Offshore staff
HOUSTON — