The Future
The need for specialised and experienced project engineering, in the offshore and subsea industry Worldwide, is growing steadily and 2008 looks to be a record year for offshore & subsea investment. MARIS, now in their 35th year, are very well placed to satisfy the needs of the Offshore Industries, with the latest and best of projects management 'know-how', particularly in drilling technology. Additionally we are continuing to develop new equipment and techniques to reduce the cost of offshore drilling, alluvial mining of minerals and metals and, yet another 'Offshore Technology', Open Ocean Fish Ranching; to meet our need to sustain the World's fisheries and feed the World's growing population. The transfer of the latest proven technology between the offshore mining, dredging, military, communications and hydrocarbon industries, is contributing much to MARIS's ability to reduce the cost of all offshore and subsea endeavours. Our current focus is on engineering in water depths below 10,000 feet, in which lie the resources of half the World's surface. A major 'step-change' for the Offshore Industry is to locate future drilling rigs on the seabed. |
 Maris Seabed Located Rig (SLR) |
This is obviously the best solution for drilling in deep water; but, so far, no simple, practical and economic solution had been available until the Maris Low Cost Automated Land Rig design was patented.
In an OTC paper, Laurie Ayling presented his 'Maris Seabed Rig'. Subsequently this has become a JIP, which is now steadily developing, as operators accept the inevitable step change required. The concept was ahead of its time.
The Maris Seabed Rig is really designed for 10,000ft to 20,000ft, where floating drilling costs are prohibitive; however, an economic analysis by DeepStar in USA against key benchmark wells in 3,000ft and 6,000ft of waterdepth, shows drilling cost savings of 24% and 32% respectively. So, the Maris Seabed Rig design is preferable to 'floating drilling' in any water depth.
As we strive to produce solutions to meet tomorrow's needs, our principles are: safety, simplicity, reliability and economy to maximize the efficient exploration and production of all marine resources.