To stop a well from flowing or having the ability to flow into the wellbore. Kill procedures typically involve circulating reservoir fluids out of the wellbore or pumping higher density mud into the wellbore, or both. To overcome downhole pressure by adding weighting elements to the drilling mud
A single length (about 30 feet) of drill pipe or of drill collar, casing, or tubing, that has threaded connections at both ends. Several joints screwed together constitute a stand of pip (single, double, thribble and fourble)
Generally when a well drains the hydrocarbons of an adjacent lease the hydrocarbons are deemed to be from the lease on which the well sits (i.e. if you’ve captured it you keep it).
Rule of capture is defined as “the legal rule of non-liability for (a) causing oil or gas to migrate across property lines and (b) producing oil or gas which was originally in place under the land of another, so long as the producing well does not trespass ( i.e. it does not penetrate into an adjoining licensed area)”
An adapter that serves to connect the rotary table to the kelly. The kelly bushing has an inside diameter profile that matches that of the kelly, usually square or hexagonal. It is connected to the rotary table by four large steel pins that fit into mating holes in the rotary table. The rotary motion from the rotary table is transmitted to the bushing through the pins, and then to the kelly itself through the square or hexagonal flat surfaces between the kelly and the kelly bushing. The kelly then turns the entire drillstring because it is screwed into the top of the drillstring itself. Depth measurements are commonly referenced to the KB, such as 8327 ft KB, meaning 8327 feet below the kelly bushing.
Isramco Inc. and its subsidiaries primarily engage in the acquisition, exploration, operation, and development of oil and gas properties in the United States and Israel. Isramco is controlled by the Naphtha Group of the Jerusalem Oil exploration / Equital company. Owned (Kobi Maimon 33%, public 67%), Has a 28.75% share in the Tamar field. Naptha is a holding company whose main assets include 29.4% in Isramco.
30th June 2010 Isramco reported to SEC after reinterpretation of 3D survey in Shimshon license offshore Ashkelon that the Oligocene-Miocene sand strata in the southern part of the prospect are likely to contain gas similar to other prospects in the Nile Delta where gas has been found, but that the US consultant who reanalyzed the data estimates gas reserves at Shimshon at 1.5 trillion cubic feet (43 billion cubic meters) but estimates the chances of success at Shimshon at 15%. The Petroleum Commissioner informed partners that the term of their license has been extended until 30th June 2011 and determined that the operator in the license must present a signed drilling contract with a drilling contractor in the license area and this no later than 31st December 2010 and to start drilling no later than 30th June 2011.
I.N.O.C. Dead Sea Limited Partnership חנ”ל ים המלח
Isramco Negev-2 Limited Partnership ישראמקו נגב 2 שותפות מוגבלת
Naphtha Exploration Limited Partnership נפטא
I.O.C Israel Oil Company Ltd. חנ”ל חברת נפט לישראל בע”מ –
The terminal, completed in July 1981, is the United States’ most modern LNG importation terminal. Three LNG storage tanks specially designed to store LNG at cryogenic temperatures for sustained periods with a combined capacity of approximately 2.7 million barrels (425,000 cubic meters) of LNG, or approximately 9.0 billion cubic feet (bcf) of gas. When operating at peak capacity, the terminal can regasify LNG and send out natural gas at a maximum rate of 2.1 bcf per day and has a firm sustained capability of 13.7 million metric tons per annum. US LNG imports totaled 350 Bcf in 2008, according to the Energy Information Agency, which predicted that they would increase to 420 Bcf in 2009
Sets out the rights and obligations of the parties that have a license (exploration, drilling) amongst themselves. The scope of the JOA is to cover all joint activities from the license award to the termination or surrender of the license and the abandonment of all joint property. It therefore formally creates the joint venture, sets up the joint account, enables joint exploration, appraisal and development of acreage and provides for the satisfaction of license obligations. It deals with producing and lifting of the petroleum and usually enables joint transportation and processing efforts
Used in international crude oil trade. Can transport between 45,000 – 80,000 tons of crude oil
Depth measurements are commonly referenced to the KB, such as 8327 ft KB, meaning 8327 feet below the kelly bushing. (see also kelly bushing)
The lower section or “legs” of an offshore platform. Platform underside structure fixed to the seabed using piles. These piles must be able to resist tension as the hydrodynamic forces on the structure have a tendency to cause overturning.
Jacket and topside make the lower and upper parts of the platform.
Platform installation
Jackets and topside decks need to be transported to the well location. The vessels sail to the location with the topsides or jacket on board, and accurate positioning on DP takes place on location in the same way as for removals. The active motion compensation system takes out all motions of the topsides relative to the base structure before lowering the topsides onto the base structure without impact.
Once the jacket is in its final position and piled, the deck is lifted into position and welded to the jacket. Following the installation, the hook-up is completed to services and production lines on the jacket. Any additional modules are lifted into position, fixed and hooked-up to the deck unit, before the platform is commissioned.
Platform installation is executed with the same equipment on the vessel: topsides are installed with the topsides lift system (TLS), jackets with the jacket lift system (JLS) or, in case of small jackets, with a tub-mounted crane.
