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Wild Well Upgrades Capping Stack Kit

Well control and engineering services fir Wild Well Control announced a new contract with Fugro for the provision of blowout preventer (BOP) intervention skids and test units for inclusion in its Subsea Response Kit. As part of the WellCONTAINED subsea capping stack program, the new 450/150 Mark 3 BOP intervention skids from Fugro are an advancement in both pumping capability and water depth rating and will replace the existing equipment in inventory.Doug Graham, Fugro’s remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) services and tooling global director, said this latest technology offers multiple

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Wild Well Control Expands in the UK

Well control and engineering services company Wild Well Control announced it is expanding its Montrose facility at South Ferryden, U.K.Wild Well, a Superior Energy Services company, maintains its WellCONTAINED subsea containment system at Montrose Port, where the full subsea well intervention system equipment is staged in a ready-to-deploy state, including a subsea capping stack, debris removal shears, hardware kits for the subsea application of dispersant and inhibition fluids and other ancillary equipment.Barry Moir, UK managing director, Wild Well, said, “This facility investment reflects our

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Wild Well Buys Capping Equipment from Shell

Well control and engineering services firm Wild Well Control, Inc. said it has purchased subsea capping equipment from Shell EP Wells Equipment Services B.V.   The addition of this inventory enhances Wild Well’s current global equipment and response capabilities for the WellCONTAINED subsea containment systems and provides added capabilities for its 7Series Subsea Well Intervention group. The newly purchased equipment will be staged in Houston, Aberdeen, Singapore and elsewhere, as needed, for global deployment. 

Wild Well Raises Bar on Plug & Abandonment

Wild Well Control announced that its DeepRange tool, in conjunction with its 7Series riserless intervention system, has successfully performed full plug and abandonment operations on four subsea wells in the Gulf of Mexico.   These wells are a part of a larger plug and abandonment campaign which began earlier this year. “The new tools and techniques used on this project have already exceeded expectations,” said Martial Burguieres, Wild Well VP of Marine Well Services. “Our methods offer reduced costs while maintaining full BSEE compliance.” Each of the first four wells

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SUT to Host Deepwater Sessions at Offshore Europe

views on the deepwater opportunities for this new ground-breaking technology which offers a more affordable subsea data collection platform than vessels and autonomous underwater vehicles. Other organizations set to present include Tracerco, Nautronix, Viper Subsea, 2H Offshore Engineering and Wild Well Control. Donald Thomson, VP Sales Global Commercial Acoustics at Nautronix said: “Operators want more and more data from their wells and subsea assets, to allow them to manage their production and maintenance. Acoustic data transmission is now reliable enough to provide that data remotely

Wild Well’s Subsea Capping Stack

Wild Well’s Subsea Capping Stack Wild Well Control, Inc., a Superior Energy Services company and a global leader in firefighting and well control, has unveiled its new subsea capping stack for response to a global deepwater well control incident. The subsea capping stack, located in Singapore, is a part of Wild Well’s emergency response system, WellCONTAINED. The Singapore capping stack is Wild Well’s second unit; the first capping stack unit is located in Aberdeen. The full intervention system at each location includes a capping stack, debris removal shears, hardware kits for the

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Wild Well Extends Reach with Subsea Capping Stack in Singapore

Wild Well Control, Inc., a Superior Energy Services company and a global leader in firefighting and well control, has unveiled its new subsea capping stack for response to a global deepwater well control incident. The subsea capping stack, located in Singapore, is a part of Wild Well’s emergency response system, WellCONTAINED, which provides personnel and equipment to plan, prepare and respond to global subsea well control events. Based on nearly four decades of conventional and subsea well control experience, the WellCONTAINED system not only includes the physical capping stack and equipment

Wild Well to Unveil New Capping Stack Unit

Wild Well Control, Inc., a Superior Energy Services company in firefighting and well control, will hold an event to unveil its new subsea capping stack which is available for response to a global deepwater well control incident. The unveiling on Wednesday, September 17, 2014 in Houston will be followed by an informational session on the new capping stack to be staged in Singapore, and its predecessor, located Aberdeen. wildwell.com  

BEARCO to Join Wild Well for Relief Well Engineering

Wild Well Control, Inc. announced that BEARCO International’s personnel will be joining with Wild Well’s well control engineering group, bringing the relief well expertise of John Wright, Jim Woodruff and Bill McElduff on board to further enhance the company’s expertise and capabilities in the engineering, planning and execution of relief wells. Wright, BEARCO managing director and owner, is an industry recognized expert in relief well planning and engineering and will bring a new dimension to the specialized services delivered to the operators. “Combining BEARCO’s

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