 9 1/2 1/2) 29.5 (8, 8 1/4) 14/7, (9 1/2) 12/6 (8, 8 1/4) 8x4.20, (9 1/2) 9.5x5.16 Std. 6.75, 8”) 6 3/4, 8 - 2 6 3/4, 8 - 11 6 3/4,8 - 32 8 1/4, 9 1/2- 45 psi 8) 80-800; (8 1/4, 9 1/2)
165 20 std. 30 8 1/4, 9 1/2 - 2 8 1/4, 9 1/2 - 2 8 1/4, 9 - 6 80-1,800
opt. opt.
(8.25, 9.5)
20 std, 25
opt.

Multi-Frequency Resistivity 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8, 8 1/4 (4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8, 8 1/4) 29.5 (4 3/4) 30/15, (6 3/4), 16/8, (4 3/4) 4.75x2.29; (6 3/4) 6.75x3.06; 150 std. (4.75, 4 3/4 - 19 4 3/4 - 105 4 3/4 - 320 6 3/4, 8 - 208 8 1/4 (4 3/4) 80-350; (6 3/4,
(MFR) - High Temperature (8, 8 1/4) 14/7, (9 1/2) 12/6 (8, 8 1/4) 8x4.20 180 6.75) 20 6 3/4 - 2 6 3/4 - 11 6 3/4, 8 - 32 - 45 psi 8) 80-800; (8 1/4, 9 1/2)
opt. std. 30 8, 8 1/4 - 2 8, 8 1/4 - 11 8 1/4 - 32 80-1,800
opt.
(8.25, 9.5)
20 std, 25
opt.

Multi-Frequency Resistivity- 4.75 34.7 30/15 4.75x2.29 150 20 Std., 19 105 320 n/a 80-350
PLUS(MFR-PLUS) 30 opt.

GuideWave Azimuthal 4.75 34.7 30/15 4.75x2.29 150 20 Std., 19 105 320 n/a 80-350
Multi-Frequency Resistivity 30 opt.
(Az-MFR)

Porosity

Baker Hughes

LithoTrak 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8 1/4 (4 3/4) 16.1, (6 3/4) 17.6, (z) (4 3/4) 4.82x1.87, (6 3/4) 6.87x2, (8 1/4) 150 std 20 (4 (j) (4 3/4) 100-320, (6 3/4)
(8 1/4) 18.2 8.25x2.813 3/4) opt. 200-900, (8 1/4) 300-1,300
25, (6 3/4 function of MWD platform
& 8.1/4)
opt. 30

SoundTrak 6 3/4, 8 1/4, 9 1/2 (6 3/4 - 9 1/2) 32.8 (z) n/a 150 std 20, opt (j) (6 3/4) 200- 900
25 & 30 (8 1/4) 300-1,300
(9 1/2) 450-1,560
function of MWD platform

MagTrak (Advanced Magnetic 4 3/4, 6 3/4 (4 3/4) 27.7 (z) n/a 150 std 20, (j) (j) (j) (j) (4 3/4) 125-406
Resonance While Drilling) (6 3/4) 29.9 opt 25 (6 3/4) 264-660

Halliburton/Sperry Drilling

Bi-modal AcousTic (BAT) 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8, 9 1/2 (4 3/4) 28, (6 3/4, 8, (4 3/4) 30/14, (6 3/4) 21/10, (4 3/4) 4.65x2.25, (6 3/4) 6.43x2.81, 150, (All) 25, (4 3/4) 161, (6 3/4, 8) (4 3/4) 458, (6 3/4, 8) (6 3/4, 8) 198, (6 3/4
9 1/2) 21 (8, 9 1/2) 14/8 (8) 7.65x2.81, (8 HP/HF) 7.53x2.81, (9 175 (6 3/4, 8, 11, (6 3/4 HP) 12, (8 33, (6 3/4 HP) 35, (8 HP) 208, (8 HP/HF,
1/2) 8.98x3 9 1/2) 30 HP/HF, 9 1/2) 4 HP/HF, 9 1/2) 13 9 1/2) 76
opt.

Quadrupole Acoustic (QBAT) 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8, 9 1/2 (4 3/4) 28, (6 3/4, 8, (4 3/4) 30/14, (6 3/4) 21/10, (4 3/4) 4.65x2.25, (6 3/4) 6.43x2.81, 150,175 (All) 25, (4 3/4) 161, (6 3/4, 8) (4 3/4) 458, (6 3/4, 8) (6 3/4, 8) 198, (6 3/4
9 1/2) 21 (8, 9 1/2) 14/8 (8) 7.65x2.81, (8 HP/HF) 7.53x2.81, (9 (6 3/4, 8, 11, (6 3/4 HP) 12, (8 33, (6 3/4 HP) 35, (8 HP) 208, (8 HP/HF,
1/2) 8.98x3 9 1/2) 30 HP/HF, 9 1/2) 4 HP/HF, 9 1/2) 13 9 1/2) 76
opt.

Azimuthal/Crossed-Dipole 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8, 9 1/2 (4 3/4) 28, (6 3/4, 8, (4 3/4) 30/14, (6 3/4) 21/10, (4 3/4) 4.65x2.25, (6 3/4) 6.43x2.81, 150 (All) 25, (4 3/4) 161, (6 3/4, 8) (4 3/4) 458, (6 3/4, 8) (6 3/4, 8) 198, (6 3/4
Acoustic (XBAT) 9 1/2) 21 (8, 9 1/2) 14/8 (8) 7.65x2.81, (8 HP/HF) 7.53x2.81, (9 (6 3/4, 8, 11, (6 3/4 HP) 12, (8 33, (6 3/4 HP) 35, (8 HP) 208, (8 HP/HF,
1/2) 8.98x3 9 1/2) 30 HP/HF, 9 1/2) 4 HP/HF, 9 1/2) 13 9 1/2) 76
opt.

Compensated Neutron 6 3/4, 8 7.65 (6 3/4) 21/10, (8) 14/8 (6 3/4) 6.54x2.81, (8) 7.76x2.81 150 18 4 12 72
Porosity

Compensated Thermal 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8 (4 3/4) 11.1, (6 3/4) 11.8, (4 3/4) 30/14, (6 3/4) 21/10, (4 3/4) 4.72x2.25, (6 3/4) 6.62x2.81, (8) 150, (4 3/4) 20, (4 3/4) 72, (6 3/4) (4 3/4) 193, (6 3/4) (8) 63
Neutron (CTN) (8) 17.5 (8) 14/8 8.04x2.81 175 25 (6 3/4, 4, (8) 3 12, (8) 11
8) 25, 30

Magnetic Resonance 6.75 39 21/10 6.35 x 2.81 150 20 20 58

Imaging Logging While
Drilling (MRIL-WD)

PathFinder, a Schlumberger company

Compensated Long-Spaced 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8, 9 1/2 (4 3/4) 31.5, (6 3/4, 8, (4 3/4) 32/17.5, (6 3/4) 18/9.5, (4 3/4) 4.4x2.25, (6 3/4) 6.25x2.81, (8) 150 20 (4 3/4) 36, (6 (4 3/4) 80, (6 3/4) 50, (4 3/4) n/a, (6 3/4) (9 1/2) 60 (4 3/4) 120-300, (6 3/4)
Sonic 9 1/2) 29 (8) 17/9, (9 1/2) 10/5 7.2x2.81, (9 1/2) 9.2x3.00 3/4) n/a, (8) N/A, (8) 20, (9 1/2) 20 115 (8) 35, (9 1/2) 35 250-750, (8) 250-1,125, (9
(9 1/2) N/A 1/2) 250-1,500

E Sonic 6 3/4, 8 (6 3/4, 8) 29 (6 3/4) 18/9.5, (8) 17/9 (6 3/4) 6.25x2.81, (8) 7.2x2.81 150 20 (6 3/4) N/A, (6 3/4) 25, (8) 15 (6 3/4) 45 (8) 18 N/A (6 3/4) 250-750, (8)
(8) N/A 250-1,125

Slim Density/Neutron Stand- 4.75 15.6 30/15 4.93x2.25 150 25 6 29 N/A N/A 120-375
off Caliper

Survivor Slim Density/ 4.75 15.6 30/15 4.93x2.25 175 25 6 29 N/A N/A 120-375
Neutron Stand-off Caliper

Density/Neutron Stand-off 6 3/4, 8 25 (6 3/4) 16/8, (8) 12/6 (6 3/4) 6.69 x2.81, (8) 9.2x2.81 150 18 n/a (6 3/4) 20, (8) 10 (6 3/4) 45, (8) 25 N/A (6 3/4) 250-750, (8)
Caliper 275-1,125

iFinder Density Imaging 4 3/4, 6 3/4 19.6, 19.8 (4 3/4) 30/15, (4 3/4) 4.92 x 2.25, (6 3/4) 6.68 x 2.81 175 25 6 29 65 N/A (4 3/4) 120-375, (6 3/4)
(6 3/4) 16/10 250-750

Schlumberger

SonicScope475 4.75 30 30/15 4.75x2.25x33.7 150 std. 25 11.1 69.6 N/A N/A 0-400
175
opt.

sonicVISION675 6.75 23.8 16/8 6.5x2.81x35 150 std. 25 std. 0.3 2.0 6.6 N/A 0-800
175 30 opt.
opt.

sonicVISION825 8.25 22.6 14/6 8.0x2.81x32 150 std. 25 std. 0.1 0.7 2.3 16.0 0-1,200
175 30 opt.
opt.

sonicVISION900 9 22.6 12/4 9x2.81x27 150 25 0.1 0.7 2.3 16.0 0-1,400

adnVISION475 4 3/4 with Slick, 23.6 30/15 4.75x2.25x24.7 150 20 35 220 N/A N/A 0-400
5 7/8, or 6 1/4 std.,
Stabilizer options 175
opt.

adnVISION675 6 3/4 with Slick, 20.5 16/8 6.5x2.25x27.4 150 std. 20 std., 30 1 4 10 N/A 0-800
8 3/8, or 9 3/8 175 opt.
Stabilizer Options opt.

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10 3/8 Stabilizer opt.
Options

adnVISION825s 8 1/4 with 12 31 12/4 8.0x2.81x21.0 150 20 1 7 22 90 0-1,000

stabilizer

proVISION 6 3/4 with Slick, 37.3 16/8 6.5x2.81x36.5 150 18 4 25 81 N/A 300-800
8 1/4, or 9 3/8
Stabilizer Options

EcoScope 6 3/4 with 7 7/8, 25.2 16/8 6.5x2.81x24.5 150 std. 20 std., 25 2 10 32 N/A 250-800
8 3/8, or 9 3/8 175 opt.
Stabilizer Options opt.

Weatherford

Thermal Neutron Porosity 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8 1/4 24.5 all sizes (includes (4 3/4) 30/15, (6 3/4) 16/8, (4 3/4) 4.75x3.28 (6 3/4) 6.75x4.24 (8.25) 150 20 std. (4 3/4) 16 (4 3/4) 87 (4 3/4) 265 (6 3/4) 205 (4 3/4) 80-350; (6 3/4,
(TNP) AZD) (8.25) 14/7 8.25x5.17 Std. (4.75, (6 3/4) 2 (6 3/4) 10 (6 3/4) 27 (8 1/4) 43 8) 80-800; (8 1/4, 9 1/2)
165 6.75), (8 1/4) 2 (8 1/4) 2 (8 1/4) 11 80-1,800
Opt. 30 opt.
(4.75,
6.75)
25 (8.25)

Shockwave Sonic (SST) 4-3/4, 6-3/4, 8-1/4 (6.75) 26, (8.25”) 26.27’ (6 3/4”) 11/5, (8 1/4”) 10/4, ( 6.75 x 3.06, 8.25 X 4.20 150 (6.75) 20 (6 3/4) 2 (6.75) 9 (6.75) 25 (8.25) 205 (6.75) 0 - 750
9 1/2”) 10/4 Std. std., (8 1/2) 2 (8.5) 10 (8.25) 11 (8.25) 1200
165 30 opt.,
Opt. (8.25) 20
std.,
25 opt.

Density

Baker Hughes

LithoTrak 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8 1/4 (4 3/4) 16.1, (6 3/4) 17.6, (z) (4 3/4) 4.82x1.87, (6 3/4) 6.87x2, (8 1/4) 150 std 20 (4 (j) (4 3/4) 100-320, (6 3/4)
(8 1/4) 18.2 8.25x2.813 3/4) opt. 200-900, (8 1/4) 300-1,290
25, (6 3/4
& 8.1/4)
opt. 30 function of MWD platform

Halliburton/Sperry Drilling

Azimuthal Lithodensity (ALD) 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8 (4 3/4) 14.3, (6 3/4) 12.4, (4 3/4) 30/14, (6 3/4) 21/10, (4 3/4) 4.6x2.25, (6 3/4) 6.54x2.81, (8) 150, (4 3/4) 20, (4 3/4) 86, (6 3/4, 8) 7 (4 3/4) 237, (6 3/4) (6 3/4) 117, (8) 128
(8) 13.6 (8) 14/8 7.76x2.81 175 25, (6 3/4, 19, (8) 21
8) 18, 25

Stabilized Lithodensity (SLD) 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8 (4 3/4) 14.3, (6 3/4) 12.4, (4 3/4) 30/14, (6 3/4) 21/10, (4 3/4) 4.6x2.25, (6 3/4) 6.54x2.81, (8) 140 (4 3/4) (4 3/4) 86, (6 3/4, 8) 7 (4 3/4) 237, (6 3/4) (6 3/4) 117, (8) 128
(8) 13.6 (8) 14/8 7.76x2.81 20, (6 3/4, 19, (8) 21
8) 18

PathFinder, a Schlumberger company

Slim Density/Neutron Stand- 4.75 15.6 30/15 4.93x2.25 150 25 6 29 N/A N/A 120-375
off Caliper

Survivor Slim Density/ 4.75 15.6 30/15 4.93x2.25 175 25 6 29 N/A N/A 120-375
Neutron Stand-off Caliper

Density/Neutron Stand-off 6 3/4, 8 25 (6 3/4) 16/8, (8) 12/6 (6 3/4) 6.69 x2.81, (8) 9.2x2.81 150 18 N/A (6 3/4) 20, (8) 10 (6 3/4) 45, (8) 25 N/A (6 3/4) 250-750, (8)
Caliper 275-1,125

iFinder Density Imaging 4 3/4, 6 3/4 (4 3/4) 19.6, (6 3/4) 19.8 (4 3/4) 30/15, (6 3/4) 16/10 (4 3/4) 4.92 x 2.25, (6 3/4) 6.68 x 2.81 175 25 6 29 65 N/A (4 3/4) 120-375, (6 3/4)
250-750

Schlumberger

adnVISION475 4 3/4 with Slick, 23.6 30/15 4.75x2.25x24.7 150 20 35 220 N/A N/A 0-400
5 7/8, or 6 1/4 std.,
Stabilizer options 175
opt.

adnVISION675 6 3/4 with Slick, 20.5 16/8 6.5x2.25x27.4 150 std. 20 std., 30 1 4 10 N/A 0-800
8 3/8, or 9 3/8 175 opt.
Stabilizer Options opt.

adnVISION825 8 1/4 with Slick or 22.3 14/7 8.25x2.81x26.1 150 20 std, 30 1 2 6 41 0-1,600
10 3/8 Stabilizer opt.
Options

adnVISION825s 8 1/4 with 12 31 12/4 8x2.81x21 150 20 1 7 22 90 0-1,000

stabilizer

EcoScope 6 3/4 with 7 7/8, 25.2 16/8 6.5x2.81x24.5 150 std. 20 std., 25 2 10 32 N/A 250-800
8 3/8, or 9 3/8 175 opt.
Stabilizer Options opt.

Weatherford

Azimuthal Density (AZD) 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8 1/4 24.5 all sizes (includes (4 3/4) 30/15 (6 3/4) 16/8, (4 3/4) 4.75x3.28 (6 3/4) 6.75x4.24 (8.25) 150 30 (4 3/4) 16 (4 3/4) 87 (4 3/4) 265 (6 3/4) 205 (4 3/4) 80-350; (6 3/4,
TNP) (8.25) 14/7 8.25x5.17 Std. (4.75,6.75) (6 3/4) 2 (6 3/4) 10 (6 3/4) 27 (8 1/2) 43 8) 80-800; (8 1/4, 9 1/2)
165 25 (8 1/4) 2 (8 1/4) 2 (8 1/4) 11 80-1,800
Opt. (8.25)

Formation Pressure Testing

Baker Hughes

TesTrak 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8 1/4 (4 3/4) 23.0, (6 3/4) 24.3, (z) N/A 150 std 20 (4 (j) 125 - 1600, function of
(8 1/4) 24.4 3/4, 6 3/4 MWD platform
& 8 1/4)
opt. 30

Halliburton/Sperry Drilling

GeoTap 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8, 9 1/2 (4 3/4) 24, (6 3/4) 28.4, (8, (4 3/4) 30/14, (6 3/4) 21/10, (4 3/4) 4.76 x 2.25, (6 3/4) 6.4x2.81, (8) 7.9 150 4 3/4, 25 (4 3/4) 20, (6 (4 3/4) 120, (6 3/4) 39, (6 3/4) 75, (8, 9 (8, 9 1/2) 350
9 1/2) 26.7 (8, 9 1/2) 14/8 x 2.81, (9 1/2) 9.18 x 3 (6 3/4, 3/4) 19, (8, 9 (8, 9 1/2) 31 1/2) 60
8, 9 1/2) 1/2) 15
25, 30

PathFinder

Drilling Formation Tester 6.75 37 16/7 6.37x2.81 150 20 N/A N/A 70 N/A 275-750

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StethoScope 675 6 3/4 w/ 8 1/4 stab 31 16/8 43.5 150 std. 20 std. 1 9 29 N/A 0-800
6 3/4 w/ 9 1/4 stab 165 25 opt.
(Optional) opt. 30 opt.

StethoScope 825 8 1/4 w/ 12.0 stab 31.5 13/7 31 150 20 std. 1 7 21 151 0-1,600
8 1/4 w/ 10 3/8 stab 25 opt.
(Optional) 30 opt.

