HPR ROV Increases International Footprint with KSA Partnership
companies for inspection scopes in the North Sea, Central Asia and West Africa. Its cost-effective solutions have also seen the company complete a number of late life asset management work scopes within the UK decommissioning sector.The agreement with i-Energy, a provider of drilling tools, completion equipment, and plug and abandonment solutions, provides HPR ROV with 12,000 m² premises that includes office warehouse and yard facilities in Dammam’s second industrial city
Three Wells for the Price of One
, as they were able to complete all stages – drilling, lower completion, upper completion and Christmas tree setting – three times when they first started the operations. “If we drill only one well, we must rent equipment and send it back to shore, while the remaining completion equipment and drilling fluid must be sent to shore when we are done. In this case we did the same operations three times, saving much time, improving use of resources and reducing costs and rental time. We also save a lot on mobilisation costs and logistics,” he says. “At
New Tool Detection Alarm for Drilling and Intervention
on visual methods alone. It positively locates the position of the tool and sounds an alarm, alerting the winch operator to take action to prevent the tool string hitting the riser seal head. The portable, battery-powered TDA provides an extra layer of protection minimizing the risk of damage to completion equipment and potential loss of the tool string down the well. The whole system, including the control box and re-chargeable battery, is ATEX and IECEx certified intrinsically safe equipment for use in Zone 0 gas environments. Brian Green, SST managing director, said “The Tool Detection
Omega Completion Technology Wins Statoil Contract
ASA. The contract awards Omega the right to supply its unique ReACT Technology (Remotely Activated Completion Technology) to all Statoil assets in the Norwegian continental shelf, totalling 35. Omega delivered the first ReACT completion solution to Statoil 10 years ago and has provided completion equipment for more than 30 Statoil wells. The initial contract period is for approximately two years with an option for an additional period of six years thereafter. The ReACT signalling method provides a means to remotely activate downhole completion equipment without the need for costly
February 2024
