4.4. Special Problems in the Deep-Water Drilling Process
From the perspective of deep-water drilling and oil production technology, besides the same problems we see for offshore drilling, there are several special problems that will be introduced below.
4.4.1. Deep-Water Drilling Design
There are some special problems that concern designing and planning deep-water drilling:
4.4.1.1. Choices of Drilling Platform
1. Deep-water drilling requirements for drilling platform
There are some higher-level demands for the drilling platform for deep-water drilling:
a. The platform design should meet the needs of the ultra-deep water.
b. The platform design should meet the requirements of harsh conditions.
c. The platform should have high mobility.
d. The platform ...
Get Offshore Operation Facilities now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