StethoScope 475 4 3/4 w/ 5 3/4 stab 28.5 30/15 35 150 20 std. 10 65 N/A N/A 0-400
4 3/4 w/ 5 1/2 stab 25 opt.
(Optional)

Weatherford

PressureWave 6.75 24.3 (6 3/4) 16/8 (6 3/4) 6.75x3.06 150 20 std. (6 3/4) 2 (6 3/4) 10 (6 3/4) 27 (6 3/4) 80-800
(6.75),
30 opt.
(6.75)

Seismic

Schlumberger

seismicVISION675 6.75 14 16/8 13.8 150 25 0.4 2.4 7.8 N/A 800

seismicVISION825 8.25 13.84 14/7 14.4 150 23 std., 0.1 0.7 2.2 15.6 2,000
27.5 opt.

seismicVISION900 9 13.84 12/4 14.8 150 23 0.1 0.7 2.2 15.6 2,000

Well Placement Technology

Baker Hughes

AziTrak MWD 4 3/4, 6 3/4 (4 3/4) 40.4, (6 3/4) 35.3 (z) TBD 150 std 20 (4 (j) 4 3/4) 125-350, (6 3/4)
3/4) opt. 265-900
25, (6 3/4)
opt. 30

ZoneTrak (Bit Resistivity) 6 3/4, 9 1/2 (6 3/4) 6.3, (9 1/2) 5.7 (z) (6 3/4) 7.25 x 3.64, (9 1/2) 9.63 x 3.7 150 std 20, (j) (6 3/4) 200-900
opt 25 (9 1/2) 300-1,600
function of MWD platform

DeepTrak 6.75 Transmitter Sub : 6.9 ft (z) TBD 150 std 20, (j) 200-900, function of MWD
Receiver Sub: 22.4 ft opt 25 platform

StarTrak 4 3/4, 6 3/4 (4 3/4) 9.8, (6 3/4) 8.3 (z) (4 3/4) 5.25 x 3.13, 150 std 20, (j) (4 3/4) 125-350,
(6 3/4) 7.25 x 4.6 opt 25
(6 3/4) 265-900, function of
MWD platform

Halliburton/Sperry Drilling

At-Bit Inclination (ABI) 4 3/4, 6 3/4, 8, 9 5/8 Part of Mud Motor (4 3/4) 30/14, (6 3/4) 21/10, Depends on mud motor 150 18 Depends on mud Depends on mud motor Depends on mud Depends on mud motor Depends on mud motor
(8, 9 5/8) 14/8 motor motor

PathFinder, a Schlumberger company

Schlumberger

PeriScope 4 3/4, 6 3/4 23.5 (4 3/4), 18.3 (6 3/4) 30/15 (4 3/4), 16/8 (6 3/4) 4.75x2.25x27 (4 3/4), 6.5x2.81x19.3 (6 3/4) 150 25 (4 3/4) 10, (4 3/4) 65, (6 3/4) 14 N/A 0-400 (4 3/4), 0-800 (6 3/4)
(6 3/4) 0.7 (6 3/4) 4

geoVISION675 6.75 10.12 16/8 6.5x2.81x10 150 18 0.9 5.5 18 N/A 0-800

geoVISION825 8 1/4 12.72 13/7 8x2.81x13.5 150 15 0.15 0.95 3 21.8 0-1,200

EcoScope 6 3/4 with 7 7/8, 25.2 16/8 6.5x2.81x24.5 150 std. 20 std., 25 2 10 32 N/A 250-800
8 3/8, or 9 3/8 175 opt.
Stabilizer Options opt.

arcVISION312 3.125 23.5 100/30 3x1.75x33 150 20 112 N/A N/A N/A 0-160

Weatherford

Multi-Frequency Resistivity- 4.75 34.7 30/15 4.75x2.29 150 30 19 105 320 n/a 80-350
PLUS(MFR-PLUS)

GuideWave Azimuthal 4.75 34.7 30/15 4.75x2.29 150 20 Std., 19 105 320 n/a 80-350
Multi-Frequency Resistivity 30 opt.
(Az-MFR)

At-Bit Measurement System 4 3/4, 6 3/4 NOM (4 3/4) 2.83 ft., (6 3/4) (4 3/4) 30/15, (6 3/4) 16/8 (4 3/4, (4 3/4) 10 estimates (4 3/4) estimates (4 3/4) 64, estimates (4 3/4) estimates (6 3/4) 170 (4 3/4) 80-350; (6 3/4,
TOOL SIZE (5.60” 3.01 ft. 6 3/4) (6 3/4) 10 12, (6 3/4) 2 (6 3/4) 9 exceeds flow rate, (6 8) 80-800; (8 1/4, 9 1/2)
and 7.325” max) 150 3/4) 26 80-1,800

Formation Fluid Identification and Sampling

Halliburton/Sperry Drilling

GeoTap IDS 6 3/4 34.7 + 11.8 per sample 21/10 6.89x2.81 (with one sample collar) 150 20 TBD TBD TBD TBD
collar

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DRILLING & COMPLETION

New well control barriers help operators

tackle offshore challenges
Closed-loop drilling decreases likelihood of well-control incidents
Brian Grayson
Weatherford International

K
icks and fluid losses are common ob-
stacles to drilling offshore, especially
in deepwater where (even in the best
case scenarios) some 20% of rig time
can be spent curing hazards.
In some instances, these kick or loss
events can cause setbacks that can double
or even triple rig time and could escalate
to well-control incidents. Costly delays and
high risk exposure dictate the need for ad-
vanced technology and drilling methods to Closing the loop
ensure the viability of challenging offshore requires a handful
operations. of easily added rig
Conventional well-control strategies in- components and proven rig equipment, including rotating con-
clude casing, fluid programs, and other enables engineers trol devices (RCDs), flow-metering technolo-
barriers to well control incidents in the well to solve many gies, drilling choke manifolds, and downhole
problems inherent
design and BOP, and other mitigation pro- isolation valves. Key enabling technologies
to open systems.
cedures that help minimize the impact of an for closed-loop systems are advanced built-for-
incident should one occur. Beyond upfront purpose marine RCDs, and data acquisition in-
engineering and reactive responses, there strumentation and software that combine the
were no other lines of defense against well- In contrast, closed-loop circulating offers a tools in a system.
control events in traditional methodologies. scalable set of capabilities that allows for pre- Listening to the well for early kick loss and
The advancement of closed-loop drilling cise wellbore pressure management along detection is the most basic function of closed-
successfully bridged that gap by providing with the ability to proactively “listen to the loop drilling. The next frontier for advancing
engineers with the ability to precisely mea- well” and ascertain real-time downhole pres- capabilities is to move from manual choke
sure and manage minute fluid influxes and sure events. Ranging from early kick and loss manifolds to automated systems to add even
losses before they develop into an incident. detection to wellbore control and manage- more precision to closed-loop drilling.
This early warning and management capa- ment, closed-loop drilling methods are being
bility serves as an additional barrier and ef- applied across a broad scope of applications Integrating with riser
fectively reduces the need to apply tradition- to enhance safety, efficiency, and drill-ability. RCDs are common technology that fa-
al secondary well-control methodologies. Closing the loop entails capturing and re- cilitate closed-loop systems by enabling safe
Recent improvements to closed-loop drill- directing what is otherwise the free flow of containment and diversion of a fluid and gas
ing technologies are making it even more drilling fluids, cuttings, and hydrocarbons kicks to a return system. By capping and
possible to address long-standing issues with from the drill pipe-casing annulus. Instead redirecting annular flow under the rig floor,
maintaining safe and efficient operations off- of uncontained flowing mud, the result is a away from the crew and surface equipment,
shore, thereby broadening the range of res- highly sensitive instrument that provides RCDs play a critical role in safe and efficient
ervoirs that can be drilled and produced. precise, high-resolution, and actionable, real- rig operations and well construction by en-
time pressure and flow data. Engineers can abling timely acquisition of information for
Expanding operational limits peer into a sensitive window on the wellbore fast event identification
Closing the loop resolves many problems to conclude whether a threatening situation To accommodate the requirements of off-
that traditional open mud returns cannot, is present and craft a response accordingly, shore operations, more sophisticated RCD
such as minimizing issues associated with without interfering with the rig’s convention- models are being designed specifically for
fluid circulation and enabling drilling in al BOP and fluid handling systems. the unique challenges of these environments.
even more narrow windows. Simply put, Closed-loop drilling techniques can be ac- Weatherford recently developed the indus-
open circulating is unable to meet the op- complished with a small equipment spread try’s first RCD to be integrated with the riser
erational and economic demands of modern comprised of a few basic components. Most of below the water line. This model was also
wellbore construction. the tools used to close the loop are standard the first RCD to conform to API 16RCD drill-

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of possibilities for offshore exploration and
require only a bottom flange to development drilling.
bolt them to the stack. To inte-
grate with the riser the RCD Automating control
must be connected at the bot- Managing wellbore pressure is also a core
tom and the top and be capable deliverable in using closed-loop drilling as an
of riser tension and compres- additional barrier to well-control events. Man-
sion loading. Location is also ual manipulation of annular back pressure
through specifications. The company’s below an issue for installing, maintaining and oper- provides the ability to almost instantaneously
the tension ring (BTR) RCD is a unique com- ating the RCD far below the rig floor where manage very small influxes and losses before
ponent that allows operators to fully enclose conditions make it dangerous and difficult to they can develop into an incident, but this ap-
the wellbore and all drilling fluids as a closed- deploy personnel. proach is inhibited by the human factor.
loop in deepwater. The BTR RCD possesses a number of in- Adding an automated choke provides
Because it is made up below the tension novations that address this issue. For one, even more precision and finesse in manag-
ring, no modifications are required to the the technology features a hydraulic latching ing pressure. When integrated with instru-
riser’s telescoping slip joint or the rig’s mud system for changing bearing and sealing ele- mentation and software, automatic chokes
return system. This setup makes it possible ments that does not require personnel in the form a supervisory control and data acquisi-
to shift between conventional and closed- moon pool area. Instead, a bearing assem- tion (SCADA) system to manage the entire
loop drilling methods with ease. bly running tool and ancillary equipment annular pressure profile and flow.
Location is a core concern in adapting RCD handle rig floor positioning and removal. A Automation enhances the speed and the
technology for effective riser applications. Sur- subsea-rated hydraulic stab plate is used to level of accuracy of which kick or loss sce-
face RCD designs sit on top of the BOP and make hydraulic and electrical connections narios can be detected and managed. Bot-

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tom hole and annular micro-influxes as small The most significant gains have been in constant BHP to a pressurized mud cap drill-
as only a few pounds of pressure and flow in offshore applications. Closed-loop drilling ing system when losses could no longer be
just gallons, all at transmission speeds mea- provides engineers with the tools to over- managed with the mud supply. To continue
sured in fractions of a second. come hazards of problematic environments drilling despite total losses, an oil-based cap
Automatic systems can outperform manu- and the ability to produce in reservoirs pre- fluid was placed in the annulus to control an-
al controls by quickly changing pressure re- vious considered undrillable. By protect- nular pressures, while seawater was pumped
gimes where a faster-than-human response ing operators from potentially catastrophic down the drill pipe. The system allowed the
is needed to equalize pressure. The faster events, closed-loop drilling has proven to be a well to be drilled to its targeted depth safely.
response provides the high degree of opera- successful proactive well control barrier that Formation pressures were also measured in
tional control needed to safely work at op- enables enhanced drilling capabilities in dif- real-time and logs were safely run.
timal mud weights, thus improving drilling ficult environments while improving safety The application of the advanced closed-
efficiencies and lowering fluid costs. and efficiency through early kick detection, loop drilling system to drill fractured carbon-
For instance, in kick/loss scenarios where riser gas handling, constant bottom hole ate structures where total circulation losses
rapid oscillations in wellbore influx and pressure, and pressurized mud cap drilling. are experienced opens new opportunities
flow render manual control incapable and The recent application of Weatherford’s to access difficult-to-reach resources. The
antiquated, an automatic system takes full MPD system in the notoriously problematic highly flexible system provides multiple tech-
advantage of the equally rapid, real-time re- fractured carbonates in the Makassar Straits niques and capabilities that can be tailored
sponse capabilities inherent in a closed-loop of Indonesia provide insight to the future of accordingly to well conditions and objectives.
system. By quickly managing backpressure deepwater drilling using advanced method-
in small increments with the pressurized ologies. Setting new standards
circulating system, the programmable logic The system was used to measure pore pres- New developments in closed-loop tech-
controller (PLC) is able to precisely balance sures in carbonates while drilling with a hydro- nologies and techniques are arming the in-
wellbore pressure within predefined limits. statically underbalanced fluid. An overbalanced dustry with a more effective toolbox to tack-
wellbore pressure was maintained and con- le increasingly difficult offshore prospects.
Unlocking trolled at all times during drilling, connections More and more operators are finding that
challenging reservoirs and tripping operations. the solution to many of their modern drill-
Advanced automated closed-loop drill- Early in its application, while drilling in ing challenges lay in making a fundamental
ing has been applied successfully in over carbonates, the system detected a 2-bbl kick change in the rig’s circulating system. With
90 wells worldwide. First used in 2006, the that it effectively controlled while maintain- only a few hardware changes, annular flow
technique has been used on land, jackup, ing wellbore pressures. can be contained, redirected and used as a
platform, and floating rigs to drill explor- The upper part of the carbonate structure tool for significant improvements to safety,
atory and development wells. These wells was drilled using the constant bottomhole operational capabilities and well economics.
include both vertical and horizontal designs pressure (BHP) MPD methodology without As the benefits of closed-loop drilling as a
and many well conditions, including high- encountering losses. Losses were observed well control barrier become increasingly sub-
pressure/high-temperature, depleted zones, once the first fractures were encountered and stantiated, its application in basins worldwide
and mud weights varying from 9 to 18.8 ppg increased as more fractures were exposed. will increase. So too will the range of offshore
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Quantifying drilling vibration challenges

Vibration risk index offers tool for preventing drillstring failure
Yezid Ignacio Arevalo
Yonnellybeth Medina
Andre Naslausky
Schlumberger

R
ecent discoveries in Brazil ultra-deepwaters and confirmation Figure 1. Risk level guide for instantaneous lateral vibrations.
of its huge potential have started an unprecedented explor-
atory campaign in water depths exceeding 2,000 m (6,500 ft). 16 bit runs from eight deepwater exploration wells offshore Brazil. The
Many deep vertical exploration wells are being drilled. bit-run analysis was performed during a two-year period. The runs
However, to varying degrees, all these wells share the com- shared similar characteristics in terms of bottomhole assembly (BHA)
mon threat of drillstring failures resulting from extreme drilling dy- design and section size; all the sample bit runs used 9½-in. collars.
namics events in vertical hole sections. It was evident that drilling mechanics conditions are complex and
Of these challenges, one main contributor to nonproductive time vary significantly from one run to another, as observed in the many
is drillstring integrity failure related to challenging drilling mechan- surface and downhole parameters available for analysis. Some of
ics, particularly when drilling the 17½-in. or bigger sections. Fail- the sample runs encountered severe drilling dynamics regimes and
ures are most common after the soft sediments have been drilled ended with string integrity failures.
and more competent and intercalated formations are encountered. Although it proved impossible to identify a single parameter that
These drillstring integrity failures result in time-consuming and described downhole mechanics accurately, the analysis of measure-
costly fishing or side tracking operations, and the potential loss of ments of lateral vibrations, and in particular the calculation of cu-
downhole equipment. These challenges are particularly high in ex- mulative vibration intensity, were found to show direct correlation
ploration areas such as deepwater Brazil, where there are often few with the occurrence of drilling mechanics failures. This finding po-
nearby offset wells and operations can be a long way from supply tentially provides the basis for quantification of a risk index that will
bases. help predict and mitigate catastrophic drillstring failure.

Vibration-related failures Cumulative vibration intensity

Vibration-related failures are a frequent occurrence. Schlum- The field of seismological design, related to the effects of earth-
berger has measured drillstring vibrations in real time since the be- quakes, has developed testing techniques using vibrations that
ginning of mud-pulse telemetry, initially focusing on tool reliability. impose increasing dynamic demands into structures in order to
This experience has consolidated an understanding of measured test the extent of damage and define endurance limits for seismic-
vibrations and how they correlate with drillstring damage. resistant buildings and other constructions. The deepwater drilling
Guides have been developed for reacting to high instantaneous study implemented a similar concept to calculate, based on down-
vibration levels (Figure 1). Experience indicates that most normal hole vibration data, the cumulative dynamic demand imposed on the
drilling operations occur within the green and yellow zones, and drilling assembly for the duration of a bit run.
also that significant damage occurs when lateral vibrations increase The results were then compared to actual drillstring failure events
above 3 G Root Mean Square (RMS). However, even with the use of to determine any relationship. The ultimate goal was to determine
real-time downhole sensors and drilling optimization teams imple- an endurance limit for drilling assemblies that could be used to pre-
menting mitigation actions, vibrations have often not been cured, vent catastrophic failures related to destructive drilling dynamics.
and continuous destructive vibrations have been witnessed until a RMS lateral vibration measurements, provided by a multi-axis vi-
failure occurred. bration cartridge in the BHA, were observed to have the most influ-
Sometimes, mitigation of poor drilling mechanics is only achiev- ence in describing the severity of drilling dynamics. Using this mea-
able by a significant re-design of the drilling system to obtain a surement, a Vibration Intensity parameter Vi was defined, with units
stable drillstring and bit combination. This is clearly not a real-time g2.s, based on a time history analysis: Vi = ∫0T a2(t)dt = ∫0T Viblat2(t)
solution, and the decision to drill ahead is often made due to the lack dt. This calculation of Vi is based on the same technique used when
of an acceptable justification to do otherwise. measuring ground motions from an earthquake, in which accel-
erograms are recorded and then an integral of the square of the
Vibration analysis measured acceleration is used to calculate the intensity of the ac-
Many deepwater drilling runs have been closely studied in an at- celerogram for the duration of the strong motion period. This is the
tempt to better understand the relationships between shocks and vi- period at which the contribution to the total value is significant over
brations versus integrity failures. It is evident that a more robust set of the length of the seismic movement.
criteria for a more reliable risk indicator – based on downhole vibration Calculating the integral of the squared measured lateral vibrations
measurements – is required to trigger a process to pull the string out of (in g) over the duration of a bit run represents the intensity of the
the hole in time to prevent costly integrity failures. In pursuit of this ob- acceleration, or vibrations, imposed on the drilling assembly; in other
jective, Schlumberger has performed an analysis of vibration data from words, the destructive energy of the bit run imposed on the assembly.

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Figure 2 shows examples of vibration data tion was either a significant contributing fac- that all the runs with cumulative vibration
recorded in real-time while drilling; the red tor or the root cause of the failure. A quick intensity over 1 million g2.s ended with a
line shows the equivalent Vi. Using the de- assessment of these results clearly shows catastrophic failure. This was a significant
scribed methodology, this parameter can be
calculated in real-time and used to do a quick Figure 2. Lateral vibration and vibration intensity (Vi) for two bit runs
assessment of the level of cumulative drill-
ing dynamics severity imposed on the BHA
at any point in the run. This is not possible 15 1,500
using the RMS lateral vibrations data alone,

Vibrations (g RMS)
12 Lateral vibration 1,200
and using this for comparison between bit

Vibration intensity
(g2.s) (thousands)
Vibration intensity
runs can become subjective. 9 900
In the accompanying comparison of RMS
vibration measurements (blue spots) and Vi 6 600
(red line) for two of the sample bit runs in
Figure 2, the lower panel shows peaks in lat- 3 300
eral vibrations between many quiet periods.
The top panel shows consistently strong vi- 0 0
0 10 20 30 40
brations, although without the high peaks.
The result is that, by the end of the run, Vi Time (h)
for the top panel is almost twice that of the oth- 15 1,500
er sample, representing a higher risk of fail-
Lateral vibration
ure. This comparison highlights the value of 12 1,200

Vibration intensity
(g2.s) (thousands)
Vibrations (g RMS)

Vibration intensity
the Vi parameter in identifying risk at any time
during a bit run, while RMS lateral vibration 9 900
behavior can appear similar or lead to an er-
6 600
roneous interpretation. Vi provides a snapshot
of the current cumulative vibration risk of the 3 300
run, and provides a comparative indicator for
the implementation of optimization strategies. 0 0
Figure 3 shows the cumulative value of Vi 0 10 20 30 40
at the end of each of the 16 sampled bit runs. Time (h)
The columns in red represent runs that Note: Despite peaks of high lateral vibrations, the lower panel has lower cumulative vibration intensity.
ended in a catastrophic event in which vibra-

Figure 3. Vi and Vrate for all sample bit runs

Vibration intensity (Vi)

1,200
Vibrations intensity

1,250
(g2.s) (thousands)

1,000 2,554 2,624

738 792
800
654 611 606
600
478
400 316
216
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Vibration intensity
per hour (Vi /h)

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Note: Red columns indicate samples with vibration-related failures.

