... cleanouts using conventional coiled tubing (CT) and nitrogen had been unsuccessful. The job had to be performed from a work barge in a catenary style, meaning that the injector head, blowout preventers, and power pack were on the platform, but all were operated from a barge. The advanced wireless catenary...

... installation approach utilizing a shallow draft work barge was chosen for the project. The project was completed with the successful installation of all four pipelines in December 2007. Despite many challenges, the project progressed smoothly without major setbacks. It was successfully completed ahead...

... approaches for pipeline protection and stabilization. In addition, it presents a comparison for conventional heavy decks offshore installation and sub sea equipment. subsea system Upstream Oil & Gas offshore pipeline knowledge management barge heavy lift derrick barge port contractor...

... to a transportation barge moored to the rig. The objectives of the pre-completion/DST were to plan and execute the operations safely, validate the sand control design, determine well performance and reservoir properties, and verify the effectiveness of the completion procedures prior to the TLP rig completion...

... in the columns omitting the need for a permanent barge moored on location for waste collection. Upgrade the rigs solids control equipment to reduce dilution volumes. Utilize a dewatering unit to process mud and reuse the water phase in the mud system. Design cuttings transport system, barge and chute...

... to being shut-in in 1987. Removal operations began at the "A" platform on October 28, 1988 and at the "B" platform on November 24, 1988. The derrick barge phase was completed in 39 days (including 13 weather and mechanical downtime days) without an OSHA recordable accident using over 60,000 construction...

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... Elimination System permit Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit program. The cuttings were from unconsolidated program. The cuttings were from unconsolidated sandstone and shale formations. Disposal of muds and cuttings was via a specially designed barge that can hold up to 6000 barrels of waste...

... the plan and without any lost time accidents. The project ended on schedule. Lake Maracaibo and adjacent land areas have produced oil and gas for Venezuela since 1914. The lake has over 11,000 wells. Most wells employ a special cantilever barge and a single-well platform. For drilling deep Cretaceous...

... are located in inland water. A CO2 barge was specifically designed and constructed for this process. The other well is located on land in the Paradis Field in which two cycles were performed. In most of these cases, 500 tons [453,592 kg] or 8.6 million cu ft [243,524 m3] of CO2 were injected into a well...

..., and personnel quarters. The size of the new platforms prohibits the use of any existing fabrication yards on the U.S. West Coast. Also, no existing barge is capable of carrying either jacket as a single unit across the Pacific. Thus, to encourage competitive bidding and launch barge development, both one-piece...

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... barge fitted with two revolving cranes - the "HERMOD" owned by Heerema Offshore Contractors. At one time during the design phase an alternate method of a self-floating vertical tow of the buoy and base was considered. This entailed some risk if a summer storm developed when the buoy was towed in less...

... orientation at deck level to an orientation parallel and adjacent to the seafloor. The pipeline is pulled downwardly through the J-tube and along the seafloor to its destination by a moored barge or tug located some distance away. For short pipelines, the entire length may be installed through the J-tube...

.... The Riser stem design again avoids any internal stiffening to help limit the potential for fatigue failure of the two-inch thick wall. Universal joints are employed at both the junction between the Buoy and Riser and between the Riser and Base. derrick barge salm base riser procedure spe 10212...

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... the selection of the crane barge for emplacement. Further, this knowledge indicates the ability of the Platform to carry additional plant during production, for full exploitation of a field. Experience has shown that Platform weights always increase, so, if weight and balance knowledge is neglected the result...

... Abstract Offshore pipelines may be installed by several methods including lay barge, reel barge, bottom tow/pull and combinations of these. Technical advantages and limitations of each method are presented as well as their impact on the cost presented as well as their impact on the cost...

... would be within 50 feet of the blowout wellbore. logic programming barge manifold Artificial Intelligence injection pump Louisiana kill manifold blowout well well control Upstream Oil & Gas platform operation logic & formal reasoning kill operation relief well surface...

... are briefly reviewed in the following sentences. Figure 1 is a schematic representation of the pilot test installation in the production mode. pilot test installation in the production mode. Upstream Oil & Gas subsea system separator barge manifold pump separator unit Wellhead offshore...