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Airportwo · 19-06-2008, 10:00 PM

^There will be plenty of Jack up rigs available by the end of the year, if you want a deepwater 6g Semi you had best start building as Brazil has taken everything that is available and is coming onto the market in the next couple of years.

blackgang · 19-06-2008, 10:03 PM

I would think that today they should have drill rigs that can drill and work as deep as drill ships.
Seems to me that I have heard that they have been building deep water rigs right along.
I know that when I was working on offshore oil that there were rigs then that would do a lot of the deep water work and then when they were thru they would be towed to the north sea, Venezuela or back into the gulf, and that was 17 years ago I retired from all offshore work and if I did any work at all it was a little part time pipeline or dredging work So I have no real knowledge about what is going on today, but if it is needed it will surely be done..

Jet Gorgon · 20-06-2008, 01:48 PM

There is high demand for deepwater rigs and crews especially; all costs related to exploration, drilling, maitenance, shipping, etc. have all skyrocketed. (From research on a note I did last month and for the past few months). I think these deepwater rigs are as safe as the double-hull container ships. Heck, there's been drlling in the Gulf of Thailand for many years now.
But, I doubt increases in domestic drilling will bring prices down. The market sets the rates.
Interesting about India. I read a recent article that the consumer petrol cos are losing their shirts from those subsidies, and the govt and parties are reluctant to raise prices as elections are coming up. I would expect rioting.
Dunno about prices in China.

smeden · 21-06-2008, 02:41 AM

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look at aker drilling they are building 2 state of art drilling rigs in norway they have a video cllip on ther weeb site

As someone who has made their living from offshore drilling for the last 35 years hard for me to vote anything but yes.
There are about 100 new rigs being built at this time with more planned for the future, will it make a difference? It will to the oil companies that drill the wells, dont forget Bush was put into power with oil company money!

try to look the web site it is the only rigs who drill to holes from the same ramrig

Begbie · 21-06-2008, 05:02 AM

Yep, there are no deepwater rigs available.

However given that it takes about three years to shoot seimsic and work up prospects before drilling, I guess they can wait for things to slack off in Brasil and pick up the rigs from there and a few other places.

Basically this is all political hot air. Get a policy and stick with it. I think it's called planning, something George Bush has never been good at.

smeden · 21-06-2008, 05:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Begbie

Yep, there are no deepwater rigs available.

However given that it takes about three years to shoot seimsic and work up prospects before drilling, I guess they can wait for things to slack off in Brasil and pick up the rigs from there and a few other places.

Basically this is all political hot air. Get a policy and stick with it. I think it's called planning, something George Bush has never been good at.

u must have slept in class all surway is done the fiellds have just been waiting for an oilprice as high as now whith 70 dollar a barrel there were no god deal but 140 dollar a barrel it is rentable

Begbie · 21-06-2008, 06:06 AM

^well pardon me.

And when were all these survey done ?

smeden · 21-06-2008, 06:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Begbie

^well pardon me.

And when were all these survey done ?

back in the 90 they found many spots who wasent rentable whith the oilprices back in the 90

Begbie · 21-06-2008, 06:19 AM

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^well pardon me.

And when were all these survey done ?

back in the 90 they found many spots who wasent rentable whith the oilprices back in the 90

I'd be interested to know how much 3d was shot.

smeden · 21-06-2008, 06:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Begbie

^well pardon me.

And when were all these survey done ?

back in the 90 they found many spots who wasent rentable whith the oilprices back in the 90

I'd be interested to know how much 3d was shot.

they driled holes made some tests and pluged them they now where the oil is so it is minor extra surway there is nedet but that is for the north sea i am not familiar whith other parts of the world but i now statoil is in kasakstan and will be partners whith the rusians in the barentssea

daveboy · 21-06-2008, 06:36 AM

Isn't there supposed to be shed loads of oil off shore from the Falklands ? or was that war back in the eighties about corned beef instead.

Begbie · 21-06-2008, 06:46 AM

^er no, a lot of money was spent looking but nothing found.

daveboy · 21-06-2008, 07:16 AM

^
Whats all this then

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...d-Islands.html

daveboy · 21-06-2008, 07:18 AM

^
Whats all this then

Drilling for oil to start in Falkland Islands - Telegraph

raycarey · 21-06-2008, 08:55 AM

this is an issue for the voters of individual states.

the reason there isn't drilling off of california and florida is because the people who live there are strongly opposed to it.

why do you think crist (until his flip-flop this week) and arnold have been against it? it's a political third rail.

Begbie · 21-06-2008, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by daveboy

^
Whats all this then

Drilling for oil to start in Falkland Islands - Telegraph

Smoke and mirrors possibly

Begbie · 21-06-2008, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Daily Telegraph 9th May 2008

The search for Falklands oil began in 1998, when a consortium of big companies drilled a cluster of six wells. Five showed the presence of oil, and one even brought it spurting to the surface.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...d-Islands.html

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Originally Posted by LA Times 13 June 2005

The last time investors got excited about the prospect of finding oil in the freezing waters around the Falkland Islands, some suggested the 2,400 inhabitants of the remote islands were about to become the “sheiks of the South Atlantic.”
Sadly it came to naught, when six expensive exploration wells – drilled by a consortium of companies that included Royal Dutch/Shell Group, Amerada Hess Corp. and Lasmo in the late 1990s – failed to produce commercial flows of oil.
But this unhappy experience has done nothing to damp the enthusiasm of a group of small British firms, which remain convinced that the area could contain huge oil and gas deposits.