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Figure 4. Vibration time history (top), Vi and Vrisk for all sample bit runs

15
Lateral vibration
(g RMS)

0 Time (h) Time (h) Time (h) Time (h) Time (h) Time (h) Time (h) Time (h) Time (h) Time (h) Time (h) Time (h) Time (h) Time (h) Time (h) Time (h)

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(1,000 x g2.s)

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step towards the objective of defining a safe Sample-2 was a bit-run that achieved the This calculation can be performed during
endurance factor for the drilling assembly normal lifespan expectation for the drilling drilling and updated in real time to deliver a
based on vibration intensity. assembly (200 hours) and experienced ac- simple quantified index that can be used to im-
tive drilling mechanics within what is nor- prove operational procedures and decisions.
Vibration risk factor mally expected for a drilling assembly to Only one of the five samples that actually end-
Stopping drilling when Vi exceeded 1 mil- endure. Sample-2 consistently experienced ed in drillstring integrity failure (Sample-12)
lion g2.s would have prevented three out of the average lateral vibration levels of 1.5 to 2 g had a risk index below three. This level of
five catastrophic drilling dynamic failures in RMS, with a significant number of short in- risk index is provisionally proposed as an op-
the 16 bit–run study. Another observation was tervals in the region of 10 to 15 g RMS. This erational limit at which mitigation should be
that some of the runs that achieved significant bit run would be considered medium risk in mandatory, and action should be triggered to
Vi, but did not experience failures were very terms of vibration. For easier comparison, prevent a catastrophic drillstring failure.
long runs that accumulated high ultimate Vi at the computed risk factors for all 16 samples In addition to analyzing vibration statistics
a slow rate. An example is Sample-2, which ac- were normalized to the factor for Sample-2, from more bit runs, several other factors
cumulated a Vi of 654,000 g2.s in approximate- so, the reference for base risk (1) is: need to be considered. This study analyzed
ly 200 operating hours, during which time it data from similar BHA designs with 9½-in.
drilled approximately 1,000 m (3,280 ft). Vrisk-ref = Vi-ref * Vrate-ref , where Vi-ref = 654,000 g2.s collars, and risk levels may vary with chang-
By contrast, Sample-7 reached 738,000 g2.s and Vrate-ref = 3,270 g2.s/h. ing parameters such as tool size, connec-
(13% higher) in just 70 hours. Comparisons tions, and mechanical strengths.
such as this suggested investigating the value For all runs the vibration risk index is cal- While more work is required, the authors
of an additional risk indication parameter – the culated as: believe that the described methodology to
vibration intensity rate (Vrate). This was com- develop a vibration risk index is robust. Of
puted by dividing the total vibration intensity Vrisk = Vi * Vrate / Vrisk-ref 16 bit runs analyzed, four out of five failures
for the bit run by the number of active hours experienced would have been prevented
– defined as openhole time including drilling, Results and conclusions with a decision triggered when the proposed
reaming, washing, and tripping operations. Figure 4 shows a consolidation of the vi- risk index level was reached. The drillstring
The lower panel of Figure 3 shows Vrate, bration time records and the computed nor- failure in Sample-12 can be tracked to a root
expressed in g2.s/h, for the 16 sample runs. malized risk index (Vrisk) for the 16 sample cause other than vibrations, which were
The four samples with the highest Vrate rep- bit runs. While cumulative vibration inten- only a secondary contributing factor.
resent all but one of the five catastrophic fail- sity (Vi) provides a snapshot indicator of the Although the results and proposed opera-
ures. Having observed that both Vi and Vrate amount of vibrations an assembly has suf- tional limits are based on limited statistics,
had a clear effect on vibration-related risk in fered up to any point of a, the incorporation recent additional studies indicate that the
the samples studied, a risk factor was calcu- of vibration intensity rate (Vrate) provides an methodology is robust for other bit sizes
lated that was the multiple of the two values index (Vrisk) that correlates well with known and the same scale can be assumed valid as
with equal weight, i.e. Vi * Vrate. outcomes of the sampled data. a starting point in other environments. 

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Refloating Norway’s concrete giants –

is it practical?
Studies assess technical and safety challenge

M
ost of Norway’s concrete gravity- Nick Terdre mental impacts, and economic factors.
base platforms, with the excep- Contributing Editor The five concrete platforms which al-
tion of Statfjord A, are to remain ready have been decommissioned from the
in operation for many years to Norwegian and UK sectors have been left in
come. However, the Norwegian situ. And that solution can be taken as the
Petroleum Directorate (NPD) is investigat- default case, for even though in 1978 the
ing the complex issue of whether these giant Norwegian authorities introduced a require-
structures can be refloated and disposed of ment that all Condeeps should be designed
on land whenever their time is up. for refloating, in each case it will have to be
The initiative was prompted by a report shown that such an operation is technically
into the environmental effects of decommis- feasible and can be executed without any
sioning offshore installations prepared last risk to people, assets, or the environment.
year under the leadership of the Climate
and Pollution Agency (CPA), and to which 10 Condeeps to go
the NPD also contributed. Erle Heggen Mæ- Currently there are 10 concrete gravity-
land, senior engineer at the NPD, is heading base platforms in the Norwegian sector, all
the directorate’s work in this area. of them Condeeps. In UK waters there are
The report recommended the “establish- three Condeeps in operation, plus one con-
ment of a joint project together with other crete platform of another design.
relevant authorities to consider future prob- The work by Olav Olsen in developing the
lems and measures in connection with the Condeep design was a generic study that
removal and decommissioning of concrete The three Frigg concrete platforms have been nevetheless represented the state-of-the-art.
installations.” As a result, the NPD teamed left in situ, with just the top of each substructure It pulled together the results of previous
last winter with the CPA and the Petroleum showing above the waves. (Photo: Total) work such as a joint industry project in the
Safety Authority to study key issues relat- late 1990s, said Kolbjørn Høyland, the direc-
ing to the disposal of concrete platforms, tor of the company’s offshore and marine
including the technical challenges, costs, structures division. Other refloating studies
The Condeep
and consequences for health, safety, and the have been carried out by Shell, focusing on
design.
environment. Their findings will be issued the Brent D platform in the UK sector and
in a report early in 2012 and put out to con- Draugen in the Norwegian sector. Brent D,
sultation. one of three Brent platforms with concrete
As part of this project, concrete specialist bases, could cease production as early as the
Dr techn. Olav Olsen performed a study last end of this year.
year into technical factors concerning the All these studies conclude that, from a
refloating of concrete platforms and their technical point of view, refloating is possible,
transport to land. A second study, on the but there are uncertainties, some of which
technical challenges related to the transport are difficult to reduce to within acceptable
and onshore dismantling of concrete plat- limits, Høyland noted. All the derogation
forms, was commissioned earlier this year requests submitted to Ospar so far have
from contractor AF Decom Offshore. This been based on the argument that the risks
study, which has a budget of NKr 500,000 of refloating the platform in question were
($90,000), is due to be delivered in Decem- too high.
ber. That may not continue to be the case
Recovering concrete platforms to shore for future projects. Høyland pointed out
would comply with Ospar’s guidelines on that continuing technology development is
the disposal of offshore installations. But making some of the operations involved in
Ospar – the convention for the protection refloating easier and more reliable. This ap-
of the marine environment of the northwest plies to tools, such as ROVs, and equipment,
Atlantic – left open the possibility of deroga- such as valves and pumps. Moreover, opera-
tion from this ruling for a variety of reasons, tions can be monitored much more closely,
including technical and safety risks, environ- while modeling and simulation of the refloat-

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ing operation can be performed much more accurately thanks to

the development of non-linear finite element calculating techniques.
Typical of the Condeep design is the cluster of usually 19 or 24
cylindrical cells which form the base, the walls of which extend
downwards to form the skirts which penetrate into the seabed and
hold the platform in place. The base also provides the foundation
for three or four shafts – or in the case of the Draugen platform, just
one – on which the topsides rest. The platforms have been installed
in a range of water depths, from 82 m (269 ft) in the case of Sleipner
A to 303 m (994 ft) for Troll A.
Being concrete these platforms not surprisingly are heavy. Troll A
weighs just over 1 million metric tons (1.1 million tons) and Gullfaks
C just under that.

Assessment issues
The uncertainties become apparent from an early stage in the
process of planning for refloating, when the state of the structure Next in line for decommissioning – Statoil’s Statfjord A platform. (Photo:
is assessed. For example, the structural integrity of the concrete Marit Hommedal/Statoil)
can be affected by cracking, which can occur in places such as the
spaces between the cells which are difficult to inspect, or by damage This control is best achieved by a combination of pumping out ballast
suffered during installation or in the operational phase, as has hap- water from the cells and pumping in water under the skirts.
pened with some platforms. Maintaining the correct amount of pressure – not too little, but
A key element in the offshore preparations is the closing of the not too much – is crucial, but knowing what these limits are is not
conductor and other openings, an operation that has to be per- easy to calculate. As the study says, “…freeing the platform is there-
formed remotely by ROVs. If the openings are not made properly fore an operation which involves great risk.”
water-tight, it will be impossible to create the necessary pressure Another unknown is what will happen to the grout which has been in-
within the skirts to free the base from the seabed. jected under the skirts to increase the platform’s adherence to the sea-
Freeing the skirts from the seabed calls for a high degree of control bed. As the platform comes free of the seabed, it may remain stuck to
to ensure that as the buoyancy of the structure changes from negative the base or fall off, in which case the weight of the platform is lightened.
to positive, it does not suddenly break free in an uncontrolled fashion. To achieve the necessary stability during refloating and towing,

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Statfjord A studies under way

Planning is under way to decommission Statoil’s Statfjord A,
a concrete gravity-base structure (GBS), and given that the com-
pany operates another eight such platforms, its fate may have
implications for the others.
The platform was one of the first to be installed on the Norwe-
gian continental shelf, in 1977.
“It was not designed for refloating, and the likelihood of that is
not so great,” said Thor Viggo Aarrestad, leader for the planning
and execution of the Statfjord A cessation of production and
decommissioning. “But we have to study the possibility not only
because it is a requirement but also to be sure that we are doing
it in the best way.”
Early-phase studies of different disposal options, including
refloating of the GBS, are under way, Aarrestad says. Aker Solu-
tions, Dr techn Olav Olsen and Emas AMC are all involved in
these. The result of these and other programs will be incorporat-
ed in a decommissioning plan including an impact assessment,
and a disposal plan with the recommended disposal option. This
spring the company issued its proposal for the impact assess-
ment program for consultation by stakeholders – comments were
due back by the end of June.
Next year, when the draft impact assessment has been drawn
up, it will be circulated again among stakeholders for comment. JUMBO
Statoil will then finalize its recommended program and submit it
to the authorities in April 2013, according to the proposed time-
OFFSHORE
table. If it recommends leaving the concrete base in place, the
members of Ospar – the commission responsible for implement- DEEP WATER
ing the Oslo-Paris conventions for the protection of the environ-
ment of the northeast Atlantic Ocean – will have to consider INSTALLATION
whether to grant derogation from the normal requirement of full
removal of offshore installations. With its DP2 Heavy Lift Vessels,
The decommissioning program will then have to receive ap-
proval from the Norwegian authorities, probably in 2014. Jumbo is able to transport and
Even the impact assessment proposal is pessimistic on the install structures in a single voyage.
likelihood of the platform being refloated. “Having been in opera-
tion offshore for more than 30 years,” it says, “it is anticipated that
removal will be at least technically challenging, and probably not
feasible.” The question of onshore disposal will be studied only if
refloating is found to be feasible, Aarrestad says. depth: 1,000 m
The Statfjord A base consists of 19 cylindrical cells and three
install capacity: 1,000 t
shafts which support the topsides. It comprises 87,000 cu m (3
million cu ft) of concrete with a weight of 200,100 metric tons
(220,572 tons). There is a further 43,800 cu m (1,546,782 cu ft) of
solid ballast comprising sand and ilmenite. At the bottom of the
base are skirts which penetrate three meters into the seabed.
Production on Statfjord A is expected for now to cease in 2016. depth: 1,700 m
If refloating is the selected decommissioning option, this will not
install capacity: 600 t
take place until the field as a whole has ceased production, at
earliest in 2020. If the substructure is left in place, removal of the
topsides and preparation of the base is likely to happen sooner.
Statfjord A is an integrated platform with drilling, processing,
storage, and accommodation facilities. The topsides, which has
a dry weight of 41,535 metric tons (45,784 tons), was installed in
multiple lifts, partly inshore and partly on the field.
depth: 3,000 m
install capacity: 200 t
some of the topsides weight may have to be removed to ensure the
weight on the shafts is not excessive. While the platform is static, for
example if it is left in situ, its stability is improved if there is some
topsides weight to keep the shafts compressed, Høyland said.
In the case of refloating, an operation which will last several days,
an adequate weather window is essential. Stormy weather could
threaten the operation or the subsequent tow to shore.
RELIABLE
Among all the uncertainties are some brighter spots. For exam- STRENGTH
ple, the experience of refloating Phillips’ Maureen A platform, a steel
gravity-base structure in the UK sector, proved to be easier than ex-
pected. The motion of waves on the structure helped to free it from
the seabed.
There will be no queue of concrete-base platforms waiting to be
decommissioned in the Norwegian sector in the foreseeable future.
Next in line after Statfjord A probably will be the other two Statfjord
platforms, as the field is currently expected to cease production in
2020. The other fields with concrete installations are all expected to
remain in production until well into the 2020s, if not even longer. 
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Measuring the impact of aging

infrastructure in the UK North Sea
James Harpin
IHS

A
s a mature hydrocarbon province, the UK is characterized by
declining average discovery size after decades of targeting
the largest and lowest-risk prospects. While many studies
suggest large volumes of hydrocarbons are still in place in
the region, these resources likely will be in smaller accumu-
lations and under more challenging conditions. These factors will
make exploration and production activities more difficult. They are
mitigated to an extent by a well-developed network of production in-
frastructure. Tapping into this network and sharing facilities allows
new fields to be developed in a cost-efficient manner.
Extended-reach drilling from existing production platforms is one
way to accomplish efficiencies. This makes it possible to bring a
field onstream with only minor infrastructure modifications, and the
project can capitalize on the benefits afforded to a platform develop-
ment. Unfortunately, this only works for discoveries within a few
kilometers of existing platforms. At greater distances, discoveries
need to have minimal infrastructure requirements, and be tied back
to existing platforms. From there, the discoveries can be controlled
remotely so production can be processed and exported. Normally
unmanned installations (NUIs) offer some benefits of manned pro-
duction platforms, while subsea completions and manifolds provide
lower development capex.
Between 2000 and 2010, approximately 150 offshore UK fields
were brought onstream, which current estimates indicate will pro-
duce approximately 6.5 Bboe in total. Approximately 90 of these
fields were developed as subsea tiebacks to existing production plat-
forms, mainland receiving terminals, and even other subsea devel-
opments (through a process called daisy chaining). These subsea
developments have estimated ultimate recoverable (EUR) reserves
of 2.4 Bboe. This shows the importance of subsea developments in
the UK. As well as having an impact on production, subsea devel-
opments have intangible benefits such as increasing longevity at
production hubs; and, as with all field developments, they increase
the amount of existing infrastructure, which in turn can be used by
future developments.
During the past decade, the average size of a subsea tieback was
27 MMboe, which is substantially lower than the average size of a
development with above-surface infrastructure (67 MMboe). Small-
er fields are preferentially developed as subsea tiebacks because the
small reserve size necessitates cost-effective development. deepwater (600 m, or 1,968 ft) Laggan-Tormore development west of
Approximately 40 small fields (< 10 MMboe) were developed the Shetlands. Consent to develop the fields was granted in March
from 2000 to 2010. More than half of them were developed with sub- 2010, and first gas is anticipated in 2014. Total plans to install two
sea infrastructure tied back to host processing and export centers. six-slot subsea templates which will connect to a new gas process-
All of these small fields, with the exception of one, made use of existing plant at Sullom Voe by a new 140 km (87 mi) subsea pipeline
ing infrastructure. This proves that, in the last 10 years, small field and control umbilical. This impressive project, which is expected to
developments on the UK continental shelf (UKCS) have depended cost £2.5 billion ($3.9 billion), aims to recover gas and condensate
on the surrounding infrastructure. However, as the giant fields of equivalent to approximately 230 MMbbl of oil.
yesteryear are depleted, abandoned, and decommissioned, the op- The gas will be transported to the UK mainland through a com-
portunities to tieback small fields will progressively decline. bination of a new pipeline and Total’s Alwyn North-St. Fergus pipe-
To see what can be achieved by tieback, look at current projects. line (the only pre-existing infrastructure to be used in the project).
One of the most technically advanced examples in the UK is Total’s While this vast project is far from typical, it illustrates what can

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be achieved with a subsea tieback. Also, Cyrus produced through a dynamically

Laggan-Tormore should encourage future positioned tanker connected to a subsea
exploration in this area and will increase po- wellhead and riser from 1990 until 1992,
tential for future area tiebacks. when the vessel was removed to another
At the other end of the spectrum is RWE’s field. To maximize use of the Andrew infra-
Topaz field in the southern North Sea. Dis- structure, BP drove and encouraged explo-
covered in 1987, after a long period of inac- ration in the surrounding area. In 2003, Far-
tivity, a development plan was submitted in ragon was discovered to the north of Cyrus.
2008. In late 2009, Topaz came onstream. A Farragon was developed with a subsea man-
single subsea well produces gas, which is ifold that was daisy-chained to Andrew, via
exported to the nearby Schooner field’s NUI Cyrus, and production commenced in 2005.
through a 15 km (9 mi) pipeline. Schooner More than half of the small fields developed in
Kinnoull, discovered in 2008, is another
is in turn tied back to the Caister-Murdoch the UK North Sea from 2000 to 2010 depend field being developed and expected to join
hub 28 km (17 mi) away. Then the gas is upon subsea infrastructure tieback to host the cluster in 2012. The field is further north
exported from there to the UK. Topaz is a processing and export facilities. than either Cyrus or Farragon, is being de-
small field, with EUR reserves of 7.5 MM- veloped as a subsea tieback directly to An-
boe (mid-case). The development was de- ellites may be lost, but can satellites effect drew. The Kinnoull-Andrew pipeline is being
scribed as marginal by RWE. host activities? installed with the facility to tie-in an addition-
All development scenarios involved link- BP’s Andrew cluster is an example where al subsea development: Arundel which was
ing Topaz to the Caister-Murdoch cluster, tieback of satellite fields will increase EUR discovered in 2000.
and it is likely that without this nearby in- from the host field, thereby adding value Following the addition of production from
frastructure, development of Topaz would that otherwise would not be accessed. The Farragon, the estimated cease of production
have been non-commercial as opposed to large Andrew field was brought onstream (COP) date for Andrew was extended by
marginal. in 1996 following the installation of a single approximately 10 years to 2022. Production
Caister-Murdoch is a hub that receives fixed platform. Initially, it was thought that from Kinnoull (and therefore, from Andrew
production from approximately 13 other Andrew held reserves between 80 and 120 also) is expected to continue until 2025 re-
fields, which is exported to Theddlethorpe MMboe, with production expected until gardless of activities on Arundel, which may
through a 180-km (112-mi) pipeline. Once 2014. At the time of development, the nearby lead to further increases.
Caister-Murdoch becomes uneconomic and Cyrus field (to the north) was tied-in to the At the end of 2010, more than 217 MM-
is abandoned, the opportunity to tie-in sat- Andrew platform. boe had been produced from Andrew alone

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— around twice as much as originally is removed, subsea tieback developments of the UKCS will have lost the nearest avail-
forecast. Upside exists on Andrew in the will become less cost effective. able point of production infrastructure.
form of a Lower Cretaceous gas reservoir COP and decommissioning procedures Fifty fields form clusters that are integral
beneath the existing Andrew development, are under way at giant fields such as Brent, to the UKCS infrastructure. They are con-
which BP plans to develop. It is expected Indefatigable, and Miller. The maturity of nected to more than 100 other producing
that at least 35 MMboe will be produced the North Sea means that operations like fields and approximately 90 undeveloped
from this reservoir, which is in addition this will be ongoing at different hub loca- discoveries are within 10 km to 15 km of the
to the extra 10 years of production from tions for the remainder of the North Sea’s infrastructure.
the primary Paleocene Andrew reservoir. productive life. As surface infrastructure is Developing marginal fields in the North
None of this would have been commercial removed, tiebacks will still be technically Sea is a race against time. Decommission-
without the production contributed by the possible using remaining export pipelines ing will increase tieback distances, thereby
satellite fields allowing operations to be ex- and other nearby fields for occasional sup- increasing development costs and reducing
tended. A concern is that, by removing in- port operations. However, they will become project commerciality. It follows that fewer
frastructure when a field stops producing, increasingly difficult and less cost effective satellites would be tied-in to the remaining
future development opportunities in the as the distance between surface infrastruc- production hubs. Without satellite fields to
area may be stunted. ture increases. bolster production towards the end of their
Since production started on the UKCS A number of fields with platforms are productive life, operations would become
in late 1960s, approximately 150 fields have expected to cease production sometime uneconomic sooner than might otherwise
been developed (or are being developed) between 2010 and 2020 (data from IHS and have been the case, hastening decline.
as subsea tiebacks to existing infrastruc- www.decomplatform.com). The map shows This is a negative feedback loop — small
ture. The average tieback distance is ap- nearly 50 fields, many of which have more and medium fields become marginal and
proximately 15 km (9 mi), which drops to than one platform. However, the actual num- marginal fields become non-commercial. If
approximately 10 km (6 mi) for small fields. ber is liable to change depending on profit- the hydrocarbons are not extracted while
Remoteness of the small fields is key to their ability. infrastructure remains, they may become
development since, as distance from poten- Despite the uncertainty regarding the ac- stranded permanently. The story of field
tial host platforms increases, so does de- tual number, it is clear that many fields on abandonment and decommissioning is one
velopment cost. Exploration targeting rela- the UKCS are approaching the end of their that is unavoidable, however, utilizing in-
tively small structures is centered in heavily productive life. Once all of these fields have frastructure while it is available can help to
developed areas where access to infrastruc- ceased production and decommissioning delay these events and maximize production
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Looking ahead: Riser integrity John MacDonald

