BP Ventures, Schlumberger Ventures and GE Ventures have agreed a US$6.5 million (£5 million) investment into metal-to-metal downhole sealing solutions firm BiSN. Under the terms of the investment, BiSN and BP Ventures will work together to develop a commercial portfolio of technology…
Trelleborg has created a seal that works inside a new product, which was developed by Subsea Technologies Ltd. (STL), the 2in Hydraulically Retractable Subsea Coupler. Image from Trelleborg. The…
Halliburton’s Ernst Schnell discusses a recent collaboration between Halliburton’s casing equipment team and a Scandinavian operator, which helped develop a rigless method for plugging a well through the Xmas tree. Rigless AbandaSystem schematic…
Odfjell Drilling, on behalf of Golden Close Maritime Corp., inked a two-well contract for the ultra deepwater drillship, Deepsea Metro I with an undisclosed party in Southeast Asia. The deal will see the Deepsea Metro I drill two firm…
AFGlobal sheds light on its launch of a key RGH component for deepwater MPD operations. For deepwater, subsea applications, the Active Control Device offers a significant departure from conventional RCDs with a purpose-built…
Aberdeen-based well intervention technology specialists, Interventek Subsea Engineering, has developed an ultra-high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) version of their Revolution safety valve for in-riser landing string systems, the 20K in-riser Revolution valve…
Aberdeen’s Interventek Subsea Engineering is launching a new Open Water Well Control Valve designed for light well intervention (LWI) and workover operations, including large bore, deepwater and HPHT applications. Image…
Cutting and sealing has been combined into a neat package in Interventek’s Revolution valve design. Elaine Maslin reports. An in riser valve assembly, above, and landing string system, right. Images from Interventek…
Trelleborg has secured a contract for the supply of floatover equipment for a major offshore oilfield development project in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the firm announced today (6 March). The contract spans the project’s second of three engineering…
Interventek Subsea Engineering has signed a two-year exclusive deal with Louisiana-based Professional Rental Tools (PRT) to supply its in-riser Revolution valve for well intervention operations in the Gulf of Mexico. Interventek will supply its 6…
Interventek Subsea Engineering has awarded a sole license for its new surface well intervention valve to international energy services specialist, Hunting Well Intervention. The product will join Hunting’s pressure control equipment portfolio and will be called the Ezi-Shear Seal…
InterMoor's Brazilian subsidiary successfully completed its involvement in the decommissioning operations of the OSX-1 FPSO (floating production, storage and offloading). InterMoor was responsible for the disconnection of the submerged turret production system (STP)…
Endeavor Management’s Keith Caulfield and Mike Cowan examine the results of a recent JIP that showed resin may be a potential alternative to cement in P&A operations. Endeavor Management…
MEO Australia’s Beehive has shown “very encouraging results” following seismic reprocessing and inversion study over prospect in WA-488-P, offshore Australia. The seismic inversion results have reinforced the interim reprocessing results…
Interventek Subsea Engineering is launching its new shear-and-seal Revolution Valve at OTC in Houston this week. Interventek claims that the patented Revolution Valve is the only valve on the market that does not compromise its ability…
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