First TTRD Well Drilled From a Floating Platform - Concept Study to Reality

The full-length paper describes the concept study, preplanning, and drilling of the world's first through-tubing rotary (TTR) drilled well drilled from a floating platform. The full-length paper details the challenges of maintaining the integrity of the existing subsea well completion together with the specific bottomhole-assembly (BHA) requirements to drill in this highly depleted reservoir.

View a Synopsis of SPE 98880

This article, written by Assistant Technology Editor Karen Bybee, contains highlights of paper SPE 98880, "World's First TTRD Well Drilled From a Floating Platform in the Njord Field, North Sea: From Concept Study to Reality," by T. Flatekvaal, SPE, Hydro E&P; E. Saeverhagen, SPE, O.E. Eng, SPE, and N. Jepson, SPE, Baker Hughes Inteq; J. Oyovwevotu, SPE, Leading Edge Advantage; and J.F. Namtvedt, SPE, and M.M. Price, SPE, Hughes Christensen, prepared for the 2006 IADC/SPE Drilling Conference, Miami, Florida, 21-23 February. The paper has not been peer reviewed.