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The report analyses the regional offshore drilling market in the Americas region providing historic drilling and spending trends in the period 2005 to 2009 and forecast trends over the period 2010 to 2014. The report discusses key drilling events in each country of the region including a synthesis of shallow versus deep water spending and exploratory versus development spending.

Scope

Insight on the drilling services market and its evolution in the current market environment from both an operational and expenditure perspective.

Forecasts of the number of wells to be drilled and the likely level of expenditure required to fulfil predicted levels of activity

An overview of drilling equipment and processes and a description of how the associated technologies are costed and allocated to various well types.

Analysis of individual offshore areas and their role in the future growth of the drilling sector and rig market.

Highlights

"Approximately 3,110 wells are estimated to have been drilled offshore North America from 2005 to 2009, with around 95% in the Gulf of Mexico. A rounded total of 3,320 exploratory and development wells are forecast over the next five years, with around a quarter expected to be located in deep waters."

Reasons to Purchase

Develop a drilling investment strategy targeted around Exploration and Production hotspots.

Evaluate likely technology driven growth opportunities created by the medium term evolution of the drilling sector.

Analyse how drilling spending patterns will vary between different technology sectors and geographies over a five-year forecast period.

Table Of Contents

OVERVIEW 1

Catalyst 1

Content summary 1

Methodology 2

Offshore well definitions 2

Deep water definitions 2

Forecasting drilling numbers 3

Expenditure modeling 3

Segmentation 4

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 5

Introduction 5

Results and conclusions 6

Drilling 6

Spending 7

TABLE OF CONTENTS 9

TABLE OF FIGURES 9

TABLE OF TABLES 9

THE TOOLS OF OFFSHORE DRILLING 10

Foundations of drilling 10

Early drilling 10

Introduction of rotary drilling 12

The move offshore 12

Introduction of purpose-built offshore rigs 14

The offshore drilling rig 14

Platform rigs and tenders 16

Barges and submersibles 17

Jackups 18

Drillships 19

Semisubmersibles 21

Deep water drilling 22

Deep water rig features 24

The current rig market 24

Current well numbers 26

REVIEW OF DRILLING TECHNOLOGY 27

Introduction 27

Exploration wells 27

Appraisal wells 28

Development wells 29

Injection development wells 30

Horizontal and extended-reach development wells 31

Multilateral development wells 32

Slimhole development wells 33

Re-entry development wells 33

Rotary drilling procedures 34

Risers 36

Rotary drilling mechanics 37

Power 37

Hoisting 37

Rotating 38

Circulating 39

Well control 40

Measurement 40

Well depth 40

Horizon depth 41

Total depth 41

Services: rigs 42

Mobilization and installation 43

Services: geoscience 44

Mud logging services 45

Detection of hydrocarbons 47

Coring services 48

Downhole logging services 48

Log types 49

Services: engineering 50

Site and location surveys 51

Drilling fluids and waste management 52

Water-based muds 53

Oil and synthetic-based muds 53

Other fluids 54

Waste management 55

The bit program 55

Directional drilling 57

Monitoring- and logging-while-drilling 57

Top drives 59

Casing and cementing 60

Casing procedure 61

Fixing casing 62

Other materials and contingent services 63

Mechanical failure 63

Well control 64

Near-surface instability 66

Lost circulation and salt 66

Unwanted gases 67

Hazardous climatic conditions 67

Well testing 68

Perforating 69

Drillstem testing 69

Fracturing and acidizing 70

Repeat formation testing 71

Leaving the well 71

Services: support 72

Transport 72

Financial and miscellaneous support 73

DRILLING IN THE AMERICAS 76

North America Introduction 76

The United States 77

The Gulf of Mexico 77

Other US 78

Canada and Greenland 79

Latin America introduction 80

Central America 82

Mexico 82

The Caribbean islands 83

South America 85

Venezuela 85

Brazil 86

Other South America 86

Regional Drilling Summary 89

Shallow versus deep drilling summary 90

Exploratory versus development drilling summary 91

SPENDING IN THE AMERICAS 93

Introduction 93

The spending model 94

Service cost movements 96

Rig days 98

North America 100

Latin America 102

Regional Spending Summary 104

Shallow versus deep spending summary 106

Exploratory versus development spending summary 108

INNOVATIONS IN DRILLING 110

Introduction 110

Evolving drilling techniques 110

The longer-term future 121

Conclusion 124

APPENDIX 125

Industry abbreviations 125

Data sources 134

Conventions used 134

Ask the analyst 134

Datamonitor consulting 134

Disclaimer 135

List of Tables

Table 1: OFFSHORE DRILLING: Americas well drilling forecast by region to 2014 89

Table 2: OFFSHORE DRILLING: Americas well drilling, comparison by water depth to 2014 90

Table 3: OFFSHORE DRILLING: Americas well drilling, comparison by well type to 2014 91

Table 4: OFFSHORE DRILLING: Americas spending forecast to 2014 104

Table 5: OFFSHORE DRILLING: Americas well type and water depth spending forecast to 2014 105