Buoyed by crude prices of more than $50 a barrel, Falkland Oil & Gas Ltd., Borders & Southern Petroleum and Desire Petroleum – which was involved in the unsuccessful drilling campaigns of 1998 – have persuaded investors to fork out tens of millions of pounds to place another bet on the islands.
Gero Farruggio, head of the Latin America team at consulting firm Wood Mackenzie, says the upsurge in interest is as reliant on hype as it is on hard data.
“In the north Falklands basin [where Desire is active] you had the six wells in 1998, all of which were dry,” Farruggio said.
Lure of Oil Still Big in Falklands - Los Angeles Times

Reality changes with the passing of time.

Boon Mee · 29-06-2008, 12:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Begbie

^er no, a lot of money was spent looking but nothing found.

Not exactly.
Company I work for had a couple semi's out of Puerto Madyrn (sp), Argentina and there were serveral wells drilled (when the weather allowed) with pay in various zones. Probably be more rigs down there now if there were any available and if weather didn't suck as bad as it does in those waters.

britmaveric · 29-06-2008, 03:05 AM

Drill for now as well as finding new energy sources. Course drill won't help now, but should be online sooner than most people think if they get off their arses and allow it.

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19-06-2008, 10:03 PM	#22 (permalink)
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19-06-2008, 10:00 PM	#21 (permalink)
Airportwo Elite Member Last Online: Today 10:25 PM Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: north of SE close to west Phattaya Posts: 1,082	^There will be plenty of Jack up rigs available by the end of the year, if you want a deepwater 6g Semi you had best start building as Brazil has taken everything that is available and is coming onto the market in the next couple of years.

20-06-2008, 01:48 PM	#23 (permalink)
Jet Gorgon What the Dormouse Said Last Online: Today 05:03 PM Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Rabbit Hole Posts: 7,298	There is high demand for deepwater rigs and crews especially; all costs related to exploration, drilling, maitenance, shipping, etc. have all skyrocketed. (From research on a note I did last month and for the past few months). I think these deepwater rigs are as safe as the double-hull container ships. Heck, there's been drlling in the Gulf of Thailand for many years now. But, I doubt increases in domestic drilling will bring prices down. The market sets the rates. Interesting about India. I read a recent article that the consumer petrol cos are losing their shirts from those subsidies, and the govt and parties are reluctant to raise prices as elections are coming up. I would expect rioting. Dunno about prices in China.

21-06-2008, 05:02 AM	#25 (permalink)
Begbie Senior Member Last Online: Today 10:00 PM Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Lagrangian Point Posts: 5,530	Yep, there are no deepwater rigs available. However given that it takes about three years to shoot seimsic and work up prospects before drilling, I guess they can wait for things to slack off in Brasil and pick up the rigs from there and a few other places. Basically this is all political hot air. Get a policy and stick with it. I think it's called planning, something George Bush has never been good at.

21-06-2008, 06:06 AM	#27 (permalink)
Begbie Senior Member Last Online: Today 10:00 PM Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Lagrangian Point Posts: 5,530	^well pardon me. And when were all these survey done ?

21-06-2008, 06:36 AM	#31 (permalink)
daveboy Tubby Last Online: Yesterday 06:57 PM Join Date: May 2006 Location: se london Posts: 2,169	Isn't there supposed to be shed loads of oil off shore from the Falklands ? or was that war back in the eighties about corned beef instead.

21-06-2008, 06:46 AM	#32 (permalink)
Begbie Senior Member Last Online: Today 10:00 PM Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Lagrangian Point Posts: 5,530	^er no, a lot of money was spent looking but nothing found.

21-06-2008, 07:16 AM	#33 (permalink)
daveboy Tubby Last Online: Yesterday 06:57 PM Join Date: May 2006 Location: se london Posts: 2,169	^ Whats all this then http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...d-Islands.html

21-06-2008, 07:18 AM	#34 (permalink)
daveboy Tubby Last Online: Yesterday 06:57 PM Join Date: May 2006 Location: se london Posts: 2,169	^ Whats all this then Drilling for oil to start in Falkland Islands - Telegraph

21-06-2008, 08:55 AM	#35 (permalink)
raycarey texpat's sexual obsession Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: deleting posts in issues Posts: 5,499	this is an issue for the voters of individual states. the reason there isn't drilling off of california and florida is because the people who live there are strongly opposed to it. why do you think crist (until his flip-flop this week) and arnold have been against it? it's a political third rail.

29-06-2008, 03:05 AM	#39 (permalink)
britmaveric nid aur yw popeth melyn Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Pattaya Posts: 2,679	Drill for now as well as finding new energy sources. Course drill won't help now, but should be online sooner than most people think if they get off their arses and allow it.

29-06-2008, 05:12 PM	#40 (permalink)
Begbie Senior Member Last Online: Today 10:00 PM Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Lagrangian Point Posts: 5,530