HPHT
Whitepaper
Finding a Better Lining for Free Water Knockout Vessels
July 13, 2023
Sherwin Williams
News
June 15, 2023
The company will tie back four subsea gas wells in the Carnarvon basin to the existing Julimar subsea infrastructure producing to the Wheatstone platform, using high pressure, high temperature (HPHT) flexible pipe and steel tube umbilicals.
News
January 12, 2023
Trendsetter’s awarded scope includes a multi‐year rental and servicing agreement for the provision of a 20,000 psi Subsea Well Intervention package with anticipated delivery of the system scheduled for Q3‐ 2023. This award follows previously awarded scopes for the initial design and qualification of the system.
News
July 28, 2022
Aquaterra Energy has been awarded a high-pressure high temperature subsea riser contract with oil and gas operator, Umid Babek Operating Company (UBOC), for the exploration of its HP well on the Babek project in Azerbaijan.
News
May 03, 2022
TechnipFMC has been awarded an additional contract and received notice to proceed by ExxonMobil affiliate Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited for its Yellowtail development in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana.
Article
October 2021
High temperatures, high pressures and/or abrasive formations can make for unmanageable conditions. A proprietary MWD technology has been developed to endure harsher downhole environments than previous measurement logging tools.
News
January 28, 2021
Neptune Energy and its joint venture partners bp and JAPEX, announced drilling has commenced on the Seagull project in the UK Central North Sea.
Article
January 2021
In the developing world of offshore drilling in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, leaders in well control containment technology must be innovative to keep pace with drillers in the region.
News
December 12, 2019
The equipment that will be deployed in the Anchor project is covered under the 20-year subsea equipment and services master order for Chevron’s development projects in the Gulf of Mexico.
News
November 21, 2019
The increased capability of the XSTMZ system helps increase production and total recovery by driving down abandonment pressure and can save rig time by isolating and treating several intervals with a single trip.
Article
August 2019
Completion system capabilities continue to advance, as the industry targets deeper formations in developing unconventional plays.
Article
August 2019
As operators search for reserves in challenging HPHT environments, new technology is required to support these projects. An innovative expandable liner hanger, which offers a gas-tight metal-to-metal sealing system, is capable of superior hanging capacity for installing casing strings of various lengths.
Article
June 2019
New valves and piping designs mitigate the detrimental effects of HPHT conditions and extreme pressure drops, as well as severe erosion and caustic environments.
Article
February 2019
To navigate continually changing HPHT design and regulatory requirements, a collaborative approach is required. The team is qualifying a 20,000-psi rated BOP. Engineers are hopeful that the HPHT design process will reach the same level of standardization as today’s 15,000-psi equipment, after completion of this and similar qualification efforts.
Article
January 2018
Calculating the collapse strength of casing installed in HPHT wells is challenging due to the complexity of the casing’s geometrical and mechanical properties, as well as the loading conditions that can impact overall performance.
News
April 26, 2017
Packers Plus announced the installation of a StackFRAC Titanium XV system in a challenging high pressure/high temperature well in a Jurassic reservoir in the Middle East.
News
March 13, 2017
Weir Flow Control has announced a major valve order of strategic importance for Maersk Oil. The multi-million-Euro deal comprises 132 Sarasin-RSBD special service pressure relief valves, together with 130 purpose-designed Blakeborough control and choke valves.
