An Oceaneering® Magnum® Plus work class Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) has set a new ROV ultra deepwater drill support depth record offshore India while working at 10,385 feet water depth (3,165 meters). Magnum 169 is supporting drilling operations onboard rig Dhirubhai Deepwater KG1 (DDKG1) for ONGC and has been in service since Q3 2009. The [...]
ONGC’s chartered-hired ultradeep water drillship DDKG1, owned by Transocean, has set a world record for drilling well in deepest water depth by an offshore drilling rig. The rig DDKG1 has spudded well NA7-1 in exploratory block KG-DWN-2004/1 in east coast India at a water depth of 3165m (10,385 feet) on Jan 23, 2013. Thereafter it [...]
Tap Oil Limited provides has announced that during the period from 0600 hours WST on 10 October 2012 to 0600 hours WST on 17 October 2012, the Manora-5 well was drilled directionally to a depth of 2,207 metres true vertical depth. The forward plan is to drill to final total depth and run wire line [...]
Apache-operated Mbawa-1 exploration well in the L8 licence area, offshore Kenya, has now been deepened and reached a total depth of 3151 metres. As previously announced, the Mbawa-1 exploration well encountered approximately 52 metres of net gas pay in the primary target. However, the deeper, secondary target did not contain hydrocarbons. The operator is currently [...]
Noble Energy, Inc. yesterday announced that the Leviathan deep well offshore Israel has reached a depth of approximately 21,400 feet, the deepest known penetration in the Levant Basin. High well pressure and the mechanical limits of the wellbore design resulted in the suspension of drilling operations before the primary objective was reached. Over the [...]
![BraziI: InterMoor Breaks Mooring Depth Record]()
InterMoor beats mooring depth record for Brazil as part of a one-year project to provide mooring and positioning support operations for Shell do Brasil, InterMoor do Brasil Ltda (InterMoor), an Acteon company, has recently beaten the depth record for conventional mooring offshore Brazil with a water depth of 2027 m. The project is for the [...]
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“Shell Oil Company is now producing oil from the world’s deepest subsea well at its Perdido Development, utilizing advanced technology to lead the way in increasing the company’s ability to produce more domestic oil and gas resources.”, the company announced today. The well, at 9,627 feet below the water’s surface, is located in the Tobago [...]
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![Bermuda: AOD to Increase Water Depth Capacity for its Jack-ups]()
Asia Offshore Drilling Limited (the “Company”) has decided to increase the water depth capacity from 350 feet to 400 feet for its three jack-up rigs under construction. This investment will increase the marketability of the rigs, allowing them to successfully operate in more offshore areas. The additional capital expenditure to extend the legs is estimated [...]
![Trelleborg Offshore’s Technology Helps Transocean Make Drilling Depth Record in India]()
Trelleborg Offshore’s innovative drill riser buoyancy technology has helped offshore drilling contractor, Transocean, achieve a new record in deepwater drilling. The ultra-deepwater drillship, the Dhirubhai Deepwater KG2, achieved the record depth, 10,194 ft, during a drilling job offshore India for Reliance Industries. Reducing weight subsea Billy Nitsche, drilling global customer solutions manager, Trelleborg Offshore, commented: [...]
![Eni Australia Drills Galahad-1 Well to Total Depth of 3448m MDRT]()
Octanex N.L. has been advised by Eni Australia Limited, the Operator of the Galahad-1 well located in the outer Exmouth Plateau permit, WA-363-P, that at 07:00 hours WST (Western Standard Time) on Monday, 16 May 2011, the well had reached its total depth (TD) of 3448m MDRT (measured depth below rotary table). Operations over the [...]
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