Weatherford Secure Drilling services contracted 2H Offshore to manage the design and delivery of the riser equipment for its managed pressure drilling (MPD) system. The system is expected to be delivered by 2015.
The project award follows a feasibility study conducted by 2H Offshore, which outlined multiple integrated concepts for the system. 2H Offshore’s scope of work now includes the development and delivery of MPD riser stack equipment for the next two generations of Weatherford’s MPD systems for offshore applications.
Despite the accomplishments using MPD offshore to date, some challenges remain with the ability of offshore, particularly deepwater, rigs to accommodate MPD technologies. Weatherford is developing a fully integrated MPD solution that can be easily incorporated into nearly any deepwater drilling vessel, improving the adaptability and implementation for deepwater MPD systems.
Weatherford Secure Drilling and 2H Offshore are working to ensure that the systems meet the new regulations currently being adopted by Det Norske Veritas (DNV) Drill Class N and the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) CDS certification.
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