MPD/UBD

Managed-Pressure-Drilling Technology in Offshore HP/HT Gas/Condensate Fields

The paper discusses two gas/condensate-development projects offshore Vietnam that deploy managed-pressure-drilling (MPD) technology.

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Fig. 1—MPD choke manifold rigged up on the main deck.

The paper discusses two gas/condensate-development projects offshore Vietnam that deploy managed-pressure-drilling (MPD) technology. Bien Dong POC in 2010 commenced planning for the Bien Dong 1 high-pressure/high-temperature (HP/HT) gas/condensate-development project. The Bien Dong 1 development is a complex HP/HT project ranking as one of the most difficult and challenging projects of its kind in the Asia Pacific region. The second project covered by this paper is the gas‑condensate development for Cuu Long JOC.

Introduction

The Bien Dong drilling team decided to deploy MPD technology in the planning phase of the development drilling and mobilized it for the first well drilled in the project.

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