Petroleum Engineering

By zrose1999

  • First Oil Well

    Major Aleveev drills the world's first oil well at Baku, Azerbaijan using a primitive cable-tool drilling technique which originated in ancient China.

  • First Oil in the USA

    Oil was first discovered in US when a homemade rig drilled down 70 feet and came up coated with oil. This rig was near Titusville and was owned by "Colonel" Edwin L. Drake.

  • First Oil Tanker

    The first successful oil tanker, the Zoroaster, designed by Ludvig Nobel of Sweden introduced. It was designed to navigate the challenges of the Caspian Sea and ran between Baku, Azerbaijan and Astrakhan, Russia.

  • Stone Drill Bit

    Hughes and Sharp patente the first roller cone drill bit with two cones made of steel

  • Controlled Drilling

    H. John Eastman introduces controlled directional drilling.

  • Tri Roller Cone Drill Bit

    Hughes introduces the first tricone roller-cone drill bit.

  • Offshore Drilling

    The first offshore drilling operation, the Brenton Rig 20 it drills up to twenty feet of water.

  • Submersable Drilling

    First semisubmersible drilling rig (Blue Water and Shell)

  • Seismic Tecnology

    Bright-spot seismic technology used by Shell and Mobil to evaluate tracts offered at Gulf Of Mexico lease sale.

  • 1,000ft

    First pipelay barges with 1,000-ft capability (Viking Piper and ETPM 1601).

  • Guyed Tower

    First guyed tower installed, significantly reducing the construction cost of platforms for use in water depths approaching 2,000 feet, compared with conventional fixed platforms (Exxon)

  • Dual Activity Ships

    Dual activity drillship, the Discoverer Eneterprise introduced. Specially designed to perform two drilling operations, including drilling, testing, and completing wells to 35,000 ft in water depths up to 10,000 feet, this new type of drillship was revolutinary.