Chapter 2

Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling Engineering and Equipment

Abstract

This chapter introduces the drilling engineering and equipment in the field of offshore oil and gas.It starts by introducing the drilling platform used in the offshore oil and gas. Then it presents the wellhead and wellhead devices used in the offshore oil and gas. After these two, it begins to introduce the drilling engineer including preparation, working procedure, well completion and so on. Finally, it roughly introduces the new technology in drilling and new drilling rig nowadays.

Keywords

Drilling engineering; Drilling equipment; Offshore Oil and Gas; Well completion; drilling rig
Drilling is one of the most important methods in the development of oil and gas fields. The ...

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