Subsea Well Response

With the first capping stack now in storage in Stavanger, and the other stacks now arriving for storage in Singapore, Saldanha and Rio, this video demonstrates the on-site assembly process. Each capping stack is assembled at Trendsetter’s site in Houston and undergoes a thorough testing process, including robust pressure testing. The stacks are then disassembled [...]

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Advanced capping equipment  for immediate international use Developed through unprecedented industry collaboration Available to companies across the industry via OSRL TANANGER, NORWAY, March 15, 2013 – Oil Spill Response Ltd (OSRL) today unveiled cutting edge well capping equipment that can be deployed around the world in the event of a subsea well control incident. It [...]

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The Subsea Well Response Project has produced a new video demonstrating how remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) can operate the capping system in an example subsea well incident. The animation highlights the process undertaken by an ROV as it closes the lower ram and stops the flow of oil from the top of the capping stack. [...]

The first images of components from the new intervention system planned by SWRP are now available. Construction is well underway for the new capping and subsea dispersant equipment, as part of SWRP’s aim to enhance the industry’s capabilities to respond to a subsea well control incident. Equipment is being constructed in a variety of locations [...]

The Subsea Well Response Project has produced a new video demonstrating how the new intervention system can be deployed, in the event of a subsea well incident. SWRP is collaborating with OSRL to make a new intervention system available to the industry, including capping and subsea dispersant application equipment. Based on one example scenario, the [...]

The Subsea Well Response Project (SWRP) has been named among the top five finalists in the Offshore Northern Seas (ONS) Innovation Awards 2012. SWRP was shortlisted from 56 nominees to be named as Runner Up in the Awards. The Project was praised by the judges for collaborating across the industry to develop international subsea well [...]

Supplementary subscriptions now open for access to internationally-deployable well capping equipment, to be stored in four locations around the world Equipment will be available for industry use through Oil Spill Response Ltd (OSRL) First equipment ready for use from the end of 2012 The oil and gas industry is set to benefit from internationally-deployable well [...]

Here is our third newsletter, from April 2012.