BOP

Maersk to develop BP 20K drilling technology concept BP selected Maersk Drilling from Denmark and the Houston-based engineering company KBR to implement the development of its 20KTM concept for a new generation of drilling rigs. February 2013, BP and Maersk Drilling (Maersk) signed an agreement to develop and provide detailed engineering on a BP‘s  conceptual designs for a new generation of […]

Definition Umbilical refers in the oil and gas industry to the connections used offshore between the subsea equipment and platforms or floating production units and enabling the control from the surface. The umbilicals are made of steel or thermoplastic to be flexible and in the same time to resist to operating conditions. Comments Umbilicals provide control, power, […]

 Definition BOP is the acronym of Blow Out Preventer or Blowout Preventer. The Blow Out Preventer (BOP) is a safety equipment to prevent the well to blowout. Designed and engineered for high oil and gas pressures, it is installed on the top of the well casing to contain anything to pass through and generate sub-sea leakages […]

Definition Tie-back in the offshore oil and gas upstream activities refer to the connection of additional risers to the floating vessel or platform. Comments Originally the offshore oil and gas industry used to focus on large fields that could be explored and produced in drilling strait below the floating vessel or the platform. But the high […]

Definition A Riser is a pipe carrying up the subsea oil and gas from the wellheads on the seabed to the floating unit on the surface. The risers may be used for drilling or production purposes.    Comments Drilling risers are categorised into two types: – Marine drilling risers used with subsea blow out preventer (BOP) and generally used […]