During the exercise, Helix’s capping stack will be mobilised and deployed to the sea floor in 5047 feet of water, latched to a test wellhead and pressurised. The exercise also is designed to test ...

Wild Well Control has stationed a second emergency subsea capping stack for stopping or diverting deep-water oil well blowouts at its facility near the Kim Heng Quayside near Loyang in Singapore. The ...

While deepwater operators take numerous precautions to maintain the safety and control of their well sites, they must also be prepared to contain an incident or subsea “blowout” if one should occur.

Delmar’s HCLS technology counters subsea motion, isolating the system from underwater turbulence to create a stable base for positioning the capping stack in shallow waters. The system’s step-by-step ...

Subsea well containment is the set of rapid source-control actions and systems used to stop, capture, or reduce uncontrolled flow from a subsea well after primary barriers fail. It sits at the ...