Chapter 1—A Century Getting ReadyrnChapter 2—Letting Go of the PastrnChapter 3—Geology and GeophysicsrnChapter 4—Exploring the DeepwaterrnChapter 5—Drilling RigsrnChapter 6—Drilling and Completing the WellrnChapter 7—Development SystemsrnChapter 8—Fixed StructuresrnChapter 9—Floating Productions SystemsrnChapter 10—Subsea Systems…
Over the past several decades the philosophy of exploration for oil and gas has pro• gressively changed from drilling on surface seepages to the concept of structural traps, com• plemented later by considerations of sedimentology in relation to the development of reser• voirs, which led to the concept of stratigraphic traps. …