Aker Solutions Gets Brazil Subsea MPD Contract
and riser gas handling services to Repsol Sinopec Brazil. The three-year contract comes with an option for an additional two years of services. Repsol will use the equipment at an ultra-deepwater operation in the Campos Basin. The parties agreed not to disclose the value of the order. The riser gas handling system helps control wellbore fluids during offshore oil and gas drilling. It detects an influx of gas into a drilling riser and diverts the gas to prevent a blowout. MPD technology improves drilling performance and safety. The riser drilling device seals the area around the drill pipe during
Aker Acquire Specialized Drilling Firm
clients state of the art solutions. The acquisition places Aker Solutions at the forefront of technology development in the market for managed pressure drilling (MPD) which is seen as a key technology enabling better drilling performance and safety. MPO has also developed a new generation riser gas handling system to capture and safely handle gas in the riser. MPO's riser gas handling system will improve the safety and performance of current floating rig drilling technologies. "Currently, deepwater exploration drilling is exposed to challenges related to the issue of small gas volumes with