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<title><![CDATA[Fabricating the Single-Lift Topsides]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 01 Jul 2010 12:45:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Perdido team faced a tough decision. A conventional topsides design required a series of modules that would have to be fabricated onshore, then lifted onto the spar and integrated offshore, but what if the team could constrain the design enough that it could be built and lifted in one piece?]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[H&Ps Rig 205 ready for Perdido Spar drilling, completions, interventions]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:50:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[With special modifications, 20,000-ft SCR rig to tackle subsea wells located in up to 9,627 feet of water]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Riser System at Perdido Features Newest GE Oil & Gas Tensioners]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:25:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In the post-Katrina/Rita Gulf of Mexico hurricane era, new met ocean criteria and acceptance requirements for “100-year and 1000 year” events calls for both new and improved elements to be incorporated into the design of deepwater drilling and production equipment.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Subsea System]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ogj.com/articles/shell/perdido/2010/04/the-subsea-system.html]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Two related technologies make the subsea portion of the Perdido project viable: the subsea boosting system, and a surface blowout preventer for drilling and completing the direct vertical access subsea wells. A total of 22 wells will be drilled from the Perdido spar and another 13 will be offset ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[FIVE ENHANCED RUN LIFE ESPS AT THE HEART OF PERDIDO SEAFLOOR SEPARATION, BOOSTING STATIONS]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ogj.com/articles/shell/perdido/2010/04/five-enhanced-run-life-esps-at-the-heart-of-perdido-seafloor-separation-boosting-stations.html]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:45:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Because the Perdido Regional Development involves three widely spaced, ultra-deepwater fields whose reservoirs are made up of older rock with tighter porosity and permeability along with low temperatures and pressures, Shell Exploration and Production (Shell) decided early on to handle all ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Operations and surveillance]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:55:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Experienced operators practice running a new field long before first oil. What’s unique about Perdido is that some of the systems – such as the wet-tree direct vertical access wells and the subsea separators – are industry firsts.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Developing the field]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ogj.com/articles/shell/perdido/2010/04/developing-the-field.html]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:55:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Great White, Silvertip and Tobago – the Perdido development’s three fields – contain many producing zones, large volumes of hydrocarbons in-place, and a considerable amount of uncertainty.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[OFFSHORE BONDS— Conclusion: Risk-adjusted methods update supplemental bonding calculations]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ogj.com/articles/print/volume-107/issue-34/Drilling___Production/offshore-bonds-conclusion-risk-adjusted-methods-update-supplemental-bonding-calculations.html]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Risk-adjusted methods provide alternative approaches for calculating supplemental bonding requirements for operators in the Gulf of Mexico.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Shell installs world’s deepest production spar at Perdido]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ogj.com/articles/print/volume-106/issue-34/drilling-production/shell-installs-worldrsquos-deepest-production-spar-at-perdido.html]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:09:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Shell Exploration & Production Co. launched the truss spar for the Perdido regional development on Aug. 8, 2008.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Operators, service providers grapple with deepwater well interventions]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ogj.com/articles/print/volume-106/issue-20/drilling-production/operators-service-providers-grapple-with-deepwater-well-interventions.html]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 26 May 2008 01:05:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Today’s deepwater well interventions usually require big drilling rigs to place and pull heavy risers, but engineers visualize vessel-based, rigless interventions in future.]]></description>
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