Deepwater Petroleum Exploration
and Production
A Nontechnical Guide
Second edition
by William L. Leffler

The new second edition of Deepwater Petroleum Exploration and Production has retained all the virtues of the first edition, explaining the unique challenges of oil and gas exploration and production in the world's deepwater provinces.

New chapters on geology and geophysics, rigs, and service vehicles are included in this new edition, and the engineering and scientific schemes used in deepwater are covered in greater detail. Case studies in several chapters give practical examples, while the final chapter presents the latest technology employed in a "third wave" of industry evolution.

Packed with pictures, graphs, and illustrations, readers will turn to this handy reference many times throughout their career for valuable information on:

• Deepwater exploration
• Drilling and completing wells
• Development systems
• Fixed structures
• Floating production systems
• Subsea systems
• Topsides
• Pipelines, flowlines, and risers

Contents

1. Introduction
2. A century getting ready
3. Letting go of the past
4. Geology and geophysics
5. Exploring the deepwater
6. Drilling rigs
7. Drilling and completing the well
8. Development systems
9. Fixed structures
10. Floating productions systems
11. Subsea systems
12. Topsides
13. Pipelines, flowlines, and risers
14. Offshore support vessels
15. Technology and the third wave

Index

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