| 摘要 |
<p>A method of installing a well conductor in a marine environment comprises sealing a well conductor (16) with a watertight plug (28), submerging the conductor (16) from an elevated platform (12), adding additional conductor lengths (16) to the said conductor (16) as required, thereby forming a conductor string (20), adjusting the buoyancy of the said string (20) to control the lowering of the string to the seafloor, and drilling through the plug (28) after the conductor string (20) has achieved the desired penetration depth. Due to the buoyancy of the conductor string (20) the load upon the platform (12) is significantly reduced. A smaller crane than the usual derrick crane (14) is able to lower the conductor string (20) so that the derrick crane (14) may be more efficiently used. <IMAGE></p> |
