Why I chose offshore Drilling? I chose offshore drilling, because I recently saw the movie trailer of Deepwater Horizon, where a drilling oil rig fails, and the oil that is being pumped spills into the water, and the oil gets caught of fire, a lot of people, and sea animals become endangered. I don’t know what about this movie, all I know is that I always find myself thinking about what I would do it I was on the rig. With Offshore drilling being an option that I could research about, I wanted to
Mexico. An oil drilling rig which was operated on behalf of BP's corporation by Transocean, a private contractor, is set to begin drilling off the Southern coast of Louisiana. In the beginning, the operation process goes easily, but then finally the cement job completely fails which triggering a massive blowout that overpowers and kills people. There is a chain of malfunction equipment coupled with a failed attempt to seal the well and oil ignition which kills more people. When the rig exploded, eleven
On December 23rd 2009 at 6:15 pm onboard the Sedco 711 semi-submersible rig operated by Shell E&P, a blowout occurred. This occurred during the upper completion clean up phase of the well. According to the UK parliament’s Memorandum and Transocean’s report, the blowout happened due to an underbalanced column of drilling fluids in the well. This is very similar to the Macondo Blowout, as it also involved an underbalanced column of mud. The only noticeable difference is the use of an unusual spacer
platform, called Thunder Horse, toppled after Hurricane Dennis. After an investigation, BP found that their engineers had incorrectly installed a number of valves that supported the rig. On January 2007, the Minerals Management Service cited this accident was caused by human error (PBS). In 2010, the Deep Water Horizon rig exploded, leading to oil leaking into the Gulf of Mexico. Again BP is ... ... middle of paper ... ...n Knutson. "Years of Internal BP Probes Warned That Neglect Could Lead to
most influential ‘thinkers’ of that period who helped to shape their world. The early Chinese left behind a great number of legacies which were the forerunners to the ideas and technologies we enjoy today such as basic medicine, paper currency, deep drilling and the bureaucracy system. For the ancient Chinese, most of their knowledge of early Chinese medicine was obtained from the yellow emperor’s Nei Ching. This is believed to have been from the 2nd century BC. These medicines were know as religious
America but what most do not know is oil drilling comes with a price. Former president Jimmy Carter, prepared an arguement to try to save a beautiful land he once visited from the destruction of oil drilling. Carter uses the three methods of persuasion, pathos, logos and ethos, to present his arguement to his audience to preserve Alaska. Through pathos, Carter is able to make the audience feel pity for the land that would be forever scarred by oil drilling. Carter uses his experiences in Alaska
days for rental fleet, and after-market sales and service. Tubular Services revenue growth for Q3 2011 was 38.1 million, an increase of 9% compared to the prior quarter. This increase derived from increase customer demand for shale resources. Casing Drilling revenue Q3 2011 was 5.3 million compared to 3.9 million in Q2011. • Top drive operating margi... ... middle of paper ... ...13, the company acquired automated catwalk technology from Custom Pipe Handlers Canada, Inc. (nytimes.com, 2014).
