Deep sea well exploration & total SA

     Carliss Howell: Deep Sea Well Exploration and Total SA


Total SA is a French oil company that is set to drill a new record offshore well at a water depth of 3,628m off the coast in Angola, Africa. So far, the worlds deepest sea drilling has been achieved at 7,725m but the information was only used for scientific and research purposes. This new drill record will be a new world record for the deepest oil well ever drilled. This well will exceed another well that was drilled for oil production located in Uruguay, which has been drilled at 3,400m in 2016.

To understand why this is important for our world, we must first understand the definition of deep water drilling to fully understand the significance of this process. Deepwater drilling is a mechanical process where a deep wellbore (hole) is drilled into a depth greater than 300mm. We can practice this type of drilling because of our constant technological advancements and the increasing demand for oil exploration. You can see a rise in interest in this type of drilling within many companies. Those companies include Petrobras, Shell, Total, BP, Equinor, Exxon, Statoil; and I am more than certain this number will grow as the resources become more available. Some of these sites are located off the coast of Brazil, East Africa, China, Cuba, The East Mediterranean, and the Gulf Mexico. There is a positive outlook for this market, with the capital growth rate around 8% between 2014 and 2018.

 


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Comments

  1. Hannah BaileyMarch 3, 2021 at 7:20 AM

    Carliss,
    Reading this I had so many questions arise considering I did a blog regarding mining! What effects does this have on our environment? Is there any toxins involved in this process? Collecting this oil may benefit the economy however is it going to help us fight against global warming? I’m looking forward to looking into this more!! Great topic!!

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  2. Nicole PriceMarch 3, 2021 at 7:31 PM

    Carliss,
    When reading this all I could think about was the movie 'Deep Water Horizon', It's based off a true story of the Deepwater horizon oil spill of 2010. This tragedy happened in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico due to a flaw in the well plan. There wasn't enough support in the cement and it eventually blew taking lives with it. Both marine life and human lives were affected by this. The ocean was coated and filled with oil. Thus destroying the marine ecosystem with it. So I wonder, is this really such a great idea? DO we really need another chance of a severe oil spill? Is there another way? Great read though!! I was very intrigued.

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