Africa - Net Deepwater Acreage Competitive(square Advantage kilometres or sqkm) 15,000 20,000 25,000 30,000 35,000 40,000 45,000 50,000 55,000 60,000 65,000 70,000 75,000 80,000 85,000 90,000…
One of the key constraints facing the oil and gas industry currently is lack of drilling equipment due to increased demand. This is particularly acute for equipment capable of drilling in deepwater. In 2006, Fearnley Offshore produced a…
Five wells in 86 days (excluding mobilisation). Two gas discoveries - Fortuna & Lykos. First use of Surface Blow Out Preventer (SBOP) on drillship. SBOP extends water depth range from 1,200 m to in excess of 1,800m Loading…
Equatorial Guinea: Block R Deep Venture water depth capability Too deep for Deep Venture Deep Venture Water Depth Capability 5
Equatorial Guinea: Block R 100% of prospects now accessible with SBOPs Deep Venture Water Depth Capability 6
Large ID 18 Subsea BOP. Weight W i ht about b t 200 tto 300t. 300t Large ID low pressure riser normally needs buoyancy in deepwater. Well control via choke and kill lines on outside of riser. Need large deck space and…
In 1995 Unocal started 18 Surface experimenting with SBOPs to BOP reduce overall drilling costs. 18 stack suspended in moon pool from riser tensioners. Casing cemented in at seabed. No emergency disconnect facility. 13 21…
13 18 Surface Surface BOP BOP Shell modified system to include Subsea Shut-In Device (SID). Allows application of SBOP in harsher environments. Including SID allows SBOP to be 13 used on a DP or moored vessel. Subsea…
Limited Casing g Strings: g Using 133/8 riser limits casing strings. Need to use liners. Not suitable for deep high-pressure wells: Generally need more casing strings, ie hole too small. Surface S face pressure p ess e…
Conventional 36 22 18 18 133/8 113/4 95/8 7 6 hole to TD 6 Not to scale Conventional Casing Design 22
SBOP Casing Design Conventional SBOP 36 36 or 30 22 133/8 18 95/8 133/8 113/4 7 Contingency 7 95/8 7 6 hole to TD Not to scale SBOP Casing Design 23
1. Are SBOPs Safe 2. How do you demonstrate it Are SBOPs Safe 24
Managed g by y Stena Drilling. g Station Keeping Study to confirm the Deep Venture capability bilit - Kongsberg, K b Norway. N Riser Analysis to ensure no riser failure - 2H Offshore, Woking. Quantitative Risk Assessment -…
Study performed by Kongsberg. No effects of adding SBOP. Disconnect time less than conventional Subsea BOPs. Station Keeping Analysis of Deep Venture 26
Riser Analysis 2H Offshore: Focus on likely fatigue life. Understand if VIV suppression required. Any wave loading issues. issues Conclusions: Vam Top 133/8- eight year fatigue life. Vam Top FE - 43 year fatigue life:…
Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) IRC Houston Performed detailed QRA similar to that performed by Shell and Stena on the Stena Tay. Tay Understand effect of using g a dynamically y y positioned p vessel. Understand U d t d…
Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) Looks at the failure path leading to a blow out. Describe logic leading to failure. Apply probabilities/frequencies to each failure point. The Th result lt indicates i di t th the lik…
Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) Blowout AND Take a Kick BOP Fails to Close Equipment Fails AND OR Reservoir Equipment q p out of spec p Mud weight too low OR OR Swab Human error Human error Mud weight too low Build…
Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) Blowout X AND Take a Kick BOP Fails to Close Equipment Fails AND OR Reservoir Equipment q p out of spec p Mud weight too low OR OR Swab Human error Human error Mud weight too low…
Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) Blow Out Mechanisms Kick and BOP Fails Kick and BOP Closed too late Riser Failure and BOP Fails Kick and Shoe Failure (underground blowout) Choke and Kill Failure and Kick See SPE/IADC…
Drillship Comparison of Subsea BOP vs SBOP w/SID Blowout Frequency per Well Drilled 1.00E-03 Subsea BOP SBOP with SID well drilled SSA 1.00E-04 wout Frequency per w 1.00E-05 Blow 1.00E-06 Failure to…
Drillship p Comparison p of SBOP vs SBOP with SID Blowout Frequency per Well Drilled 1.00E-03 SBOP SBOP with SID ncy per well drilled 1.00E-04 ut Frequen 1.00E-05 Blowou 1.00E-06 Failure to control/isolate…
Blowout Duration Subsea BOP vs. SBOP with SSA (Frequency per Well Drilled) 1.00E-03 Duration (per Well Driilled) Subsea BOP SBOP with SSA 1 00E 04 1.00E-04 Blowout Frrequency D 1.00E-05 B…
Are SBOPs Safe Absolutely, QRA suggests significantly safer Absolutely than a single Subsea BOP. Provided: 1. Engineered g correctly y 2. Understand limitations Conclusions 36
SBOPs p potentially y safer than conventional Subsea BOPs: driven by essentially by having two BOPs. SID essential on DP vessel. vessel Recommended on moored vessel. Conclusions 37