2H Offshore

management in the Gulf of Mexico

D
eepwater riser systems are going through a midlife crisis which problem before failure, further referred to as maturity. In turn, matu-
must be addressed. Operators want to extend riser service life rity was evaluated through six equally weighted questions:
while many of the technologies required for validation are not • Is the failure mechanism well understood? (predictable)
yet mature. The most effective risk mitigation tool is to design • Can it be designed against? (barriers)
out any threats. This is difficult because complex deepwater • Can it be mitigated during operation? (easy to control/repair)
systems do not always respond as predicted in the design. Integrity • Can it be monitored? (data acquisition and processing)
management (IM) is not new to the Gulf of Mexico (GoM). Engineers • Can the degradation be discreetly measured? (determine mean time to
have worked since the first offshore development to ensure that small failure – MTTF)
threats do not lead to national incidents. What is new are recent events • Do we (integrity engineers) regularly implement barriers/inspec-
which point at the elephant in the room. Without a defined charter and tions?
sufficient budget to manage known risks, these risks escalate, thus Finally, criticality was plotted against maturity for all 53 sections. To
reducing the value of an asset, and potentially endangering personnel prioritize efforts, a threshold was drawn such that sections above the
and the environment. What has emerged in the GoM is a discipline threshold would benefit from the most immediate attention. Eleven
of specialized engineers executing a common process called “integrity sections were identified as very critical and/or immature.
management”. That process seeks to anticipate integrity threats and
mitigate them, rather than respond to incidents. Key threats
Some of the key threats to riser integrity were investigated, and
Deepwater lifecycle remedies discussed. Some of the findings are discussed below.
A key to lifecycle reliability is a form of the hazard function called Internal corrosion of SCRs. Mismanaged production fluids can
the “bathtub curve.” The bathtub curve shows an increased probabil- corrode internal walls of deepwater risers. Internal corrosion reduces
ity of failure both in early life (infant mortality), and again as the asset wall thickness until a combination of operational pressures, fatigue,
nears the anticipated end of life (wear-out). Deepwater GoM risers and stress leads to riser failure. Chemical injection (CI) is the most
are no exception. The bathtub curve assumes a standard economic common approach to mitigate corrosion. While the technology re-
design principle: The component will be close to failure at the end of quired to get CI into the production stream is mature, getting the
the design life. right chemical mix is a very complex.
The earliest GoM deepwater riser systems are in the “golden years” A mature technology to measure corrosion is intelligent pigging.
of their design life. As predicted, most failures occurred early in the life, Unfortunately the often complex subsea architecture renders pro-
primarily due to incorrect design assumptions and/or material defects. duction risers “un-piggable.” Crawlers and tethered pigs may solve
Engineers benefitted from early failures, and newer designs have ma- the problem. Additionally, investment should be made in software
tured in response. However, within the next
five to 10 years the rate of wear-out failures
is statistically more probable. These factors
will test industry’s ability to validate fitness
for service and to extend the life of deepwa-
ter risers.

Criticality and maturity

assessment
To prioritize efforts, 2H Offshore has
identified the more critical components in
deepwater riser systems based on years of
experience in riser IM. Three typical GoM
riser types (top tensioned [TTR], steel
catenary [SCR], and flexible) were consid-
ered. Each riser type was sectioned (based
on consistent properties and threats) and
relevant threats were assessed for both the
consequence of failure, and the probability
of that failure. A total of 53 primary sections
were ranked based on a standard risk as-
sessment process, and assigned a relevant
criticality rating. Deepwater GoM risers lifecycle is a bathtub curve based on a typical asset with component design life
Each section then was reviewed against of 25 years. The curve is overlaid with the age of the first deepwater risers (colored lines by type) and
available methods to effectively indicate a some of the more prominent riser system failures (colored circles by type).

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which can provide real-time wall loss prediction.

External corrosion of above water risers. Similar to internal
corrosion, external corrosion causes wall loss which can lead to
riser failure. However, above the waterline, risers are single barrier
and also are near personnel, which increase criticality. Methods to
identify and repair above-water pipe are mature. Visual inspection
combined with ultrasonic testing (UT) of corroded sections allow
close and detailed assessment. The key is to have these riser sec-
tions regularly inspected behind obstructions and along the entire
length to the waterline.
Degradation of the SCR flexible element. There are cases of
elastomeric flexible element degradation in SCRs. Degradation has
been attributed to unplanned operating conditions (pressure and
temperature cycling) leading to creep rupture of the elastomeric lay-
ers. Asymmetric “bulging” of the creep is easy to see upon close vi-
sual inspection. Unfortunately, not many tools are available that can
clean the marine growth to provide high-quality images for inspec-
tion. Pressure and temperature data are readily available and should
be processed through simple algorithms to estimate accumulated
creep, even predicting rupture. Key performance indicators and
improved inspection can provide enough warning to plan a repair.
Riser strakes. Riser strakes in the upper 500 ft (152 m) foul with
marine growth, typically within three to five years. One study indi-
cates that as marine growth exceeds 1/3 of the strake height, the
suppression efficiency begins to drop. Anti-foul treatments have
been largely ineffective. Currently, strake cleaning often uses a wa-
ter jet to clear the growth. This can be time consuming; depends
heavily on the skill of the ROV pilot; and there is a risk of strake Each major riser type was considered. Each type was sectioned, and
damage. More efficient cleaning tools are needed for fairings and criticality was plotted against maturity for all 53 sections. A threshold was
strakes. Additionally, advancements in coatings to control marine drawn (marked as a red line).
growth without harming the environment should be pursued.
Stress and fatigue of the SCR touch-down point. Large stress the technician. Several methods are at varying degrees of maturity
events and cyclic loading accumulate fatigue damage at the SCR such as embedded fiber optics, acoustic monitoring, and scanning
touch-down point. Accumulated fatigue damage can lead to through- tools that can deal with the multiple layers in a flexible riser. These
wall cracks and/or catastrophic failure. There have been few efforts technologies need to be matured.
to validate deepwater riser fatigue, so the design standards recom-
mend a safety factor of 10 in the face of the uncertainty. Effective “fa- The way forward
tigue tracker” algorithms can be developed and validated to accumu- Integrity engineers should anticipate an increase in end-of-life fail-
late fatigue based on real-time measured environmental parameters. ures of deepwater risers within the next 5 to 10 years. There are a
Ideally, marginal designs (<500-year factored fatigue life) should number of technologies to validate system performance which should
implement riser monitoring programs to supplement and validate be matured. These include the following:
the design assumptions and approach. • Development of vehicles to conduct in-line inspection (ILI) for
Stress and fatigue of TTR upper sections. Centralizers in the “un-piggable” lines
upper riser sections can degrade and/or “back-off.” Because the fa- • Utilization of available data (tension, P&T, environment, etc.) as
tigue and strength response is often optimized based on centralizer indicators of system performance
location/gap, the degradation can lead to unexpected operational • Validation through motion or strain monitoring of riser perfor-
loads. Regular visual inspections with clearly defined acceptance mance in cutting edge designs
criteria are key to mitigating long-term degradation. Additionally, • Methods of component inspection, replacement, and emergen-
the integrity engineers should be monitoring available tension data cy response procedures should be designed-in.
and calculated bending loads to identify negative trends. These gaps should be of first priority in terms of industry devel-
TTR sections within the aircan stem. Similar to the upper sec- opment to stay ahead of the aging infrastructure.
tions, TTR stresses within the aircan and stem are often optimized In addition to the technical challenges, the IM discipline faces
by centralizer placement. The challenge however, is that after in- a number of industry hurdles to overcome. A lack of common IM
stallation there is no method to verify the condition or location of standards for deepwater GoM risers are giving way to segmented
the centralizers. Designs should ensure that key elements affect- assumptions, approaches, and dialog about where the industry
ing system response, such as centralizer location can be validated should go. Failure data for deepwater risers is limited. Operators
throughout the asset life. Where direct inspection is infeasible, data should share data on anomalies and failures, along with the inevitable
monitoring can again be used by the IM engineer as an indicator of associated root-cause assessments. This data could be held in a com-
performance. mon industry database consisting of both the component and system
Corrosion in flexible risers. The armor wire in flexible risers can reliability in operation experience including failures.
be subjected to corrosive fluids due to internal or external sheath Ultimately, compilation and sharing of intergrity issue information
failure. The flexible riser pipe design is such that there may be no will help drive improvements in component design, increase reliability,
visual indicators of a problem. The typical approach is annulus test- and, consequently, enhance protection of the environment and person-
ing which, like guided wave UT, can be subjective and depends on nel safety. 

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SUBSEA

IOR/EOR equipment
moves toward seabed
Statoil among leaders in applied technology for better recovery
F. Jay Schempf
Contributing Editor

T
he release of fresh information con-
cerning new subsea equipment for
improved/enhanced oil and gas re-
covery (IOR/EOR) actually to be
used or in testing before deployment
was a significant topic among the technical
presentations made at the recent Offshore
Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston.
In addition to discussions of new “wrin-
kles” in pump-based subsea boosting –
evolving technology being applied increas-
ingly in remote deepwater regions – this
also was the venue for detailed technical
presentations regarding subsea compres-
sors for more robust deepwater boosting,
as well as for injecting carbon dioxide (CO2)
and other gases to achieve either carbon se-
questration or EOR.
Additionally, more comprehensive infor-
mation was disseminated about the long-
term testing of new subsea water treatment
and injection tools developed for secondary
Statoil uses surface scrubbing and absorption equipment before injecting separated CO2 into a
recovery applications in seafloor wells at any
brine-filled aquifer that overlies the Sleipner producing formation.
water depth.
The impetus for subsea equipment of any undesirable consequences, i.e. production production from the wellhead to surface
type is the opportunity to gain long-term, downtime during repair or replacement and handling facilities, and for deepwater well
trouble-free production from offshore wells the resulting interruption in the revenue intervention, to name a few.
without having to place such equipment on stream. In older and marginal North Sea fields
the surface where space is precious, par- developed from fixed platforms, for exam-
ticularly on floating deepwater production Statoil leading the field ple, Statoil was among the first to use fixed
facilities. Key benefits from such technolo- It is no secret that companies the farthest platform-mounted separators and pumps to
gies include improved production, reduced ahead in applying subsea IOR/EOR produc- introduce raw or treated sea water bolstered
surface facility costs, higher net present tion technologies are those heavily vested in with polymers or gases into injection wells
value (NPV), and less chance of gas hydrate the North Sea, along the Norwegian shelf, to achieve secondary recovery.
blocks in seafloor flow equipment in remote, and, looking forward, in the Norwegian Additionally, spurred by its long-standing
deepwater reservoirs with high gas-to-oil (and Russian) sectors of the Barents Sea. ambition to achieve an average 65% ultimate
ratios. Statoil AS is thought to have placed the recovery rate from its platform-operated
The main issue with a more rapid ad- most emphasis, over time, on moving more fields and 55% from subsea fields (world
vancement in the use of subsea equipment, production equipment to the seafloor. average ultimate recovery is 22%), Statoil
however, has always been reliability, along Among subsea technologies installed by actively pursues various “semi-tertiary” re-
with safety and environmental concerns. Statoil, and in turn by other companies in covery technologies, particularly injecting
Such equipment must operate for long time Western European waters, are equipment captured industrial CO2 into existing and
spans without the need for intervention. for gas-liquid separation (processing), for new offshore fields for EOR.
Premature equipment failures, should they connecting new discoveries with subsea So far, however, no companies are said
occur at all, necessitate calling an interven- production equipment to existing produc- to be actively engaged in straight miscible
tion vessel or drilling rig to the site, creating tion facilities (tiebacks), for pump-boosting gas floods for enhanced recovery, and that

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𰀃𰀃𰀃𰀶𰁌𰁑𰁆𰁈𰀃𰀕𰀓𰀓𰀛𰀏𰀃𰁗𰁋𰁈𰀃𰂿𰁕𰁖𰁗𰀃𰁄𰁑𰁇𰀃𰁒𰁑𰁏𰁜𰀃𰁓𰁕𰁒𰁙𰁈𰁑𰀃𰁊𰁏𰁒𰁙𰁈𰀃𰁗𰁒𰀃𰁕𰁈𰁇𰁘𰁆𰁈𰀃𰁋𰁄𰁑𰁇𰀃𰁌𰁐𰁓𰁄𰁆𰁗𰀃𰁌𰁑𰁍𰁘𰁕𰁌𰁈𰁖𰀄
𰀃𰀯𰁄𰁅𰀃𰀷𰁈𰁖𰁗𰁈𰁇𰀏𰀃𰀩𰁌𰁈𰁏𰁇𰀃𰀳𰁕𰁒𰁙𰁈𰁑𰀄𰀃
𰀚𰀃𰁐𰁒𰁑𰁗𰁋𰀃𰀮𰀲𰀱𰀪𰀃𰀪𰁏𰁒𰁙𰁈𰀃𰁗𰁈𰁖𰁗𰀃𰁖𰁘𰁐𰁐𰁄𰁕𰁜𰀝𰀃𰀸𰁑𰁌𰁙𰁈𰁕𰁖𰁌𰁗𰁜𰀃𰁒𰁉𰀃𰀺𰁌𰁖𰁆𰁒𰁑𰁖𰁌𰁑𰀐𰀰𰁌𰁏𰁚𰁄𰁘𰁎𰁈𰁈𰀃

𰀘𰀘𰀓
𰀘𰀔𰀗𰀑𰀗𰀃𰁏𰁅𰁖
𰀩𰁒𰁘𰁕𰀃𰁙𰁈𰁕𰁖𰁌𰁒𰁑𰁖𰀃
𰀘𰀓𰀓
𰁑𰁒𰁚𰀃𰁄𰁙𰁄𰁌𰁏𰁄𰁅𰁏𰁈𰀄
𰀗𰀘𰀓
𰀗𰀓𰀓𰀮𰀲𰀱𰀪𰀃
𰀖𰀘𰀓𰁒𰁕𰁌𰁊𰁌𰁑𰁄𰁏
𰁌𰁌𰁏
𰀖𰀓𰀓𰀕𰀜𰀙𰀑𰀖𰀃𰁏𰁅𰁖
𰀕𰀘𰀓
𰀳𰀳𰀨𰀤𰀮
𰀨𰀤𰀤𰀮
𰀮𰀲𰀱𰀪𰀃
𰀕𰀓𰀓
𰁆𰁒𰁏𰁇𰀃𰁚𰁈𰁄𰁗𰁋𰁈𰁕
𰁇𰁗𰁋
𰀔𰀘𰀓
𰀔𰀓𰀓𰀛𰀚𰀑𰀔𰀃𰁏𰁅𰁖
𰀘𰀓𰀙𰀜𰀑𰀛𰀃𰁏𰁅𰁖
𰀗𰀚𰀑𰀜𰀃𰁏𰁅𰁖𰀮𰀲𰀱𰀪𰀃
𰀓𰀔𰀚𰀑𰀗𰀃𰁏𰁅𰁖𰁖𰁘𰁓𰁈𰁕𰁇
𰁇𰁈𰁛𰁗𰁈𰁕𰁌𰁗𰁜
𰁗
𰀳𰀨𰀤𰀮𰀃𰀬𰀰𰀳𰀤𰀦𰀷𰀃𰀩𰁒𰁕𰁆𰁈𰀃𰁗𰁒𰀳𰀨𰀤𰀮𰀃𰀬𰀰𰀳𰀤𰀦𰀷𰀃𰀩𰁒𰁕𰁆𰁈𰀃𰁗𰁒𰀳𰀨𰀤𰀮𰀃𰀬𰀰𰀳𰀤𰀦𰀷𰀃𰀩𰁒𰁕𰁆𰁈𰀃𰁗𰁒
𰀩𰁌𰁑𰁊𰁈𰁕𰁖𰀮𰁑𰁘𰁆𰁎𰁏𰁈𰁖𰀥𰁄𰁆𰁎𰀃𰁒𰁉𰀃𰀫𰁄𰁑𰁇𰀃𰀱𰁈𰁚𰀃𰀹𰁈𰁕𰁖𰁌𰁒𰁑𰀄𰀃𰀃
𰀮𰀲𰀱𰀪𰀃
𰀫𰀳𰀷𰀃𰀶𰁘𰁓𰁈𰁕𰀪𰁕𰁌𰁓𰂊

𰀔𰀐𰀛𰀓𰀓𰀐𰀙𰀙𰀜𰀐𰀔𰀙𰀚𰀚𰀃𰀃𰀃𰀃𰁚𰁚𰁚𰀑𰁒𰁕𰁕𰁖𰁄𰁉𰁈𰁗𰁜𰀑𰁆𰁒𰁐𰀒𰁎𰁒𰁑𰁊
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SUBSEA

tem – activated by a low-frequency electric power setup – may be a

welcome component for engineers who fear premature breakdowns
in what is generally perceived as highly sophisticated seafloor equip-
ment.

