Power Hour | Planning for the Imperfect Deepwater Well
Plan for an imperfect well, not a perfect one.
Our next Power Hour comes straight from the Drill Down Summit. Christopher Schilling of Kosmos Energy, Amar Vankardari of Wood Group, and Aditya Raizada of Stress Engineering Services break down the same well from three angles: the operator, the consultant, and the riser analyst.
Onshore, a problem is a phone call and a few hours. Offshore, the nearest part may be a continent and a customs queue away, and every assumption you didn't check turns into rig time you can't buy back.
We'll cover:
Why deepwater planning means backups for your backups, and what skipping one costs
Riser integrity and monitoring as water gets deeper and sea states get harder
Subsurface uncertainty on exploration wells, including hitting tar and going blind on direction
Where rig data and automation genuinely help, and where judgment still has to lead