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    Expro providing P&A for North Sea Balmoral area wells

    May 22, 2023
    Harbour Energy has awarded Expro a multi-year, $20 million-plus contract for a well P&A campaign for the Balmoral area decommissioning project in the UK central North Sea.
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    Expro Wins Work On Well Abandonment Campaign Offshore Uk 646b762d9e117

    Offshore staff

    READING, UK — Harbour Energy has awarded Expro a multi-year, $20 million-plus contract for a well P&A campaign for the Balmoral area decommissioning project in the UK central North Sea.

    Expro will deploy a combination of open-water and in-riser technologies from a semisubmersible rig.

    According to the companies, wells facing abandonment typically have loading and fatigue issues on the wellhead and christmas trees. Expro’s lightweight open-water system is designed to help alleviate these loading issues during subsea well access interventions.

    This and the company’s in-riser bore selector development, said to eliminate the use of a dual-bore riser for the abandonments, lead to reduced retrieval times and lower maintenance costs, Expro added.

    It recently qualified its API 17G high debris ball valve to provide a single ball cut and seal on coil tubing. The technology will be re-packaged into open-water riser housings to provide the lightweight solution needed for the Balmoral area wells.

    Expro’s Well Test and Well Construction teams are also supporting the project, managed from the company’s complex in Aberdeen.

    05.22.2023