Another unit slated for Asgard

Framo Engineering is not the only subsea gas compressor manu-
facturer working to help Statoil boost lagging offshore natural gas
production.
This past February, Aker Solutions, under an NOK 3.4 billion
($635 million) contract with Statoil et al to provide the Asgard field
with an area subsea compression system, chose MAN Diesel & Tur-
bo Schweiz AG (MAN Turbo) to supply four hermetically sealed,
single high- speed oil free intelligent motocompressor (HOFIM)
counter-axial compressor units, each powered by integrated 8-MW,
MAN Turbo M43 high-speed electric motors. The compressor sys-
tems are slated to be installed in the field as soon as 2014.
Statoil has determined that by that time formation pressures at
The SWIT seafloor sea water treatment unit, contained in a “still room” en- Asgard’s Midgard and Mikkel rich gas offset deposits, already de-
closure, sterilizes sea water in a two-stage procedure before it is injected veloped with subsea wellhead and flow equipment in water depths
for improved reservoir sweep. ranging from 787-1,017 ft (240-310 m), will lag to the point that they
can no longer produce unaided to the Asgard B platform some 75
includes Statoil. But Statoil and BP considered, and then shelved, miles (120 km) away. As operator for Petoro, ENI Norge, Total E&P
plans to do so in Western European waters. Norge, and Mobil Development Norway, Statoil calculated that a
But when it comes to sequestering greenhouse gases in storage subsea gas compression system, operating at a flow rate of 520 cu
formations to isolate them from the atmosphere and fresh water m/hr (79,000 boe/d) could add as much as 28 bcf of gas and some
aquifers, Statoil, once again, is a leading participant. 14 MMbbl of condensate to ultimate Asgard recovery.
Each Asgard seabed compression unit will be comprised of a gas
Applying wet compresses cooler, a liquid separator, and a compressor, each powered from
Among subsea technologies getting special emphasis is subsea Asgard’s A production vessel. The seabed units, protected by trawl
gas compression as a means of boosting deepwater natural gas pro- net-resistant enclosures, will be placed between the reservoirs and
duction in fields where reservoir pressures become too low to main- the receiving platform. From those points, the compressed gas will
tain natural flow at economical production rates. be pressurized sufficiently to reach the platform through existing
Statoil, along with Bergen-based Framo Engineering, detailed the seabed flow lines.
results of a nine-month (August 2010 to April 2011) submergence MAN Turbo has described the HOFIM compressors as having
testing program, using hydrocarbons, for a Framo wet gas compres- only a few components, including a hermetically sealed pressure
sor that probably will be used by Statoil, et al, in the Gullfaks South vessel to hold the outer case of the hydraulic compressor and fully
field, in water depths ranging from 445 to 720 ft (135 to 220 m) on integrated motor, which are cooled by the process gas. Published
the Norwegian shelf. Installation of subsea compression equipment accounts note that the rotating arms rise by dint of wear-free, elec-
in some form is slated for the field beginning in 2013. tronically controlled magnetic bearings
The test, conducted as part of a qualification program contained The MAN Turbo compressors, expected to be robust enough
under Statoil’s Gullfaks 2030 Subsea Compression (GSC) project, is to operate between required maintenance intervals of five years or
still ongoing, but results indicate that the Framo WGC 4000 multiple longer, currently are being built and will be tested next year at a
stage, full-scale axial wet gas compressor, equipped with contra-ro- company fabrication facility in Zurich. Commissioning is scheduled
tating impellers, meets the hydraulic capacity called for the Gullfaks for 2014.
application and is otherwise suited to field design requirements. Meanwhile, Statoil also is considering subsea gas compression
The 4,000-kW unit has the capacity to compress and pump 4,000 boosting for the Troll field in water depths from 1,033-1,132 ft (315-
actual cu m/hr. (142 Mcf/hr.) of high liquid load/low gas volume 345 m) in the northern North Sea, which holds 60% of Norway’s
fraction (GVF) with GVF ratios ranging from zero to infinity. natural gas reserves. The company also is mulling the use of subsea
According to Tor Willgohs Knudsen of Statoil and Nils Arne gas compression for the Snohvit field in the Barents Sea.
Solvik of Framo, the maximum liquid load tested at full speed (4,500
rpm) through April 2011was in excess of 250 actual cu m /hr. (8.8 Others in the field
Mcf/hr), corresponding to a GVF of 95%. Framo and MAN Turbo are joined by other companies with sub-
They said tests reveal that the WGC 4000 is suited for Gullfaks sea compressor units either being tested for specific deepwater proj-
requirements, and were the Framo compressor to be chosen by ects or being marketed for near-term availability.
Statoil, one each would be installed near two of the Gullfaks South Aker Solutions, for example, has included a GE Oil & Gas Blue-C
subsea production templates to boost gas flow. These installations, subsea wet gas compressor, rated for water depths to 3,000 ft (915
they noted, would accelerate gas production, increase the total re- m), in the design, construction, and testing of a pilot subsea com-
covery rate, and delay, if not eliminate, the need for a slow, low-pres- pression station for the Ormen Lange field in the Norwegian Sea,
sure production phase from the field in the future which, ultimately, operated by Norske Shell, et al, in water depths from 860-2,821 ft
would necessitate well abandonment. (262-860 m). The GE-assembled compressor is in a six-month per-
Framo’s multi-phase compression technology features a compact formance test in a salt water test pit at Nyhamna, Norway, using
device whose contra-rotating impeller system eliminates compli- unprocessed hydrocarbons from the field. Final endurance testing
cated upstream processing equipment, and its standard control sys- will follow (see Offshore, “Subsea compression test could determine

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Each Asgard seabed compression unit will have a

gas cooler, a liquid separator and a compressor,
each powered from a production vessel.

long-term future of Ormen Lange field,”

April 2011, 100).
Norske Shell has not yet decided whether
to use a surface system aboard a TLP built
for the purpose, or use the seabed system,
which would connect with the existing all-
subsea production facilities in the field. Nev-
ertheless, the company has determined that
Ormen Lange gas will require gas produc-
tion boosting “towards 2017.”
A list of other subsea gas compressor
manufacturers includes Siemens Energy,
which has factory and underwater tested its
ECO II compression system, rated for use in
up to 3,000 ft (914 m) of water, and Dresser-
Rand’s DATUM integrated compressor sys-
tem is designed for subsea applications.
CO2 into the storage formation permanently. nance, says the company.
Packing down the CO2 Another Statoil offshore CCS project is David Pinchin of Well Processing record-
Statoil appears to be leading the field ongoing at the Snøhvit offshore field in the ed the SWIT unit tests, conducted in 213 ft
around the world in the offshore injection of Barents Sea, where the gas being produced (65 m) of water in the Oslofjord in south-
industrial CO2 for carbon capture and stor- by subsea wells contains 5-8% CO2. The pro- eastern Norway. The test was supported by
age (CCS), using both surface and subsea duced gas is conveyed by a 90-mi (145-km) a joint industry project funded by Shell, TO-
equipment. pipeline to an onshore LNG plant at Mel- TAL, ConocoPhillips, GDF SUEZ, and the
On land, CO2 and other gases have been koya, outside of Hammerfest, where the Norwegian Research Council. The pilot unit
used for tertiary recovery, particularly in CO2 is separated from the natural gas, then reflected a design applicable to and output
the Permian basin region of Texas and New piped back to a subsea injection well, where of 7,500-15,000 b/d of treated sea water for
Mexico. But while no currently active purely it is injected into a brine-filled sandstone for- injection.
offshore CO2 injection projects exist, Statoil mation some 8,230 ft (2,600 m) beneath the According to the company, the SWIT
is joined by various other offshore produc- seabed, safely below the Snøhvit producing seafloor unit, contained in a “still room” en-
ers around the world in being solidly en- formation. Shale cap rock above the storage closure, sterilizes sea water in a two-stage
gaged in secondary recovery operations by zone traps and seals the CO2 to ensure that it procedure involving long exposure to hy-
injecting raw or treated seawater with CO2 is confined without leaks. Monitoring is on- pochlorite generated electrically, followed
and other gases to execute various forms of going. At peak capacity, some 772,000 tons by exposure to electrochemically gener-
waterflooding (IOR). (700,000 metric tons) of separated CO2 will ated hydroxyl radicals, which are produced
Too, experience gained in sequestering be stored in the brine reservoir per year. through a patented technology. The radicals
carbon gases offshore helps to formulate work instantly and are reported to have
sustainable future miscible gas injection ‘Total’ seabed waterflooding more than twice the bacterial/fungicidal
programs to enhance recovery from off- Another Norwegian company, Well Pro- qualities of chlorine.
shore fields, perhaps even those in deep and cessing AS of Stavanger (soon to be re- The unit also provides periodic shock dos-
ultra-deepwater. named Seabox), recently completed a year es of biocides, and the company reports that
Meanwhile, at the Sleipner East field of full-scale seabed testing of its subsea wa- the system’s sterilization capability reduces
in Norway’s North Sea sector, where the ter injection treatment (SWIT) unit, which dosing intervals significantly over topsides
produced natural gas contains some 4-10% the company says provides at least the same methods.
CO2, Statoil is using surface scrubbing and level of reservoir protection as a topside sea- The chemicals will need to be replenished
absorption equipment, then injecting the water treatment plant without the need for every two years. It is handled in sealed con-
separated carbon gas via dedicated fixed- precious platform deck space to house it. tainers and can be switched out manually in
platform wells into a brine-filled aquifer that Fixed to the sea floor, the SWIT unit takes shallow water or by work vessels in deeper
overlies the Sleipner producing formation. in raw sea water and processes it prior to water.
Statoil and the Norwegian government transfer into injection wells for IOR. Among According to company officials, the test
closely monitor the brine aquifer for signs other benefits, treating sea water prior to in- demonstrated the SWIT unit’s performance
of formation seal breakage due the effects of jection prevents reservoir pores from block- significantly delays the formation of bio-
the CO2 injection. None are expected, how- ing oil flow or “souring.” film, produces excellent disinfection of the
ever, and in any case, it is believed that the Well Processing’s patented subsea treat- treated sea water, and demonstrates a con-
gas eventually will dissolve into the brine, ing process uses no filters, and the compact tinuous reduction in solids content. Also, the
becoming heavier, and then move down- seafloor equipment itself can be operated system’s simplicity enabled the unit to yield
ward, eventually mineralizing, locking the continuously for two years without mainte- 99.6% uptime during the testing. 

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FLOWLINES AND PIPELINES

Designing large-diameter pipelines

for deepwater installation
Upcoming South Stream project in Black Sea calls
for 560 mi of 32-in. pipe in depths to 7,200 ft

G
azprom has successfully realized some Martijn van Driel Allowable pipeline spans are typically longer
of the world’s largest offshore gas trans- Alex Mayants than in shallow water and governed by local
portation systems, with pipelines in the Intecsea BV buckling criteria. Excessive spans can be cor-
24-in. (61-cm) diameter range travers- rected either by shoulder shaving, support
ing water depths of more than 2,100 m Alexey Serebryakov placements, or combination thereof; the tool-
(6,889 ft) with the Blue Stream I and II projects. OAO Gazprom ing for both seabed intervention methods has
Now, with South Stream, project planners been developed and is available.
are considering the challenges of installing Andrey Sergienko Geohazards are defined as features of the
32-in. (81-cm) diameter pipeline in depths OAO Giprospetsgaz natural seabed that threaten the integrity of
that will exceed 2,200 m (7,200 ft). The 900- submarine pipeline systems. Such features in-
km (560-mi) pipeline will extend from the clude submarine channels, faulting, unstable
Russian coast to a western landfall on either jor challenge at the time, that project did lead slopes, landslides, mud volcanoes, seabed hy-
the Bulgarian or Romanian coastline. Some to the development of technology that is now drates, pockmarks, debris, and turbidity flows.
of the key challenges include: considered proven, and similar projects have Historically, the risk posed by such features
• Water depths exceeding 2,200 m (7,200 ft) been realized in various regions in the world. has been eliminated often simply by routing
• Relatively large pipeline diameter for giv- With projects like South Stream, the industry around them. However, for pipelines crossing
en water depth is now exploring a new frontier and preparing a continental slope into deepwater, it becomes
• Difficult seabed conditions with steep for the next step. less likely that all such potential hazards can
slopes and geohazards be avoided. Hence, engineering solutions
• Potentially aggressive/corrosive subsea Seabed conditions must take into account the underlying geologi-
environments. Pipelines across the Black Sea need to tra- cal and/or sediment movement processes.
The complexity of an offshore pipeline typi- verse a deep abyssal plain bordered by steep and Geohazards can lead to significant loads on
cally is expressed in terms of the water depth sometimes rugged continental slopes. While the or displacements of a pipeline. In the Black
and diameter. While these are not the only deepwater of the abyssal plain leads to a high ex- Sea, the most relevant geohazards include:
drivers for a project’s complexity, this expres- ternal pressure, which is important for the wall • Faults
sion does provide a good insight in the posi- thickness requirement, the continental slope • Unstable slopes resulting in slumps or
tion of a project in relation to the current status crossings also can be challenging, often with slides
of the industry. high risk of pipeline spanning and geohazards. • Mudflows / mass gravity flows
While a 24-in. pipeline in 2,150 m (7,053 ft) In deepwater, the current and wave effects • Earthquake or wave induced liquefac-
as installed for Blue Stream in 2003 was a ma- are limited, causing little dynamic loading. tion in the shore approach area
• Mud volcanoes
• Gas-expulsion features.
All of the above features have been identi-
fied in the project area, and need to be ad-
dressed through rigorous survey and engi-
neering. Earthquake-induced slope stability
and mass gravity flows could pose a signifi-
cant risk to the integrity of the pipeline at
the Russian continental slope, and a similar
situation exists for the western continental
margin. An extensive feasibility survey has
been performed to identify these risks and
to develop preliminary route options. To
further quantify these risks, it is important
to perform a comprehensive design survey
campaign to capture and analyze these geo-
hazards. This can save a significant amount
of time/costs on subsequent detailed sur-
veys, studies, and construction.
Offshore section of the South Stream project. It is one of the best-known Black Sea prop-

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erties: deeper than approximately 150 to 200 the volume of gas to be transported. While
m (490 to 656 ft), Black Sea water does not the friction loss increases exponentially for
contain oxygen, but does contain dissolved smaller diameters, it also increases with the
sulfuric hydride. Water mixing (driven by higher velocities required to transport the
currents and waves) is needed for the oxygen same volume through a smaller pipe. While
captured from air and generated by algae at this figure only relates to a typical pipeline
the sea surface to reach lower layers of the length, the same considerations apply for
sea. In the Black Sea, there is extremely little shorter distance pipelines, justifying the de-
vertical water mixing, resulting in the world’s sire to implement larger diameter pipelines
largest stratified water body. for deep water application. For inlet pres-
For the Blue Stream project, the environ- sure requirements up to 30 MPa (4,350 psi),
ment of the Black Sea was classified as sour the application of existing and field proven
(or “H2S containing”) based on extensive technologies is available. No technology gap
measurement campaigns and supported is foreseen.
by historical research data that showed ac- For pipelines as long as South Stream, the Full-scale collapse test rig.
celerated corrosion rates in parts of the minimum allowable arrival temperature re-
Black Sea environment. The likely cause of quirement can become the governing factor vice conditions have been initiated for small-
the corrosion was identified as a combina- rather than the pressure loss. The gas cools diameter pipelines. Nevertheless, additional
tion of H2S and sulphate reducing bacteria when ascending the continental slope and qualifications for H2S-resistant application
(SRB). Detailed water and soil tests are be- passing through the buried shore approach are required to ensure the performance of
ing performed for the South Stream project section on the receiving end. Good knowl- DNV SAWL 485.
to establish the chemistry of the Black Sea edge of pipeline settlement (and therefore
environment over the vertical water column, soil conditions) and concrete coating be- Installability
as well as the top soil to a depth of 4 to 6 m comes important to accurately predict the The combination of pipeline diameter and
(13 to 19.7 ft) below the seabed surface. hydraulic performance of the system. In maximum water depth for South Stream ex-
Contrary to normal sour service pipelines case that the in-situ sediment at the down- ceeds that previously achieved in the world-
in which sour medium is introduced inside stream shore approach is found to be sus- wide pipeline industry. The first issue to be
of the pipe, the Black Sea environment may ceptible to frost heave, it would be wise to addressed in terms of overall construction
cause H2S exposure to the outer surface of consider engineered backfill. feasibility is, therefore, the ability to install
the pipe. This service condition applies over The parameter that strongly influences the selected pipeline dimensions in the
the system lifetime. It is difficult to quan- the system’s thermo-hydraulic performance deepwater segment of the route.
tify, since it depends on highly localized soil is the embedment on the continental shelf Furthermore, the significant route length
conditions and pipe/soil/water chemical in- at the receiving end. Overall, embedment in introduces additional challenges to maxi-
teractions over the complete length and life- the soft, often liquid clay of the Black Sea mize installation efficiency. Installation of
time of the system. When present, high H2S can easily be 50 to 100% or more of the di- the pipeline will require extension of the
concentration is typically found at a depth of ameter. Thermo-hydraulic performance is existing global pipelay installation capac-
2 to 4 m (6.5 to 13 ft) below the seabed. Its verified against existing operational infor- ity. In doing so, the success factors and
effects on the pipe steel and welds are being mation to provide additional certainty; given experiences from previous record-setting
investigated. the importance of pipe burial, the hydraulic pipeline projects such as Blue Stream and
Since there are no concepts readily avail- analyses will be revisited after geotechnical Nord Stream must be evaluated and applied
able to mitigate an external H2S-containing survey results are obtained and pipe burial where appropriate.
environment after pipeline operation, it is has been calculated. The feasibility of the installation of the
essential to correctly assess the associated Another parameter influencing the re- deepwater section of the route governs the
risks and costs. For South Stream, this issue ceiving temperature is the application of overall system construction feasibility. As
is being investigated in detail through an concrete coating. Concrete coating provides part of this process, the capabilities of the
extensive geochemical survey and analysis a thermal insulation in comparison to an un- existing deepwater pipeline installation ves-
program, as well as a detailed material test- coated pipe. One option being considered is sels are being assessed against the deepwa-
ing and development program. to continue the deepwater wall thickness up ter installation requirements on this project.
to the receiving landfall, thereby reducing The three existing deepwater pipeline in-
Hydraulic performance the extent of concrete coated pipe. While stallation vessels usually considered suit-
For a project like South Stream, the in- this would most likely result in a higher ca- able for a project like South Stream are the
vestment involved is considerable and the pex, the overall throughput capacity could Saipem S7000, Allseas Solitaire, and HMC
ability to transport significantly more gas be improved. Balder. Furthermore, the deepwater instal-
at limited additional cost improves the com- lation capacity will increase in the future if
mercial performance of the project. Hence, Steel grade selection several newbuild vessels are completed on
an increase in diameter has significant bene- It is generally practical to apply the high- schedule. These include the Saipem FDS-2
fits for the project economics, enabling more est possible line pipe grade to minimize and Castorone; the Allseas Pieter Schelte, and
gas to be transported over longer distances. the wall thickness, weight, and cost of the a new vessel being developed by Hereema
As part of project analysis, planners have pipeline. For deepwater offshore applica- Marine Contractors (HMC). In general, it
examined the typical relationship between tions, DNV SAWL 450 has been used in nu- has been concluded that installation is feasi-
inlet pressure and outside diameter for dif- merous sour and non-sour conditions. DNV ble using the existing deepwater installation
ferent throughputs for a 900-km (560-mi) SAWL 485 grade has been produced almost vessel fleet. However, the assessment of the
pipeline. The research showed that a diam- exclusively for non-sour service, although existing three deepwater pipeline installa-
eter increase from 24 to 32-in. allows twice recent developments and trials in sour ser- tion vessels shows that all three vessels will

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require some modifications/upgrades to material parameters for the wall thickness

install the South Stream system safely and required using standard calculation meth-
efficiently. ods is on the edge of what can be produced.
A small reduction in wall thickness can re-
Wall thickness sult in a major improvement in manufactur-
Core to the capability to develop large ability, and thereby drive the actual feasibil-
diameter projects in deepwater is the wall ity of the project for a specific throughput
thickness design in combination with the and OD combination.
manufacturability of the linepipe. For the deepwater section of the pipeline,
For the pipe diameter and wall thickness the design is governed by the local buckling
under discussion, only two pipe manufactur- criterion. This condition occurs during instal-
ing processes are feasible: JCOE and UOE. lation at the pipeline sagbend where the pipe-
In the JCOE process, the plate is formed to line will experience the most extreme combi-
a J-shape using a pressed module, step-by-step nation of external pressure and bending. In
at a fixed width interval. Then using a similar Full-scale collapse test pipe. the calculation of the required wall thickness
method, the plate is formed to a C-shape until for this design limit state, the following criti-
it obtains an O-shape. The pipe is subjected to with 15% compared with tensile strength. cal technological advances can be applied:
cold expansion after tack weld and submerged The wall thickness required for South • Recovery of collapse resistance through
arc welded at the inside and outside parts. Stream is at the limit of the leading mills’ ca- thermal aging
The UOE process consists of forming pability. One limitation for some mills is the • Tighter dimensional control on line
the plate into U-shape and O-shape using a capacity of the pipe-forming process (such pipe manufacture
pressed module, followed by tack weld and as the capacity of the O-press). While this • Tight control on bending strain during
longitudinal weld of the pipe. As opposed to restriction may be avoided through a consid- installation
the JCOE process, both the U-shape and O- erable investment in upgrade of the mill, the • A partly displacement-controlled con-
shape are obtained using one-step forming. control of pipe properties in the weld area dition is applied in the design for the
Thereafter the pipe is cold expanded to obtain for such thick-walled pipes remains a major sagbend.
the required dimension. For both pipe manu- issue (in particular parameters such as duc- The largest contribution to wall thickness
facturing methods, the current DNV code for- tility and toughness). For deepwater applica- optimization is from the recovery of collapse
mulation results in a reduction of the compres- tion, these pipe properties are critical to the resistance through thermal aging. Pipe col-
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compressive strength. Many studies includ- turer sufficient confidence, Gazprom has com- larger diameters (such as 32-in.) in 2,200-m-
ing small-scale and full-scale tests have been missioned a full testing program, which is cur- plus water depths, and its successful con-
performed in the past 20 years (for example rently ongoing. This testing program includes struction will be another step-change for
Oman-India, Blue Stream, and Mardi Gras), full scale testing of as-received and thermally the offshore industry. The use of a larger di-
evidencing that a significant recovery in col- treated pipe joints, subjected to combined ameter will provide obvious benefits for the
lapse strength can be gained for DNV SAWL loading of external pressure and bending. project economics, allowing a considerably
450 steel (in the order of 30%). In fact, test higher throughput; but this requires an ad-
results suggest the collapse resistance is re- Deepwater repair vance application of existing technologies.
covered even beyond the original value. contingencies For the present installation fleet, the in-
Using the current DNV F101 formulation, In the past, even though the probability stallability of such a pipeline is complex but
most mills, nowadays, indicate that they of failure of a properly planned deepwater not governing. This capability will be further
are able to produce pipe with a significantly pipeline is small, the risk associated has improved if the currently scheduled deep-
improved fabrication factor, incorporating been a concern because of the difficulties water installation vessels are completed on
strength recovery through thermal aging. in making repairs. While the effort required schedule. Still, rigorous design is essential,
Thermal aging effect is the ability of steel to remains considerable, current deepwater regardless of the selected diameter.
recover its strength due to strain aging. It technology provides the tooling that allows Key to the success of such projects is the
is possible to take advantage of thermal ag- repairs large-diameter, deepwater pipelines. manufacturability of the line pipe with the
ing through application of external coating, Even within the region, repair systems are requisite wall thickness. The wall thickness
which usually takes place at the same tem- available for the water depth (Blue Stream) required for large-diameter pipelines is on
perature range as where the thermal aging or diameter (Green Stream) under discus- the edge of leading mills’ capabilities. Sev-
process occurs. sion. To combine these into a new applica- eral technology advances need to be applied
For a deepwater, large-diameter pipeline tion is relatively straightforward, with little to achieve feasibility, and a rigorous devel-
such as South Stream, using a thinner wall technology gap. opment program is ongoing for successful
without compromising system reliability is implementation. 
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ics in steel saving but also out of necessity, A 24-in. pipeline in 2,150-m water depth or
as blind compliance to the current interna- 32-in. pipelines in 1,400-m water depth are Acknowledgment
tional design codes would result in a wall accepted by the offshore industry as proven Based on a paper presented at the Deep Offshore Tech-
thickness that is beyond manufacturability. technologies. The South Stream project is nology International Conference and Exhibition held
To give the owner, designer, and manufac- now investigating the feasibility of using on Nov. 30-Dec. 2, 2010, in Amsterdam.

