That’s what’s unfolding this week in Alaska, where a Shell drilling rig called the Kulluk broke free from a tow ship in stormy seas on New Year’s Eve before running aground on the southeast coast of Sitkalidak Island, near the larger island of Kodiak.
[pdf] Based on its 50-year history of successful operations in the closely regulated North Slope of Alaska, Nabors has designed, manufactured and operated specialized, high-specification rigs engineered for Arctic conditions.
[pdf] By considering the entire workflow from the perspective of a production system, this paper presents a method to optimize drill rig fleet size and schedule that considers both reservoir management and operational objectives, namely maximizing production volume, meeting production targets and/or minimizing drilling and completion costs.
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