Drilling, Completion & Workover Risers
Comprehensive industry-leading design and analysis services for drilling and intervention risers.Projects completed
Drilling riser system design and analysis is one of our original core competencies. We have led key research and set the precedence for best practices in the industry as well as completed hundreds of projects around the world.
Industry-leading domain knowledge
Lapaglia Drilling Company has extensive experience in the design and analysis of marine drilling risers and completion and workover riser systems. We have led the development of various drilling and intervention technology innovations, including the novel 15K and 20K systems, as well as implementation of managed pressure drilling equipment.
CEO, MD
Maxwell Rex Lapaglia
Technical Director - Drilling & Completions
Drilling Risers
Our experience with all modern and legacy rigs, risers and wellhead types enables us to provide efficient turnaround times of comprehensive, system-focused engineering assessments and well-specific operating guidance for drilling risers.We have industry-leading experience in harsh environments and new frontiers, which require a total system approach where all components of the system, wellhead, conductor, surface casing and riser are considered together to define operating limits. An approach that was pioneered by our team and is now considered best practice.
Lapaglia Drilling Company defined best practice in drilling riser system design and analysis having led key industry research such as the AMJIG and DeepStar JIPs and developed the Deepwater Drilling Riser Integrity Management Guidelines.
Completion & Workover Risers
Riser arrangements and methods of implementation can vary considerably and present specific design challenges. Our experience with riser operations and equipment enables us to quickly define operating limits and develop new component requirements and configurations.Our completion and workover riser projects have covered a range of services, vessel types, interfaces, environments and water depths including many of the most technologically challenging deepwater and HPHT wells.
Riserless Light Well Intervention
Riserless systems with coil tubing, wirelines and umbilicals are challenging due to their flexibility and light weight. Although a cost-effective intervention method, the open water mode of operating exposes them to environmental loads, resulting in high vessel downtime due to strength and fatigue limits.We understand the global response of RLWI downlines and have novel analytical methods which increase the accuracy of analysis results. We work in collaboration with operators, downline OEMs and rig contractors to optimise system configurations in the early stage of a project to eliminate or reduce operating challenges that may present themselves down the line.CEO, MD
Maxwell Rex Lapaglia
Technical Director - Drilling & Completions
System Design &
Engineering
Lapaglia Drilling Company designs a variety of systems for the offshore oil and gas and renewable energy sectors leveraging unrivaled engineering expertise in marine structure dynamics and knowledge of practical implications such as delivery, fabrication, transportation and installation.
Delivery, Hardware & Fabrication
Lapaglia Drilling Company provides delivery management services tailored to meet the needs of all project execution phases requiring detailed design, hardware procurement, fabrication management, inspection services, transportation/shipping management and installation support.