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New tools and technology for the offshore industry

Noble Drilling finds success with Terresolve hydraulic fluid
To be more environmentally responsible, Total acid number vs. time.
Noble Drilling has been looking for a non-toxic
hydraulic fluid for use in the exposed areas on 1.40
its rigs. Noble experienced what many drilling Tom Jobe
contractors experience when searching for Johnnie Hoffman Port
bio-based alternatives – synthetic ester-based, 1.20 John Sandifer Port
environmentally-safe fluid hydrolyzes (breaks John Sanidfer Stbd
down) when contaminated with water. Hydroly-
sis “unzips” the ester molecule and forms acids
1.00
and unstable triglycerides, which are subject to
oxidation (breakdown due to heat).
Total acid number

Finding the right partner 0.80

Noble found Terresolve Technologies, an
industry leader in producing readily biode-
gradable lubricants and functional fluids. The 0.60
company has serviced the offshore market for
more than a decade with high performance
non-ester-based, non-toxic fluids. Before 0.40
launching a field trial, Noble consulted with
the National Oilwell Varco (NOV) Lifting
Systems group, which agreed to support the
0.20
trial provided that Linde Pumps (the maker of
the hydraulic pumps used in Noble cranes) ap-
proved of the fluid. To approve the trial, Linde
required approval from the Verband Deutscher 0.00
Maschinenund Anlagenbau–German Engineer- Time
ing Federation. The VDMA is one of the key
association service providers in Europe and of- interpretation of the results. This test focused afford the protection required to prevent wear.
fers the largest engineering industry network. on the oil testing typical of any lubricant. The In all cases, the test fluid viscosity remained
Linde Pumps employees worked with key metrics measured were the total acid within the desired range for both the viscos-
the VDMA to develop a meaningful test for number, the viscosity and the phosphorus level. ity at normal operating temperature of 40˚C
mineral oils and biodegradable fluids. They Wear metals, water, fuel and external lubricant (104˚F) and high temperature of 100˚C (212˚F).
developed a screening method capable of es- contamination, corrosion, and many other The test examined the viscosity at 100˚C over
tablishing the correlation between field experi- parameters were also monitored and showed a range of conditions. The results indicate
ence and the results of an accelerated test now no unusual characteristics. the fluid neither lost nor gained viscosity and
known as the Linde Test or VDMA 24570. remained “in grade.” This ensured that the
Test results equipment saw a consistent fluid film thickness
Testing fluid offshore Total Acid Number (TAN) is the leading protecting it at high and low temperatures.
After Terresolve Technologies’ EnviroLogic indicator of fluid oxidation. As an oil oxidizes Phosphorous is the tracer from the perfor-
hydraulic fluid passed the test, Linde and (breaks down), it creates acids, which can mance chemistry additives. If phosphorous
NOV approved the fluid for testing offshore. attach to seals and create rust. In each case, increases, it indicates that something has been
Noble selected five cranes on three rigs: the the pre-change ester-based oil was severely added to the hydraulic system. If phosphorous
Noble Tom Jobe, the Noble Johnnie Hoffman, oxidized with acid numbers as high as 10.5. decreases it demonstrates additive depletion.
and the Noble John Sandifer. Each system was Normally, an acid number of about 3.5 means Some additive depletion is expected as the
drained of the previous fluid and then flushed the oil is beginning to break down. In each chemistry is being used. However, there needs
to remove residual byproducts of hydrolysis crane, the post flush and refill acid numbers to be enough additive protection throughout the
and oxidation. The reservoirs were hand were in the expected range of 0.2-1.0, which life of the fluid change. In this case, the phospho-
cleaned, and the systems were recharged with indicates thorough cleaning. The results show rus stayed in the expected range throughout the
Terresolve EnviroLogic 3068. the acid number remained fairly stable and well test period. This showed that the additive system
Samples were taken prior to the change within the expected range throughout the test is still robust enough to protect and continue
out, after the flush and after the final fill. period. This indicates good oxidative stability protecting the system.
Ongoing, in-service samples were taken each despite the severe environment. The offshore industry works in a hot and
month and the results were analyzed by all Viscosity is the thickness of oil. A good oil wet environment with huge demands on its
parties. Although the test is complete, the will stay fairly consistent and within the oil equipment. Despite excellent lab results, many
analysis is ongoing. While in any oil analysis viscosity grade. If oil thickens (viscosity in- bio-lubes fail under these conditions after a short
program there is room for aberrant data points, creases) it can indicate oil breakdown. If viscos- time period. The test trials demonstrated that
the trend and surrounding data help in the ity decreases it can “fall out of grade” and not there are environmentally safe alternatives. 

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CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION
24 - 26 JANUARY 2012
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTRE
ABUJA, NIGERIA

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About Offshore West Africa

Offshore West Africa, the region’s premier technical forum focused exclusively on West Africa’s offshore oil and gas industry will
return to Nigeria in 2012. Providing an exclusive source of information for over 15 years, Offshore West Africa 2012 will showcase
the most innovative technologies and ground-breaking solutions within the deepwater exploration and production industry.
Combining both a high-quality conference and rich exhibition of services and equipment, Offshore West Africa offers a unique insight
into this exciting and progressive marketplace.
Including Offshore West Africa as a key component of your company’s marketing strategy ensures one-on-one access to key
industry professionals from around the world.

Quick Stats from Offshore West Africa 2011

• 1120 attendees from 37 countries
• 350+ conference attendees
• 79% of attendees stated that the exhibition met or exceeded expectations
• 73% of attendees plan to attend Offshore West Africa 2012
• 70% of Offshore West Africa 2011 exhibitors established contacts for future sales
• 75% of Offshore West Africa conference attendees rated the conference as good to excellent
• 79% of attendees think attending Offshore West Africa is important for meeting business objectives

Audience Statistics From Offshore West Africa 2011

With the region’s major players under one roof, Offshore West Africa has an unrivalled audience demographic, consistently attracting the highest
level of attendees and leading manufacturers.
Primary Job Function/Responsibility Purchasing Authority
Senior Management 15.6% Final Decision 12.9%
Engineering/Technical 34.4% Recommend 35.5%
Superintendent/Field Professional 3.1% Specify 16.1%
Consulting 15.6% Other 35.5%
Geology/Geophysics 6.3%
Other 25%

Type Of Company Or Organization Which Area Are You Most Interested In?
Oil Company – National, Exploration 9.3%
Integrated, Independent 21.3% Drilling/Well Construction 11.6%
Service Company 27.3% Field Development 18.6%
Equipment Manufacturing/ Supply 3.0% Flow Assurance 4.7%
Engineering/Design 12.1% Floating Production Yard 9.3%
Inspection & Monitoring 3.0% Subsea Technology 9.3%
Instrumentation And Control Systems 6.1% Construction/Installation 9.3%
Pipeline/ Transportation 3.0% Mooring/Station Keeping 2.3%
Other 24.2% Shipyard/Fabrication Yard 5.8%
Inspection & Monitoring 4.7%
Flowlines/Pipelines 11.6%
Other 3.5%

Put your products in front of the people that matter

Offshore West Africa offers a unique platform to reach your target audience, with both a world class conference combined with the exhibition showcasing
the latest technological developments. This unique event attracts senior decision makers, enabling you to make crucial contacts within the industry.
Why exhibit? Exhibiting at Offshore West Africa provides opportunities to:
• Increasing company and brand awareness • Meet strategic decision makers face-to-face
• Increasing product and services awareness • Build relationships with clients and potential clients
• To launch new products and services • Raise brand awareness in the market place
• Targeting particular market areas • Source new clients, suppliers and business partners
• Meeting customers and prospects face to face
• Staying ahead of the competition
• Direct access to an international audience of decision makers

Technical Conference
With the continued development of the conference program, Offshore West Africa provides unrivalled opportunities to share your knowledge,
experience and ideas. Under the guidance of David Paganie, Chief Editor of Offshore magazine, the 2012 Offshore West Africa Editorial Advisory
Board, with members from Total E&P Nigeria, Ghana National Petroleum Corporation, Mobil Producing Nigeria, subsidiary of ExxonMobil, PETROCI,
BP, and Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation among others, help select and solicit the strongest technical offshore conference in West Africa.

2012 Technical Topics include:

• Field Development • Flow Assurance • Subsea Completion
• Flowlines & Pipelines • Leak Detection • Drilling Optimization
• Field Development Planning • Conceptual Evaluation • Geosteering
• Project Execution And Management • Pipeline Construction/Installation • Horizontal Drilling
• Local Content • Drilling/Well Construction • Drilling Automation
• Human Resource & Training • Deepwater Pipeline Repair • Stranded Gas Development
• Subsea Technology/Equipment • Seafloor Challenges • Marginal Field Development
• Subsea Intervention • Materials & Design • Production Optimization
• Floating Production Systems • Drilling Operations
• Environmental Concerns • Deep Drilling

Exhibitor Package
Cost to Exhibit:
Exhibition space is €495 per s/m raw.
Exhibition space is €575 per s/m with shell scheme.

What You Get with Space Only:

Space starts at 9sq/m units.
• Free exhibit floor passes to distribute to your clients and customers
• Discounted conference registration for your company staff
• Listing on the Offshore West Africa website recognizing your company as a 2011 exhibitor with enhanced product/service listings
• Event will be advertised extensively in leading industry publications including Offshore and Oil & Gas Journal to generate attendance at Offshore West Africa

What You Get with Shell Scheme:

All the above items plus –
• Hard walls on 2 or 3 sides • Fascia board with company name
• 1 table and 2 chairs • Electricity point and lights

DirectEventConnect
In addition to the exhibit space above, a compulsory basic enhanced listing on the Exhibition website’s interactive online community -
DirectEventConnect - will be charged at a flat rate of €195.00. This fully searchable community will give your buyers access to your information and
provide an opportunity for you to communicate with potential customers before the Exhibition.

In addition Enhanced Exhibitor Listing Upgrades are available on DirectEventConnect

(Price is flat fee and inclusive of Basic Listing fee.)
• Field Development • Flowlines & Pipelines • Management
• Floating Production Systems • Mobile Offshore Drilling Units • Local Content
• Mooring & Station-keeping • Flow Assurance • Completions
• Risers & Riser Technology • Drilling Operations
• Subsea Technology • Well Construction

Sponsorship Opportunities
Make more of your attendance at Offshore West Africa 2012. Sponsorship opportunities offer a great way to enhance the profile and awareness of your
company. Whether your company is well established in the region or seeking new business opportunities, we can tailor a unique sponsorship package
that meets with your event objectives. Contact us to discuss your sponsorship requirements.

Examples of sponsorship available:

• Opening Session Sponsor • Delegate Luncheon Sponsor • Online Registration Sponsor
• Opening Night Reception Sponsor • Registration & Badge Sponsor • Speaker Appreciation Gifts Sponsor
• Networking Reception Sponsor • Delegate Bag Sponsor • Technology Sponsor
• Coffee Break Sponsor • Visitor Bag Sponsor • Conference Proceeding Online Sponsor

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January 31 – February 2 , 2012 . New Orleans, Louisiana USA

Join hundreds of colleagues and exhibiting companies for this high-level technical conference and exhibition and connect
with key decision makers and technical experts directly involved in the topsides industry. Over three days, Topsides,
Platforms & Hulls will feature presentations covering technical issues, business challenges and future trends, plus showcase
an exhibition of products and services from dozens of key engineering firms, contractors, suppliers and service providers.

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For 30 years Deep Offshore Technology International has been showcasing pioneering technology that has
been shaping the future of the deep and ultra-deepwater industry. Showcasing the most innovative technologies
designed to withstand hostile and ultra deepwater environments. Discussing the specific challenges of the region
and the largest groundbreaking solutions.

DOT puts you at the heart of the leading industry forum which attracts key industry experts and decision makers
from the major exploration and production companies.

In 2011, DOT returns to being a once-a-year event. Don’t miss your opportunity to be a part of this
once-a-year international event focused strictly on deepwater technology.

4 ways to register:
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conference contacts
CONFERENCE DIRECTOR MARKETING MANAGER EXHIBIT & SPONSORSHIP SALES
DAVID PAGANIE ANNICOLE FAETH MICHAEL YEE
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welcome letter
Welcome to the 2011 Deep Offshore Technology Conference
On behalf of the Advisory Board and PennWell, it is my pleasure to welcome you to
the 2011 Deep Offshore Technology Conference. Deep Offshore Technology has
been showcasing pioneering technology that has been shaping the future of the
deep and ultra-deepwater industry for thirty years. I can’t wait to see what is next.

The Advisory Board has put together an outstanding program for this year’s event. This conference
focuses on deepwater challenges and opportunities. By openly sharing industry experiences
through case histories and lessons learned, presented by those who have actually worked the items,
our industry will grow and prosper. I encourage you to participate in the presentations by asking
questions, adding comments and sharing your experiences.

Technical sessions will cover topics such as:

• Floating Production Facilities
• Subsea Technology
• Well Construction and Drilling Operations
• Mooring and Station Keeping
• Flow Assurance
• Marginal Field Development

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• Offshore Risk Management
• Riser Technology
• Technology Development Initiatives

Please visit the exhibitors and interact with other delegates. A great deal of information and
experience is available to you through this interaction.

Lastly, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Advisory Board, the presenters and all of the
exhibitors and sponsors for making this Conference and Exhibition possible. Designing, building,
installing and starting up of offshore facilities has been an important part of my life for the last 40
years. Attending a conference such as this one keeps my interest high, lets me keep abreast of
advancements and most importantly allows me to maintain a network of knowledgeable individuals
interested in the same technology I am. I hope this conference does the same for you and thank you
for attending.

Regards,

James A. Britch, P.E.

Advisory Board Chairman
Hess Corporation

preliminary schedule of events

as of 6/29/11

Monday 10th October 2011

9:00 AM – 6:30 PM ........................................ Registration Open .................................................. Lobby
8:00 AM – 6:00 PM ........................................ Exhibitor Move-In .................... Grand Salon & Ballroom

Tuesday 11th October 2011

8:00 AM – 6:00 PM ........................................ Registration Open .................................................. Lobby
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM...................................... Opening Plenary ....................................... Grand Salon B
10:30 AM – 6:30 PM ...................................... Exhibition Open ....................... Grand Salon & Ballroom
11:30 AM – 5:30 PM ...................................... Conference Sessions ....................... Conference Rooms
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM ...................................... Delegate Lunch ........................ Grand Salon & Ballroom
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM ........................................ Welcome Reception ................ Grand Salon & Ballroom

Wednesday 12th October 2011

7:00 AM – 6:00 PM ........................................ Registration Open .................................................. Lobby
7:00 AM – 8:30 AM........................................ Continental Breakfast .............................................. Foyer
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM ........................................ Conference Sessions ........................ Conference Rooms
www.deepoffshoretechnology.com
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10:00 AM – 6:00 PM ...................................... Exhibition Open ....................... Grand Salon & Ballroom
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM ...................................... Delegate Lunch ........................ Grand Salon & Ballroom
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ........................................ Networking Reception............. Grand Salon & Ballroom

Thursday 13th October 2011

8:00 AM – 2:00 PM ........................................ Registration Open .................................................. Lobby
9:00 AM – 12:30 PM ...................................... Conference Sessions ........................ Conference Rooms
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM ...................................... Exhibition Open ....................... Grand Salon & Ballroom
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM ...................................... Delegate Lunch ........................ Grand Salon & Ballroom
1:00 PM – 1:30 PM ........................................ Closing Ceremony ................... Grand Salon & Ballroom
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM ........................................ Exhibitor Move-Out ................. Grand Salon & Ballroom

NOTE: Schedule subject to change

opening plenary session

all attendees, exhibitors and visitors are welcome to attend
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM

WELCOME & INTRODUCTION

Mr. David Paganie, Conference Director, PennWell Corporation

David Paganie is the Chief Editor of Offshore Magazine and the Conferences Editorial Director of
PennWell’s Offshore Group. He overseas the Offshore international conferences and an editorial
portfolio that includes the magazine, website, and e-newsletters. He has over 13 years of experience
in the offshore oil and gas industry. Paganie holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree with a
specialty in finance from Ohio University.

CHAIRMAN’S OPENING REMARKS

Mr. James Britch, Senior Facilities Engineering Advisor, HESS Corporation
Jim Britch, Senior Facilities Engineering Advisor, HESS Corp., Over 40 years of engineering experience
in pipelines, fixed and floating offshore facilities. Work includes greenfield and brownfield projects, as
well as operations support in the Gulf of Mexico and abroad. Extensive experience with all phases of
Spars from concept development through start-up.

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KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Mr. Stan Bond, VP Development – Offshore Americas and West Africa, HESS Corporation
Stan Bond is vice president of Developments, Offshore Americas & West Africa, for Hess Corporation,
a global, integrated energy company based in New York City.
With over 30 years of experience focused on the Gulf of Mexico shelf and other deepwater projects,
Bond oversees the facilities development at Hess’ assets, specifically in Equatorial Guinea and the
Gulf of Mexico. Prior to joining Hess in February 2011, Bond served as BP’s project general manager,
Floating Systems Program, for the company’s deepwater Developments organization. While at BP, he
was accountable for the engineering and execution of the Macondo Capping Systems.
Bond has held a variety of positions at Arco Oil & Gas Company and Vastar Resources. He began his
career with Gulf Oil Exploration.
Born in Pakistan, Bond holds a bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering from Mississippi State
University and is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Texas.

A VIEW FROM WASHINGTON

Senator Mary Landrieu, US Senator, Louisiana (tbc)

INDUSTRY FORECAST
Mr. Steven R. Kopits, Managing Director, New York, Douglas Westwood

Steven heads the New York office of Douglas-Westwood. Douglas-Westwood provides market research,
strategy support and commercial due diligence to the offshore the oil and gas services sector, as well
as to investment banks and private equity funds. Steven has recently led projects on produced water;
subsea trenching and pipelay; SPAR platforms in the Gulf of Mexico; enhanced oil recovery in China,
and other projects related to oil fields services and technologies.