Table 6: OFFSHORE DRILLING: Americas well spending, comparison by water depth to 2014 106

Table 7: OFFSHORE DRILLING: Americas well spending, comparison by well type to 2014 108

List of Figures

Figure 1: OFFSHORE DRILLING: Americas drilling numbers 1995 to 2014 6

Figure 2: OFFSHORE DRILLING: Americas spending numbers in report period 8

Figure 3: Reconstruction of the Drake well in Titusville, Pennsylvania 11

Figure 4: Drake engine (background) and drill string/casing (foreground) 11

Figure 5: An early rotary drilling rig 12

Figure 6: Lake Caddo, site of the first well over water 13

Figure 7: OFFSHORE DRILLING: rig shares in the market in 2009 15

Figure 8: Pair of rigs on the Hibernia concrete platform 16

Figure 9: Drilling tender alongside a tension leg platform (TLP) 17

Figure 10: Drilling barge on Lake Erie 18

Figure 11: The Galaxy I cantilever jackup, built 1991 19

Figure 12: The Glomar Jack Ryan drillship, built in 2000 20

Figure 13: The deck and derrick of a drillship 20

Figure 14: The Transocean Marianas, built in 1998 21

Figure 15: The riser above sea level in a semisubmersible 22

Figure 16: OFFSHORE DRILLING: Drilling in increased water depths 23

Figure 17: OFFSHORE DRILLING: Forecast shares of new rig deliveries to 2014 25

Figure 18: OFFSHORE DRILLING: Rig market dynamics 26

Figure 19: The substructure and derrick of an old semisubmersible rig 35

Figure 20: Diagram of a drilling riser 36

Figure 21: A kelly in a kelly bushing in the drill floor, drilling ahead 38

Figure 22: Shale-shakers on a drillship 39

Figure 23: Drilling hands on the drill floor in a non-automated environment 42

Figure 24: A helicopter leaving a helideck mounted at the stern of a drillship 43

Figure 25: A typical mud log screen shot 46

Figure 26: Tri-cone milled, TCI and black diamond PDC bits 56

Figure 27: LWD tool behind the bit 58

Figure 28: Hydraulic top drive 60

Figure 29: Typical casing program in a medium-depth well 61

Figure 30: Diagram of production casing 62

Figure 31: A blowout preventer stack 64

Figure 32: A horse-drawn explosives cart used in the 19th century 70

Figure 33: A workboat operating with a semisubmersible 72

Figure 34: OFFSHORE DRILLING: Notional cost breakdown for an exploration license 74

Figure 35: OFFSHORE DRILLING: Hypothetical cash flow for a development drilling project 75

Figure 36: OFFSHORE DRILLING: North America well share in 2009 76

Figure 37: OFFSHORE DRILLING: North America well drilling forecast to 2014 77

Figure 38: OFFSHORE DRILLING: Latin America well share in 2009 80

Figure 39: OFFSHORE DRILLING: Latin America well drilling forecast to 2014 81

Figure 40: OFFSHORE DRILLING: Central America well drilling forecast to 2014 82

Figure 41: OFFSHORE DRILLING: South America well drilling forecast to 2014 85

Figure 42: OFFSHORE DRILLING: Americas well share by water depth in 2009 89

Figure 43: OFFSHORE DRILLING: Americas well drilling, comparison by water depth to 2014 91

Figure 44: OFFSHORE DRILLING: Americas well drilling, comparison by well type to 2014 92

Figure 45: OFFSHORE DRILLING: Global sector spending shares in 2009 93

Figure 46: OFFSHORE DRILLING: Global sector spending forecast to 2014 94

Figure 47: OFFSHORE DRILLING: Price movement dynamics 96

Figure 48: OFFSHORE DRILLING: Global sector spending, comparison wells and spends 98

Figure 49: OFFSHORE DRILLING: North America spending share in 2009 100

Figure 50: OFFSHORE DRILLING: North America spending forecast to 2014 101

Figure 51: OFFSHORE DRILLING: Latin America spending share in 2009 102

Figure 52: OFFSHORE DRILLING: Latin America spending forecast to 2014 103

Figure 53: OFFSHORE DRILLING: Americas well type and water depth spending forecast to 2014 105

Figure 54: OFFSHORE DRILLING: Americas well spending, comparison by water depth to 2014 107

Figure 55: OFFSHORE DRILLING: Americas well spending, comparison by well type to 2014 109

Figure 56: Diagram of the benefits of underbalanced drilling 111

Figure 57: A rotating control head 112

Figure 58: Dual gradient drilling with control head and subsea pump system 113

Figure 59: Riser-less drilling on the D/V Chikyu research vessel 115

Figure 60: Hybrid coiled tubing drilling rig, onshore Canada 116

Figure 61: Continuous circulation system 117

Figure 62: Casing drilling rig with top drive 118

Figure 63: Processes in installing expandable casing 119

Figure 64: Artist's impression of artificial buoyant seabed 122

Figure 65: Conceptual seabed drilling rig 123

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