A tension cut and pull subsea wellhead retrieval system has reduced the time required to abandon subsea wells, according to the service provider Baker Oil Tools. For instance, James A. Sonnier, Baker ...

Robert E. Sokoll, Carl W. Sauer, William G. Kelly Conoco Norway Inc. Stavanger A highly iterative and complex process is needed to determine the optimal size and type of subsea wellhead equipment ...

Here is what a couple of offshore drilling engineers told me about the BP Blowout… However, everything is consistent with a well way over budget, company men taking heat from the home office to finish ...

FMC Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: FTI) has signed a contract for the manufacture and supply of FMC's proprietary HC-20 high capacity subsea wellhead system, the oil and gas industry's first subsea ...

Conductor casing Conductor casing is the first string set below the structural casing (i.e., drive pipe or marine conductor run to protect loose near-surface formations and to enable circulation of ...