Marco Polo Deepwater TLP

Novel well-completion techniques and exceptional field execution allowed the six well completions in the Marco Polo deepwater tension-leg-platform (TLP) project to be accomplished in world-class fashion. All six wells (17 frac packs) were placed on production in only 168 days, including 14 days lost because of storms. The full-length paper focuses on how the implementation challenges of completing 17 zones in six deepwater dry-tree wells with a 1,000-hp rig were met and highlights a number of concepts and technical firsts that can be used in other deepwater development projects.

View a Synopsis of SPE 95331

This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 95331, "Marco Polo Deepwater TLP: Completion Implementation and Performance," by J. Burman, SPE, Exploitation Technologies LLC, and K. Renfro, SPE, and M. Conrad, SPE, Anadarko Petroleum, prepared for the 2005 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, 9-12 October. The paper has not been peer reviewed.