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 ...

Balmoral Offshore Engineering introduced two additions to its drill riser buoyancy portfolio at the OTC. The new materials, Durafloat Superlite and Durafloat Superlite-X, are rated to operating depths ...

Operating at water depth of 3,040 ft offshore Brazil, the Noble Leo Segerius was the first drillship to deploy the new aluminum-alloy drilling risers. These risers are rated for use at water depths in ...

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 ...

Report Ocean has released a new report on the Offshore Drilling Riser Market, offering a comprehensive analysis of various factors, including market restraints, drivers, and opportunities. The report ...

Similar to pipelines or flowlines, risers transport produced hydrocarbons, as well as production materials, such as injection fluids, control fluids and gas lift. Usually insulated to withstand ...

July 30, 2009—Kumano Basin off Kii Peninsula, approximately 58 km southeast of Japan— Despite harsh weather and ocean conditions, and complex geological characteristics of its drill site, the deep-sea ...

The fundamental arrangement when drilling an oil well involves an outer casing and an inner drillpipe with a drillbit on its end, each continuously extending as the well drives ahead. This allows ...

July 30, 2009—Kumano Basin off Kii Peninsula, approximately 58 km southeast of Japan— Despite harsh atmospheric and ocean conditions, and complex geological characteristics of its drill site, the deep ...

Norwegian engineering contractor Aker Solutions has secured a $50 million contract to supply a deep-water drilling riser system for a drillship being built at a South Korean shipyard. The 10,000-foot ...

GULF OF MEXICO, ABOARD THE MAERSK DEVELOPER - The expanse of blue-gray sea around the Maersk Developer bristles with drilling rigs and oil production platforms, their derricks reaching up into the sky ...