He writes frequently on oil and gas topics for a variety of journals, including Offshore Magazine,
Petroleum Review, Foreign Policy and Renewable Energy World, and he recently presented on the US
energy outlook to the US House of Representatives Energy and Power Subcommittee.

conference-at-a-glance
TRACK 1 TRACK 2 TRACK 3
FLOATING PRODUCTION FACILITIES SUBSEA TECHNOLOGY - FLOW WELL CONSTRUCTION & DRILLING
- MOORING & STATION KEEPING ASSURANCE - RISER TECHNOLOGY - OPERATIONS - OFFSHORE RISK
- MARGINAL FIELD DEVELOPMENT - INTEGRITY MANAGEMENT - SUBSEA MANAGEMENT FORUM - TECHNOLOGY
FLOATING PRODUCTION FACILITIES MONITORING - FLOWLINES & PIPELINES DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES -
- PRODUCTION OPTIMIZATION - SAFETY, CONSTRUCTION & INSTALLATION
RISK & RELIABILITY
SPONSORED BY:
SPONSORED BY:

TUESDAY OCTOBER 11, 2011

9:00 - 10:30 OPENING PLENARY

10:30 - 11:30 COFFEE BREAK -- EXHIBITION HALL

11:30 - 12:30 DEEPWATER PROJECTS: FROM CONCEPT SELECTION TO LESSONS LEARNED

12:30 - 2:00 LUNCH -- EXHIBITION HALL

SESSION 1: FLOATING PRODUCTION SESSION 1: WELL CONSTRUCTION

2:00 - 3:00 FACILITIES 1
SESSION 1: SUBSEA TECHNOLOGY 1
& DRILLING OPERATIONS

3:00 - 4:00 COFFEE BREAK -- EXHIBITION HALL | BONUS PRESENTATIONS -- EXHIBITION HALL

4:00 - 5:30 PANEL DISCUSSION: INTEGRITY MANAGEMENT

5:30 - 7:00 WELCOME RECEPTION -- EXHIBITION HALL

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OFFSHORE RISK
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 12, 2011 MANAGEMENT FORUM

7:00 - 8:30 CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST -- FOYER

8:00 - 10:00
8:30 - 10:00 SESSION 2: MOORING & STATION KEEPING 1 SESSION 2: FLOW ASSURANCE PANEL DISCUSSION - POLITICAL & REGULATORY
ISSUES & CHALLENGES

10:00 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK -- EXHIBITION HALL | BONUS PRESENTATIONS -- EXHIBITION HALL

10:30 - 12:00
11:00 - 12:00 SESSION 3: MARGINAL FIELD DEVELOPMENT SESSION 3: FLOWLINES & PIPELINES PANEL DISCUSSION - DRILLING SAFELY:
WHAT ARE THE NEW REQUIREMENTS?

12:00 - 1:30 LUNCH -- EXHIBITION HALL

SESSION 4: FLOATING PRODUCTION 1:30 - 3:00

1:30 - 2:30 FACILITIES 2
SESSION 4: SUBSEA MONITORING PANEL DISCUSSION - CONTRACT RISK
& INSURANCE ISSUES

2:30 - 3:30 COFFEE BREAK | BONUS PRESENTATIONS -- EXHIBITION HALL

3:30 - 5:00
3:30 - 5:00 SESSION 5: PRODUCTION OPTIMIZATION SESSION 5: SUBSEA TECHNOLOGY 2 PRESENTATION AND PANEL: THE PATH
FORWARD

5:00 - 6:00 NETWORKING RECEPTION -- EXHIBITION HALL

THURSDAY OCTOBER 13, 2011

SESSION 6: TECHNOLOGY
9:00 - 10:30 SESSION 6: SAFETY, RISK & RELIABILITY SESSION 6: RISER TECHNOLOGY
DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES

10:30 - 11:30 COFFEE BREAK - EXHIBITION HALL | BONUS PRESENTATIONS - EXHIBITION HALL

11:30 - 12:30 SESSION 7: MOORING & STATION KEEPING 2 SESSION 7: INTEGRITY MANAGEMENT SESSION 7: CONSTRUCTION & INSTALLATION

12:30 - 2:00 LUNCH & CLOSING CEREMONY -- EXHIBITION HALL

exhibiting information
why exhibit?
Put your products in front of the people that matter

DOT International offers a unique platform to reach your target audience. Each year deepwater management,
engineering & technical professionals attend to source new products and update their knowledge on key topics
affecting the industry.

• Unique access to deepwater procurement • Target particular market areas

professionals
• Meet customers and prospects face to face
• Generate new leads and reinforce existing
• Stay ahead of the competition
relationships
• Direct access to an international audience of high
• Increase company and brand awareness
level decision makers
• Increase product and services awareness
• Launch new products and services

quick stats from

deep offshore technology international 2010
1080 attendees from 53 countries 63% of exhibitors established contacts for future
sales
450+ conference attendees 65% of conference attendees rated the

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conference as good to excellent
72% of attendees stated that the exhibition met
or exceeded expectations
85% ofimportant
attendees think attending DOT is
for meeting business objectives
62% of attendees plan to attend DOT 2011

exhibitor
package
Exhibition booths are charged per square foot (min. 10 x10)
Space Only: $50.00 per sq. ft
Exhibitor receives complimentary with each 10x10 booth unit:
• One full conference registration • Thirty word listing in the conference program
• Two complimentary booth staff registrations • Increased visability with the Enhanced Exhibitor
• Complimentary exhibit hall passes for Listings on the DOT Online community
your customers

exhibit floor plan as of 6/29/11

ENTRANCE
N ENTRANCE
N
DEEP
CASINGTOOLS SURF
SUBSEA
WRIGHT'S
WELL
CONTROL
Moorlink AB
Reserved
20' MATRIX
COMPOSITES &
ENGINEERING
BMT SCIENTIFIC
MARINE
SERVICES, INC.
INTECSEA
20'
Reserved
LTD
SERVICES

700 603 601 600 401 400 301 1001 200 101

102
20' BEL 20' 20' 20'
HAWKE TRANSIT
SBM OFFSHORE VALVES OIL STATES CAMERON Reserved

CLAMPON AS
INDUSTRIES INC

504 105 104

DELEGATE
RESTAURANT
20'

20'

20'
Reserved
106

EXPRO
704 605 505 405 305 205 107

20'

20'
KNIGHTHAWK Reserved
SPT ENGINEERING
GROUP,
INC.

708 609 506 409 206 109 108

GALVOTEC
ALLOYS, INC
GATE,
LLC
20'
SAIPEM SPA
20'
HUTCHINSON
YOKOGAWA
CORPORATION
OF AMERICA

OFFSHORE

610 511 211 210 111 110

15'
20'
Reserved
20'
GLOBAL INDUSTRIES 311
Reserved Reserved

413 312 213 212 113 112

20'
WORLDWIDE
20'
MODEC INC.
Reserved

OILFIELD MACHINE

Reserved
114
30'

Subsea, LLC
314 214 115

SONOMATIC
Wachs
20'

20'

20'
PARKER
HANNIFIN

15'

15'
CO

613 515 415 416 317 316 215 216 117

20'
116
Reserved

720 621 620 521 520 421 420 321 320 221 220 121
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2011 exhibit list as of 6/29/11

BEL VALVES ................................................................... 504 MOORLINK AB .............................................................. 600
BMT SCIENTIFIC MARINE SERVICES, INC. .................. 301 OIL STATES INDUSTRIES INC ....................................... 305
CAMERON .................................................................... 205 PARKER HANNIFIN CO. ............................................... 216
CLAMPON AS ............................................................... 405 SAIPEM .......................................................................... 311
DEEP CASINGTOOLS ................................................... 700 SINGLE BUOY MOORINGS INC ................................... 505
EXPRO ........................................................................... 206 SONOMATIC ................................................................. 317
GALVOTEC ALLOYS, INC ............................................. 610 SPT GROUP, INC. .......................................................... 708
GATE, LLC .................................................................... 511 SURF SUBSEA................................................................ 603
GLOBAL INDUSTRIES ................................................... 413 TECHLAM ...................................................................... 211
HAWKE TRANSIT .......................................................... 605 WACHS SUBSEA ........................................................... 416
INTECSEA ................................................................... 1001 WORLDWIDE OILFIELD MACHINE .............................. 515
KNIGHTHAWK ENGINEERING ..................................... 609 WRIGHT’S WELL CONTROL SERVICES ........................ 601
MODEC INC. ................................................................. 415 YOKOGAWA ................................................................. 210

sponsorship opportunities
Increase your exposure at Deep Offshore Technology International 2011. Sponsorships
are available and are designed to offer a variety of opportunities to fit your budget
and suit your needs.

Sponsorships Include:
• Host Event Sponsor - SOLD • Speakers Breakfast Meetings (3 available)
• Networking Reception Sponsor (2 available) • T-Shirt Sponsor
• Delegate Lunch Sponsor (3 available) • Technology Sponsor - SOLD
• Coffee Break Sponsor • Aisle Sign Sponsor - SOLD
• Cyber Cafe Sponsor • Speaker Appreciation Gifts
• Continental Breakfast Sponsor (2 available) • Show Guide Bellyband
• Session Tracks Sponsor (1 available) • Visitor Bag Sponsor - SOLD
• Press Room Sponsor • Fast Track Registration Sponsor
• Bottled Water Sponsor • Online Registration Page Sponsor - SOLD
• Conference Journal • Conference Proceedings - SOLD

Rewards of Sponsorships: All sponsors receive these special benefits:

• Face-to-face contact with hundreds of • Recognition in conference signage and marketing materials
• Logo on event web site with link to sponsor home page

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potential new customers
• Unparalleled exposure for you and your brand • Customized Digital Complimentary Exhibit Hall Invitations
to send to your clients
• Strategic marketplace positioning
• Discounted rate on all full conference registrations
(exhibitor delegate discount)

sponsors: AS OF 6/29/11

Delegate and Visitor Bags Conference Proceedings Registration

Session Track 1, Aisle Sign, Session Track 2 Technology

Floor Plan Board

Wednesday Continental Breakfast Online Registration Page

For more information, please contact your Sponsorship and Exhibit Sales Manager:
Sue Neighbors Ana Monteiro Michael Yee
Americas Europe, Middle East & Africa South East Asia
T: +1 713 963 6256 T: +44 (0) 1992 656 658 T: +65 9616 8080
F: +1 713 963 6212 F: +44 (0) 1992 656 700 F: +65 6734 0655
E: [email protected] E: [email protected] E: [email protected]

October 11-13, 2011

hilton riverside | new orleans | usa

Do you work for an operating company?

• If you answered YES then your company qualifies for the Operators Partner Program!
• Send unlimited delegates for $3,900*! The more delegates you send, the more you save!
$3,900 – unlimited number of delegates*
Introducing the Operators Partner Program. In response to a growing concern from our supporters
about the current economic climate and the need for exposure to new technology applications
in this sector, PennWell has developed the Operators Partner Program solely for deepwater
operators worldwide.
In 2011, DOT returns to being a once-a-year event. Don’t miss this once-a-year opportunity to receive
exclusive discounts and benefits to deepwater operators. DOT is committed to making sure your
company has the ability to stay abreast of key market trends and has created the Operators Partner
Program to enable operators worldwide to listen to key industry presentations, see real world
technology applications, network with peers, and meet with the supplier market.

Operators Partner Program Benefits Conference Participation

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Registration Form
First Name ______________________________________________ Last Name _________________________________________ October 11 – 13, 2011
Hilton Riverside
Job Title ____________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Carefully selected third parties

PLEASE COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS:

1. Type of Company/Organization 11 Ship/Fabrication Yard 47 Other (please state) _________________ 69 Marine Transportation/Safety Equipment
12 Insurance or Financial Services 70 Mooring and Station Keeping Equipment &
(Please check only one): 3. Areas of Interest/Involvement:
13 Educational Institution/Government Agency/ Services
02 Major Oil & Gas Operating Company
Research Laboratory 60 Exploration/Seismic/Formation Evaluation 71 IT/Computer Hardware/Software
03 Independent Oil & Gas Company
98 Other (specify)_____________________ Equipment & Services Equipment & Services
04 National/State Oil Company
61 Drilling Rigs & Rig Equipment 72 Financial/Insurance/General Business
07 Drilling/Drilling Contractor 2. Job Function: 62 Drilling Contractor Services Services
51 Consulting Company Engaged in Projects
(Please check only one): 63 Downhole Drilling Tools/Coiled Tubing/ 73 Other (please specify) _______________
or Providing Services to Oil and/or Gas
40 Executive Management (CEO, President, Muds & Chemicals/Well Maintenance 99 None of the above
Companies
Owner, VP, Managing Director, etc.) Equipment & Services
09 EPC (Engineering/Procurement/ 4. Purchasing Role:
41 Management (Production Manager, 64 Cementing/Well Completion/Stimulation
Construction/Main Contractor
Engineering Manager, Exploration Equipment & Services (Please check only one):
39 Engineering Company
Manager) 65 Subsea Production Equipment & Services Specify
08 Subcontractor
39 Engineering 66 Surface Production Equipment & Services Recommend
10 Seismic Company
43 Field Professional (Superintendent, 67 Motors/Engines/Pumps/Compressors/ Approve
29 Pipeline/Installation Contractor
Foreman, Assistant Foreman, Toolpusher) Turbines/Generators Purchase
37 Supply Company
45 Purchasing (Purchasing Agent, Purchasing 68 Automation Systems/Instruments & None
41 Marine Support Services
Manager) Control/Valves & Accessories/Safety
36 Equipment Manufacturing Company
48 Consulting Equipment
38 Service Company
46 Geology or Geophysics

CONFERENCE FEES:
All Delegate Registrations Include: Student Delegate (ID required)
Access to all Conference Sessions Paid By September 12, 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $65
Access to the Exhibition Hall, including opening and networking receptions
Paid After September 12, 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100
Coffee Breaks in Exhibition Hall
Delegate lunch on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (Ticketed) Single Day Delegate
Conference Proceedings Includes entrance to exhibition and conference sessions and lunch on one day.
Access to the Offshore Risk Management Forum Conference proceedings are NOT included
Individual Delegate (3 Day Registration)* Tuesday, October 11th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $920
Paid By September 12, 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,570 Wednesday, October 12th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $920
Paid After September 12, 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,700
Thursday, October 13th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $920
Exhibitor Delegate — (Must be exhibiting company)
Paid By September 12, 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $780 Offshore Risk Management Forum at DOT, Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Includes all Offshore Risk Management Forum Conference Sessions, Coffee Breaks,
Paid After September 12, 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $850
Delegate Lunch, Networking Reception and DOT Exhibition. MUST upgrade to
Operator Partner Program (Operators Only) attend DOT Conference Sessions.
Unlimited number of delegates* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,900 Paid By September 12, 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $400
* Paid After September 12, 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $500
operator in order to qualify for discount
Corporate Plan (10 delegates) Exhibition Only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FREE
Paid By September 12, 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $13,000 Lunches, conference sessions, and conference proceedings are NOT included.
Paid After September 12, 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $14,100 Includes access to the exhibition hall

Corporate Plan (11 – 20 delegates) PAYMENT

Paid By September 12, 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25,000
Please add all selections and total here: $
Paid After September 12, 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $26,000
Government Agency TOTAL PAYMENT AMOUNT (In Dollars only) = $ ___________________________
*Your full-price registration fee includes a one-year paid subscription to Oil & Gas Journal (US$ 89.00 value).
Paid By September 12, 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $850
Paid After September 12, 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $920
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Registration Form (continued)

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Mark your calendar for the 9th annual Deepwater Operations

Conference and Exhibition. The event will continue the tradition
of excellence in addressing operational challenges involved in
developing deepwater resources. We will return to the Moody
Gardens Hotel and Convention Center on November 1 – 3,
2011 in Galveston, Texas. For 2011 event details, please visit
www.deepwateroperations.com.

NOVEMBER 1–3, 2011

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BUSINESS BRIEFS

People as CEO. Gallagher has 20 years of experi- and Bernt Harald Kilnes to the board of
Aquatic has appointed Dave McKechnie ence in oil and gas operations, including 13 directors.
as general manager. McKechnie will oversee years with Woodside Energy, where he led oil Peritus International has appointed Steve
the company’s European, Middle Eastern, and gas operations in Australia, the US, and Sinclair as principal technical consultant
and African projects and service delivery. North and West Africa. – field developments, Asia/Pacific. Sinclair
His responsibilities include managing the Intersum has appointed company chair- brings more than 20 years of experience in
company’s sales operations, marketing, and man Graeme Scott to help lead its growth production facilities, project engineering, and
business development. strategy. R&D management to the Peritus team.
S-E-A Ltd. has Variable Bore Oilennium Ltd.
named Capt. Chris- Rams Inc. has named has appointed Janet
topher Karentz Kenneth Lee as VP Iglesias as learning
as senior maritime of sales, and Ernest development specialist
consultant. Bennett as regional to support customers
Hornbeck Off- sales manager. and drive business
shore Services has Noble Corp. has development initia-
appointed John T. named Jef frey L. tives throughout the
Rynd and Kevin O. Chastain as VP of Americas. Based in
Meyers to its board of investor relations. Houston, Iglesias aims
directors. Karentz Noreco has appoint- Lee to further increase
Ashtead Technol- ed Einar Gjelsvik as visibility of Oilennium Iglesias
ogy has appointed CEO. in the industry, while
Chris Braithwaite as Fugro Multi Client building new relationships and providing
non executive chair- Services has named existing customers with greater support.
man of the group. Ewa Ginal as inter- Cairn Energy has appointed Simon Thom-
Xodus Group national marketing son as CEO. He succeeds Sir Bill Gammell,
has announced that manager. who will become non-executive chairman.
Carolyn Hare has NCS Survey has Dr. Mike Watts will continue as deputy
joined the wells and appointed John chief executive. Jann Brown will become
subsurface division. Meaden as COO. managing director of the company. Norman
She specializes in up- Schlumberger Busi- Murray, non-executive chairman; Malcolm
stream chemistry with Braithwaite ness Consulting has E. Bennett Thoms, COO; and Philip Tracy, group
more than 13 years of appointed Dr. Adnan engineering and operations director, will step
experience in offshore Shihab-Eldin and Claude Mandil to the down from the board of directors.
and onshore chemical board of the SBC Energy Institute.
management systems, Knight Oil Tools has appointed Kenny
designing and manag- Bennett as corpo-
ing injection facilities, rate account repre-
and in other areas of sentative. Based in
chemical treatment Oklahoma City, he is
problem-solving. responsible for oil and
Offshore Solutions gas customers in the
B.V. has appointed mid-continent region.
Waterstreet
Andy Waterstreet McDermott
as engineering and International Inc. has
projects manager. appointed Gene Rice Melling, Coleman, and Jennings
Baker Hughes has named Adam Ander- as technical director-
son as VP of investor relations. rig repairs. Rice is K. Bennett ABB has added Dean Jennings, Stephen
Glacier Energy Services has appointed responsible for the Coleman, and Stuart Melling to its marine
Frazer Blyth as sales and marketing direc- engineering development of rig repair and and crane services team to help UK-based
tor. upgrade services at the company’s fabrica- cruise ships, ferries, offshore support, semi-
COSCO Corp. has appointed Wang Yu tion facility in Altamira, Mexico. submersible, jackup, FPSO, specialty, and
Hang as general manager of COSCO Ship- Step Change in Safety has appointed Mar- merchant vessels along with harbor cranes to
yard Group Co. tin Ellins and Ken Robertson as co-chairs upgrade, retrofit, and replace legacy electri-
Transocean says W. Richard Anderson of the UK’s offshore safety initiative. Ellins cal and automation equipment.
has resigned from the board of directors is countr y manager UK with KCA Deutag Petrobras announced that Antônio
due to the demands of his duties as CFO of and has more than 35 years of experience Palocci Filho has resigned from the board
Eurasia Drilling Co. in the oil and gas industr y. Robertson is of directors. He was elected at the General
Spectrum has appointed Henning Olset asset leader CNNS with Shell U.K. Ltd. and Shareholders Meeting on April 28, 2011.
as CFO, and Jan Schoolmeesters as COO. has nearly 30 years of experience in the Hyperdynamics has appointed Bonnie
Rhys Edwards has been named as group industr y. Milne-Andrews as manager of geological
commercial director. The company has also Kvaerner has elected Kjell Inge Røkke, operations. Milne-Andrews was most recently
appointed Jim Martin as VP of business de- Tore Tor vund, Bruno Weymuller, Lone manager of development, South Texas of
velopment, and Alan Tidey as sales manager. Fønss Schrøder, Vibeke Hammer Mad- Swift Energy’s shale and tight gas sand plays.
Clough has appointed Kevin Gallagher sen, Rune Rafdal, Ståle Knof f Johansen, She has held positions with BP, Amoco, and

