Approximately 58 km southeast of Shingu City, Japan--Deepsea Drilling Vessel CHIKYU has resumed IODP drilling operations in the Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone off the Kii Peninsula of Japan. The ...

In mid-2003, Shell drilled ultradeepwater Well 1-SHEL-14-RJS in Brazil, proving out an emerging drilling technology and breaking several drilling industry records. This event opens a new era in the ...

Aker Solutions contracted by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) to supply deepwater drilling riser. The 10 000 ft deepwater drilling CLIP riser system will be manufactured and delivered ...

While drilling through the 30 in., if the well starts to flow, Saga's procedure is to close the SBD and vent into the sea. The surface diverter system is activated before operating the SBD to avoid ...

ABB Vetco Gray has developed a unique approach to the MCI joining issue for its composite drilling riser design. Originally developed for the aerospace industry by Northrop Grumman and licensed to ABB ...