The deepest total depth of a given well is the distance from a surface reference point (usually the Kelly bushing) to the point of deepest penetration measured along the well bore. If a well is drilled from a platform or barge over water, the depth of the water is included in the total length of the well bore.
The area surrounding the wellbore that has been harmed by the drilling process, generally due to mud or cement invasion. Near-wellbore damage can significantly affect productivity. A lightly damaged zone around the wellbore can be bypassed by perforation tunnels to create connection conduits from the wellbore to the undamaged reservoir formation.
A tank farm which accepts, stores and delivers crude oils.
In Israel – EAPC Eilat terminal, EAPC Ashkelon terminal, Tashan Haifa terminal
One or more crude oil compounds which vaporize and are extracted within a certain temperature range during the crude distillation process
Blocks / fields that are at a water depth of more than a thousand meters but generally less than 2,000 meters
Metal inspection company hired by INGL to carry out x-ray inspection on the natural gas transmission system’s welds
Liquid petroleum as produced from the ground. Unrefined liquid petroleum. It ranges in gravity from 9°API to 55°API and in color from yellow to black. Its main usages are for transportation both road and air, for heating and as feedstock for the petrochemical industry. Global reserves of crude oil currently suffice for about 40 years, but more fields are discovered from time to time. There are hundreds of different types of crude oil, but the two most common and the most quoted in the press is Brent and WTI. The most important characteristic of crude oil is its API (a number that defines its relative gravity). The lower the gravity the higher the API number and thus usually the cost is higher because it includes a greater proportion of light components.
In December 2008 Shell set a world water depth record in drilling and completing a subsea well 9,356 ft below the water’s surface. The SA001 well was drilled to 16,300 ft TD in Silvertip field at the Perdido regional development project, 200 miles from Houston. Silvertip field is on Alaminos Canyon Block 815 in OCS lease G19409 in the Gulf of Mexico. The Noble Clyde Boudreaux double-derrick, dual-activity semisubmersible drilled and completed the record well. The semisub employed 16 mooring lines on this project. As an oil well, the Silvertip record is 35% deeper than the previous oil well record of 6,950 ft, also set by Shell in Fourier field also in the gulf. At Perdido, Shell intends to drill an even deeper well in Tobago field at 9,627 ft on Alaminos Canyon Block 859. Shell operates Perdido on behalf of partners Chevron Corp. and BP PLC. Moored in 8,000 ft of water, the drilling and production facility will be the deepest offshore well in the world. Nine polyester mooring lines averaging more than 2 miles in length now hold the spar in place. The floating structure will weigh 50,000-tons and be nearly as tall as the Eiffel Tower when fully operational. First production from Perdido is expected in early 2010, with the facility capable of handling 130,000 boe/d.
Crude oil that contains water