The principle of cable-tool drilling has remained unchanged since it first started in China. According to Kurts, DeGolyer (1940) “Drilling is done by repeatedly lifting and dropping a heavy string of drilling tool into the borehole, with the drill bit crushing consolidated rocks into small fragments”. Huge improvements have been made from the Chinese bamboo method. University of Kansas (1940) highlighted the key improvements that the rig mechanisms had. A good example of this is the spring pole
On April 9, 1997, Rig 52 that belonged to Mallard Bay Drilling was towed to a location in the territorial waters of Louisiana, where it drilled a well over two miles deep. After the well was almost complete an explosion occurred killing four of the crew and injuring several others. Seeing that this was a marine casualty in navigable U.S. waters, under existing regulations the United States Coast Guard responded. When the investigation was over the Coast Guard did not find any violations of their
The Chilean mining accident The recent 2010 Copiapó mining accident, to us known as the Chilean mining accident began on 5th of August 2010 as a large collapse at the San José copper-gold mine in the Atacama Desert. During the collapse there were thirty three men inside the mine; trapped 700 meters underground; five kilometers from the entrance. It is not surprising that the public thought that the miners would not have survived the collapse or starve to death. Thou it sounds like there is no
of the vessel’s blowout preventer as the only guard against an explosion, the rig owned by Transocean imploded under numerous problems of maintenance. As dead batteries were investigated to be present inside the blowout preventer alongside defective wiring , BP was not the only company concerned with potential profit loss from acceptable safety standards. In order to maximize revenue generated by the Deepwater Horizon rig, Transocean officials failed to recall the vessel for maintenance inspection
that the oil company may use faulty equipment to drill for oil rather than taking the precautions to ensure that every piece of equipment is not defective. Without this assurance, the public, especially the conservationists, are calling to delay the drilling until all of the problems have been addressed and fixed. And what is causing this protest? Bolt failures. According to a letter from Director Brian Salerno of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement to President and CEO Jack Gerard of
On the night of the incident, 126 crewmembers were on board. As the rig was running, highly pressurized methane gas rose in the chamber, igniting the platform in a scorching blaze. The incident resulted in 11 deaths, 17 injured, and a gargantuan volume of oil spillage. Though many efforts were made in the attempt to stop the oil well from leaking, none were successful. In fact, the oil flowed from the drilling site for 87 days, making the cleanup significantly complicated. Certainly, the
Introduction The Deepwater Horizon was a dynamically positioned drilling rig which owned by Transocean and it was chartered to BP from 2008. On April 20, 2010, the offshore oil rig exploded, the explosion was the largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry as the oil leaked 205.8 million gallons of crude oil into Mexico Gulf Coast and BP spent 86 days to cap the well, stopping the oil flow into Mexico Gulf for the first time. This report covered some facts about the
on the menu for a somewhat reasonable price. A major incident occurred just two days before Earth Day. The incident is well known as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, or as many others call it, the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig along the Gulf of Mexico is an oil-spill that resulted from an explosion that is under contract with BP, leading up to over million barrels of oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico. This incident has led to many controversies. Arguments in discussion
1. Do you think BP’s turbulent history contributed to its present day culture and general attitude towards safety and operational procedures? BP turbulent history can be considered the impalement to the current safety and operational procedures. BP had emphasized personal safety and improvements, but the company had a personal injury rates that accounted for 95% of the injuries related to the oil industry. Following the Gulf oil spill disaster, a number of safety recommendations were endorsed by
Deepwater Horizon (2016) directed by Peter Berg is based on a true event of the worst oil disaster in United States of America’s history when the offshore drilling rig named the Deepwater Horizon exploded. On the night of 20th April 2010, eleven offshore workers died aboard the Deepwater Horizon and the blowout lasted for 87 days, spilling an estimated of 210 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. There were numerous hazards involved and identified in the movie Deepwater Horizon. Firstly
done to change their way of thinking. Soon, the planet will no longer be habitable, and humans are they only ones to blame. People should care about our planet because the amount of litter humans produce is horrendous, driving a car is bad news, drilling for oil will kill the earth, and planting new plants can save it. The fact is many animals will die this year due to littering. People never hear about these animals because who really cares about this kind of stuff? Well, we need these animals for
INTRODUCTION: 1. What were Reson’s Managerial Challenges at the beginning of the 1990? Reson manufactured underwater acoustics and high-power ultrasonic equipment along with components for underwater measurement system. They manufactured Their main customer base was the defense industry. They took up to 3 years for product development which was a really long time. They did not fully utilize their potential which proved to be disadvantageous for them
1.0 Risers from Seabed to Surface. The riser is a pipe which usually connects the top side down to the sea floor. The riser help to lift drilling fluid coupled with cuttings from bottom hole to the surface. In order to provide enough space for drill pipe , logging measurement devices and some multi casing the 53.3 cm diameter is recommended . Types of Risers There are a number of types of risers namely: • attached risers • pull tube risers • steel catenary risers • top-tensioned