Riserless mud recovery system used for 1st time in Gulf of Mexico

摘要

STATOIL HAS BECOME the first operator in the US Gulf of Mexico to adopt AGR's riser-less mud recovery (RMR) system, which reduces discharges to sea, on the Discoverer Americas drillship on the Krakatoa prospect. The Krakatoa well, in 2,060 ft (620 m) water depth, is the first application of RMR in the GOM. "The RMR system allows us to circulate the mud, reducing the total mud consumption and discharges to sea to a quarter of the amount compared with conventional methods," said Tore Gonas, Statoil superintendent for the Discoverer Americas.