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BUSINESS BRIEFS

Schlumberger, covering exploration and scientists from the developing world pursue company’s fleet of subsea safety systems and
development projects in the U.S., South advanced graduate studies in scientific disci- well test packages, and globalization of the
America, the former Soviet Union, the Middle plines at leading universities worldwide. group’s drillstem testing heritage and emerg-
East, West Africa, and Australasia. iicorr announced the company has been ing telemetry capability.
Lill-Heidi Bakkerud, Morten Svaan, integrated into Stork Technical Ser vices, Mobilarm Ltd. has acquired Marine
and Einar Arne Iversen have been re- and will now be known as Stork Technical Rescue Technologies. The sale and pur-
elected as board members in Statoil ASA. Ser vices UK Ltd. chase agreement covers all Marine Rescue
They will serve for two years. The Artificial Lift Co. has announced the Technologies’ assets, including the entire Sea
McDermott has appointed Jack McCor- expansion of its premises in Great Yarmouth. Marshall product line.
mack as executive VP and COO. McCormack The company has invested in a new 5,500 Dron & Dickson has secured a long-term
succeeds John T. Nesser. sq ft (511 sq m) facility to accommodate contract with Nexen Petroleum UK Ltd.
increased manufacturing, assembly, repair, The three-year deal, with the option of two
Company news and testing activities, along with supplying one-year extensions, covers Nexen’s UK
Wärtsilä and Jiangsu CuiXing Marine additional office space and support services. North Sea assets Scott/Telford and Buzzard.
Of fshore Engineering Co. Ltd. have Viking Moorings and Newfoundland The contract involves provision of all electri-
agreed to establish a joint venture to make Of fshore Ser vices have signed an exclusive cal goods including lighting, distribution
Wärtsilä 26 and Wärtsilä 32 medium-speed agency agreement. Under the terms of the boards, and instrumentation equipment to
marine engines in China. agreement, NOSO will provide Viking Moor- support maintenance of these assets.
Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies ing’s full portfolio of mooring equipment and Greene’s Energy Group and its Brazil-
has acquired Seagear. The acquisition will services to operators and drilling contractors ian entity, Greene’s Energia Ser vicos do
see the entire Seagear team join forces with throughout the offshore Canadian market Brasil, will introduce its latest rental tool,
KOGT’s Seaflex Riser Technologies business and will strengthen the oil and gas services the Bucking Unit, at the upcoming Brasil Off-
unit. NOSO can offer its customers. shore event in Macaé. The Greene’s Bucking
Swire Oilfield Ser vices has launched Spatial Energy and petroWEB have Unit is a self-contained and continuously-
a new global division, Swire Modular entered into a new reseller agreement to rotating unit designed to accurately make-up
Systems. provide each other’s data content solutions to or break-out the threaded connections on
ConocoPhillips is donating $1 million to energy companies worldwide. The agreement tubular components such as drilling tools,
the University of Houston and the UH Energy allows Spatial Energy to resell petroWeb’s casing, tubing, and similar equipment.
Research Park. The company says it plans to Navisphere and Global Seismic Library prod- Oil & Gas UK has published an updated
make similar gifts in 2012 and 2013. ucts as part of the Spatial Energy’s Spatial set of guidelines for tandem loading to help
Schlumberger says it has acquired the on Demand content offering. PetroWEB can operators of FPSOs, FSUs, and offtake tank-
remaining equity shares in Framo Engi- now seamlessly integrate subscriptions to ers implement agreed good practice when
neering AS. Subject to regulatory approval, Spatial on Demand directly into petroWEB transferring crude oil between FPSOs and
Schlumberger will get those shares from customer implementations. shuttle tankers. Initiated by Oil & Gas UK
Frank Mohn AS. AlMansoori Specialized Engineering as a joint industry project, with input from
Aker Solutions has taken controlling in- has expanded its operations into East Africa, operators of FPSOs and offtake tankers and
terests in two Norwegian subsea equipment opening an office in Kampala, Uganda. The the HSE, the 2011 edition is an update of
specialists. Benestad and Phaze Technolo- base will be managed by the company’s the original 2002 guidelines, published in
gies, founded and owned by the Benestad, Target Well Control subsidiary. response to concerns regarding the risks of
brothers, are regular suppliers to Aker Solu- Subsea 7 has awarded Hippo Marine a collision, pollution, loss of mooring, fire, and
tions and other subsea contractors. contract to supply 80 pipelaying buoyancy explosion during tanker loading activities.
Saudi Aramco and ITT have signed a modules, each with a net buoyancy of 2,100 Diving/subsea contractor Dalgidj has
comprehensive seven-year strategic partner- kg (4,630 lb) and an operational depth rating formed a strategic alliance with Hallin Ma-
ship agreement for ITT to provide products of 40 m (131 ft). The modules are destined rine to offer subsea services to oil and gas
and services to Aramco in Saudi Arabia and for use on Phase IIIB of the Escravos Gas projects in the Caspian region. The duo has
internationally. Under the agreement, ITT Project being conducted offshore Onne worked together for years providing subsea
and its partner Aswad Group will provide (Nigeria). support, including ROV and diving services
products — including Goulds pumps, BIW Valiant Petroleum is close to clinching off Azerbaijan to BP Caspian. They plan to ex-
wellhead connectors, ProSmart predic- the entire share capital of Norwegian E&P pand their capability in the region to include
tive condition monitoring systems, and independent Sagex Petroleum for $11.5 saturation diving services, surveys, and
PumpSmart advanced pump controls — and million. The two companies currently are project management. Hallin’s engineering
services through ITT Saudi Co. Ltd. seeking all necessary corporate, third party, division will provide engineering services,
ROMAR International has achieved a and regulatory consents for the transaction led by Prospect.
milestone with the 50th sale of its Packer to go through by the target date of Aug. 31. Pulse Structural Monitoring has opened
Management System. The latest sale was to Premier Oil is set to lift its stake in the a new office in Kuala Lumpur. With the con-
Transocean and represents revenue in excess Wytch Farm production assets offshore/ tinued support of fellow Acteon company 2H
of £2 million ($3.2 million) for the technology onshore southern England. The company has Of fshore, the company has secured three
within two years of its introduction into the agreed to an initial cash consideration of $96 major monitoring projects with Murphy Oil,
market. million. This will increase its interest from Kangean Energy, and CNOOC.
The Schlumberger Foundation has re- 12.38% to 30.1%, adding around 12.5 MMboe Greene’s Energy Group, an oil and gas
ceived a $50 million grant from Schlumberg- of 2P and 2C reserves and resources as of specialty testing, rental and service business,
er Ltd. and its subsidiaries to support the Jan. 1, 2011. has opened an Asia/Pacific operational base
Faculty for the Future program. The flagship Expro has announced a new invest- in Singapore, Greene’s Energy Group Asia
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Aker Solutions .............................................7 Mustang Engineering ................................55
www.akersolutions.com/subsea www.mustangeng.com
SALES OFFICES Allseas Group SA ....................................103
N
www.allseas.com
PENNWELL PETROLEUM GROUP American Petroleum Institute ...................64 National Oilwell Varco................................25
1455 West Loop South, Suite 400, Houston, TX 77027 www.api.org www.nov.com
PHONE +1 713 621 9720 • FAX +1 713 963 6228 ASTICAN .....................................................95 National Oilwell Varco................................41
David Davis (Worldwide Sales Manager) www.astican.es www.nov.com/xlsystems
[email protected] ATV Advanced Technology Valves SPA....19 Nylacast.. ......................................................8
www.astican.es www.nylacast.com
Mitch Duffy (Regional Sales Manager)
[email protected] B
Glenda Harp (Classified Sales) [email protected]
O
Baker Hughes ............................................33 Orr Safety Corporation .. ...........................99
www.bakerhughes.com www.orrsafety.com/kong
GREATER HOUSTON AREA, TX Bredero Shaw.............................................39
David Davis [email protected] brederoshaw.com P
C Parker Hannafin .........................................85
USA • CANADA www.parker.com
Mitch Duffy [email protected] Cameron .......................................................9 PennWell
www.c-a-m.com Deep Offshore Technology
Co.L.Mar S.r.L. ...........................................42 Conference & Exhibition ............. 115-126
UNITED KINGDOM • SCANDINAVIA • www.colmaritalia.com www.deepoffshoretechnology.com
THE NETHERLANDS Deepwater Operations
9 Tarragon Rd. D Conference & Exhibition ....................127
www.deepwateroperations.com
Maidstone, Kent, United Kingdom ME16 OUR Dril-Quip .......................................................1 Offshore Asia Conference &
PHONE +44 1622 721222 • FAX +44 1622 721333 www.dril-quip.com Exhibition ............................................ 114
Roger Kingswell [email protected] DSM Dyneema B.V. ....................................83 www.offshoreasiaevent.com
offshore.dyneema.com Offshore India Conference &
Exhibition ..............................................94
FRANCE • BELGIUM • PORTUGAL • F www.offshoreoilindia.com
SPAIN • SOUTH SWITZERLAND • MONACO Offshore Reprints .................................95
• NORTH AFRICA Fitech Italia SRL .........................................15 www.offshore-mag.com
Prominter www.fitechitalia.com Offshore West Africa Conference &
8 allée des Hérons, 78400 Chatou, France FMC Technologies .....................................23 Exhibition ..................................... 109-112
www.fmctechnologies.com/gensysoff www.offshorewestafrica.com
PHONE +33 (0) 1 3071 1119 • FAX +33 (0) 1 3071 1119 FMC Technologies .................................... C4 Topsides, Platforms, & Hulls
Daniel Bernard [email protected] www.fmctechnologies.com Conference & Exhibition .................... 113
Forum Energy Technologies........ ...........105 www.TopsidesEvent.com
www.f-e-t.com Polarcus......................................................61
GERMANY • NORTH SWITZERLAND • Frank Mohn Flatoy AS ...............................59 www.polarcus.com
AUSTRIA • EASTERN EUROPE • www.framo.com Precision Polymer Engineering Ltd /
RUSSIA • FORMER SOVIET UNION • BALTIC Perlast Ltd. ...............................................107
• EURASIA G www.prepol.com/offshore
Sicking Industrial Marketing, Kurt-Schumacher-Str. 16
59872 Freienohl, Germany GAM Service SRL........ ..............................31 R
www.gamservicesrl.com
PHONE +49 (0) 2903 3385 70 • FAX +49 (0) 2903 3385 82 GE Oil & Gas........ ......................................67 Rapid-Torc ..................................................16
Andreas Sicking [email protected] downholeatgeoilandgas.com www.rapidtorc.com
Global Industries........ ...............................27 RM Young Company ..................................62
www.globalind.com www.youngusa.com
ITALY Rutter, Inc. ..................................................82
SILVERA MEDIAREP H www.rutter.ca
Viale Monza, 24 - 20127 Milano, Italy
PHONE +39 (02) 28 46716 • FAX +39 (02) 28 93849 Halliburton..................................................21 S
Halliburton.com
Ferruccio Silvera [email protected]
Harris CapRock......... ...................................3 Sandvik Materials Technology ..................35
www.harriscaprock.com/energy-om www.smt.sandvik.com/oilgas
BRAZIL / SOUTH AMERICA Heerema Marine Contractors........ ............81 Schlumberger ........................................... C2
Grupo Expetro/SMARTPETRO, Ave. Erasmo www.heerema.com www.slb.com/intersect
Braga 227, 11th floor Hempel A/S........ .........................................93 Seaway Heavy Lifting B.V..........................45
www.hempel.com www.shl.com.cy
Rio de Janeiro RJ 20024-900, BRAZIL HSM Steel Structures........ ........................56 Sercel ..........................................................17
PHONE +55 (21) 2533 5703 or +55 (21) 3084 5384 www.hsm.nl www.sercel.com
FAX +55 (21) 2533 4593 Hydratight........ ...........................................62 ShawCor ..................................................... 11
[email protected], Url [email protected] www.hydratight.com www.shawcor.com
Marcia Fialho [email protected] Hytorc..............................................49, 51, 53 Siemens AG ................................................13
www.hytorc.com www.siemens.com/energy
STX Norway Offshore AS ..........................43
JAPAN I www.stxosv.com
ICS Convention Design, Inc.
6F Chiyoda Bldg., 1-5-18 Sarugakucho Intergraph Process, Power & Offshore ....89 T
Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo 101-8449, Japan www.intergraph.com/go/offshore
IPLOCA .....................................................106 TDW Offshore Services ............................ C3
PHONE +81 3 3219 3641 • FAX +81 3 3219 3628 www.iploca.com www.tdwos.com
Manami Konishi [email protected] Tetra Technologies, Inc. ............................14
J www.tetratec.com
Jumbo Offshore VOF .................................91 The Bayou Companies, LLC .....................46
SINGAPORE www.bayoucompanies.com
19 Tanglin Road #05-20 Tanglin Shopping Center www.jumbo-offshore.nl
Singapore 247909 K V
PHONE +65 9616 8080 • FAX +65 6734 0655
Michael Yee [email protected] Karmsund Maritime Offshore Supply ......54 Van Beest B.V. ............................................90
www.kamos.no www.vanbeest.com
VICINAY CADENAS ....................................63
INDIA L www.vicinaycadenas.com
Interads Ltd., A-113, Shivalik, New Delhi 110 017 VOLGA-DNEPR Group...............................36
LAGCOE 2011 .............................................57 www.volga-dnepr.com
PHONE +91 11 628 3018 • FAX +91 11 622 8928 www.LAGCOE.com
Rajan Sharma [email protected] Liebherr-Werk Nenzing GmbH ..................40 W
www.liebherr.com
Litre Meter ..................................................42 Wasco Energy Group of Companies........34
NIGERIA/WEST AFRICA www.whatflowmeter.com www.wascoenergy.com
Flat 8, 3rd floor (Oluwatobi House) M Weatherford..............................................4, 5
71 Allen Ave, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria weatherford.com
PHONE +234 805 687 2630 or +234 802 223 2864 McCrometer ................................................47 Wild Well Control .......................................29
Dele Olaoye [email protected] McCrometer.com/Best-Fit-Flow www.wildwell.com
McDermott International ...........................37
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BEYOND THE HORIZON

How the industry can counter

perceived negativity
Misleading portrayals of energy producers and suppliers as the For our critics to have a mandate, they need to maintain an “us
bad guys and energy consumers as the good guys continue to fuel versus them” mentality – a wedge firmly entrenched between the
the public’s negative perception of energy producers. industry and society as a whole. We need to get rid of that wedge.
This theme has plagued the industry since the dawning of envi- The energy business must get its house in order to remove any
ronmental consciousness forty years ago, and has been aided and inconsistencies that give potential naysayers leverage. We must find
abetted by the dramatic oil spills offshore Alaska in 1989 and in the a way of not being seen to promote self-interest.
deepwater Gulf of Mexico last year. Our industry needs to regroup and refocus on building relation-
Recent media accounts have raised the polarization to a new level. ships that will engender a better understanding of the energy busi-
These accounts place the oil-producing companies and countries in ness. Some ideas, for example, would be to partner with indepen-
a negative light while simultaneously portraying consumers as the dent stakeholders and NGOs.
aggrieved party. We must also start to reach out to all our communities, and use
But it is time for the energy industry to become more proactive real examples to show how hard we are working to meet the world’s
in reframing these outdated perceptions, which have dogged the growing demands for energy while creating economic development
industry for more than two decades and sown distrust between con- and protecting the environment.
sumers and producers. These lingering, negative perceptions help This will involve wider engagement with a number of organiza-
no one: they threaten economic growth, endanger geopolitical sta- tions, including academic and educational institutions. One of our
bility, and even undermine personal freedom. most significant dilemmas continues to be how to find the intellectual
The industry needs to unite and create one voice to secure solu- capital required to secure the future of the energy industry. How will
tions to the big challenges ahead, and start re-shaping the public we hold on to the wisdom of our most experienced people, and enable
debate on the role of energy in the global community. It can do this them to share their experience with a generation of young people?
by educating consumers on the role they play – the collective impact This younger generation is being constantly bombarded by nega-
of the individual choices they make in their automobiles, homes, tive imagery and rhetoric about our industry. This negative portray-
and businesses. al has resulted in fewer young people wishing to pursue a career in
International energy companies and their partners – the resource the industry. As a consequence, there has been a dramatic decline
holding countries – must start countering the criticism that lays all in the number of courses catering to the industry’s technical needs
the blame for global warming at the door of energy suppliers, and in European and American universities.
next to none of it on consumers who demand energy every minute Another option could be to establish industry standards on trans-
of every hour of every day. parency, and solicit ratings from Transparency International in the
We must work to drive home the message about our international same way as a corporation would request a credit rating. This would
investment in communities, people and technology, and promote show that we have nothing to hide.
our efforts in sustaining and securing global energy supplies and Whatever the approach, success will depend on making some radi-
finding new ways of producing cleaner energy. cal changes. These changes may initially be uncomfortable for some,
The story needs a new definition which acknowledges that we because it will inevitably involve a culture shift for the industry.
are all stakeholders in environmental protection and sustainable Thought leadership is what is needed, and maybe for all of us this
economic growth. The narrative needs to shift from an emphasis begins at home in our own communities and our own companies.
on supply and development – where the least environmental impact The irony is that for an industry that touches almost every human
takes place – to a focus on demand and consumption. It is the latter life on the planet, we have allowed our contribution to be dismissed
which has the most impact on the environment. and let ourselves be portrayed as the bad guys. It’s not a war and
We can begin by trying to change the dynamic of the conversa- we’re not the enemy – but it’s time for us to come out fighting and
tion, demonstrating what the industry continues to achieve and con- tell our story.
tribute to the advancement of society. This requires getting out from James McCallum
inside the safe confines of the energy bubble and initiating consis- CEO, Senergy
tent and proactive engagement with all stakeholders, and not just
when a disaster occurs.

This page reflects viewpoints on the political, economic, cultural, technological, and environmental issues that shape the future of the petroleum industry. Offshore
Magazine invites you to share your thoughts. Email your Beyond the Horizon manuscript to David Paganie at [email protected].

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MONDAY 12 SEPTEMBER 2011

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TUESDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2011

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𰁒 04 National/State Oil Company 𰁒 10 Seismic Company 𰁒 13 Educational Institution/Govt Agency 𰁒 39 Engineering 𰁒 Approve
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𰁒 51 Consulting Company Engaged in 𰁒 37 Supply Company 𰁒 98 Other ____________________ 𰁒 45 Purchasing 𰁒 None
Projects or Providing Services to Oil 𰁒 41 Marine Support Services 𰁒 48 Consulting
and/or Gas Companies 𰁒 36 Equipment Manufacturing Company 𰁒 46 Geologist or Geophysicist
𰁒 09 EPC/Main Contractor 𰁒 38 Service Company 𰁒 47 Other _________________

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+1 888 299 8057 𰂆 Paid by 12 August 2011 $ 3710
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3. Exhibitor Delegate (Exhibiting Companies Only) 𰂆 Friday 𰂆 @ $ 190 𰂆 @ $ 220
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For questions please call: • Coffee Breaks in Exhibition Hall Coffee breaks in Exhibition Hall
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Toll Free (US only): Free before 6 September 2011 𰂆
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(In US Dollars only)
𰂆 Paid after 12 August 2011 $ 275

Payment must be received prior to the conference. *Your full-price registration fee includes a one-year paid subscription to Oil & Gas Journal. (US $69 value)
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