Deepwater Petroleum Exploration and Production: A Nontechnical Guide
Deepwater Petroleum Exploration & Production: A Nontechnical Guide is the most comprehensive and authoritative text available on the business, engineering, and technology of this multi-billion dollar industry. Readers will find extensive coverage of all aspects of deepwater operations - including historic background and an outlook to future deepwater operations. The authors compare and contrast offshore operations to the shelf and onshore operations throughout the text.
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This book overviews business, engineering, and technology issues of deepwater petroleum exploration, encompassing historical background and future deepwater operations. Coverage includes identifying a prospect, drilling and completing wells, development systems, fixed structures, and floating production systems, as well as subsea systems, topsides, pipelines, and flowlines. B&w and a few color photos are included. Leffler is a writer and consultant on petroleum. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
List of IllustrationsForewordIntroductionList of AcronymsCh. 1A Century Getting Ready1Ch. 2Letting Go of the Past27Ch. 3Exploring the Deepwater35Ch. 4Drilling and Completing Wells53Ch. 5Development Systems69Ch. 6Fixed Structures77Ch. 7Floaring Production Systems89Ch. 8Subsea Systems107Ch. 9Topsides125Ch. 10Pipelines, Flowlines, and Risers139Ch. 11Technology and the Third Wave155Index153
