Deepwater Engineering

 

In recent years IDEAS has been proud to provide services to the world’s largest deepwater drilling contractor and, more recently, another deepwater drilling contractor involved with one of the world’s foremost oil companies int eh South China Sea. Apart from the ‘more standard’ aspects of deepwater drilling, IDEAS has become involved in risk assessments relating to the oft controversial use of SBOP’s as opposed to the more usual sea-bed mounted BOP’s.

Our range of expertise covers :

• Management Systems
• Engineering Systems / Standards
• Operating Systems / Standards
• Contract Strategy
• Well Design
• Well Examination
• Peer Review
• Training
• DWOP
• Technical Limit
• Risk Mitigation
• Contingency Planning
• Deepwater Vessel Selection
• Drilling Programme Writing
• Deepwater Well Control (see below)

Deepwater well control may differ from other methods of well control. The following areas are typical of those areas which require to be addressed because they can be very different from more ‘normal’ areas of well control.

 

• Deepwater Well Control Equipment
• Shallow Water Flows
• Hydrates
• Temperature Effects on Mud Density & Rheology
• Riser Margin
• MAASP in Deepwater
• Deepwater Well Control Theory & Procedures
• Handling Gas in the Riser
• Emergency Disconnect Procedures & Contingencies
• Bull-heading VS Driller’s / W & W Methods of Well Control