深水钻井的“人工海底”技术开发和中国南海预试验井的实施

介绍了中海油田服务股份有限公司在中国南海进行的预试井活动,讨论了将用于深水油山钻井作业的人工海底新技术.深水钻井市场在最近10年中处于不断扩张的过程,目前世界上用于深水和超深水钻采作业的钻井船和甲台数目不足.中国目前也需要更多的设备用于深水海洋的钻采作业.中海油田服务股份有限公司目前拥有的一些半潜式钻井平台可以在水深浅于475m的水深中进行作业.自从2004年以来,中海油田服务股份有限公司与挪威公司合作,进行人工海底技术的研究和改进,这种技术发展的目标是,利用较浅水作业的钻井平台,进行水深1 000～1 500 m的油气田的钻井作业.介绍了该种技术研究和改进的过程,相关装备的生产和更新.2008年6月,在中国南海的500m水域应用人工海底技术进行了预试验井的作业.2009年,中海油田服务股份有限公司将在中国南海的同一海域进行另一次更深入的实际钻井作业.     

中国南海ASDD深水试验井中的锚泊设计与作业(英文)

Mooring systems play an important role for semi-submersible rigs that drill in deepwater.A detailed analysis was carried out on the mooring of a semi-submersible rig that conducted a trial well drilling at a deepwater location in the South China Sea in 2009.The rig was 30 years old and had a shallow platform with a designed maximum operating water depth of 457 m.Following the mooring analysis,a mooring design was given that requires upgrading of the rig’s original mooring system.The upgrade included several innovations,such as installing eight larger anchors,i.e.replacing the original anchors and inserting an additional 600 m of steel wires with the existing chains.All this was done to enhance the mooring capability of the rig in order for the rig to be held in position to conduct drilling at a water depth of 476 m.The overall duration of the drilling was 50 days and the upgraded mooring system proved to be efficient in achieving the goal of keeping the rig stationary while it was drilling the trial well in the South China Sea.This successful campaign demonstrates that an older semi-submersible rig can take on drilling in deep water after careful design and proper upgrading and modification to the original mooring system.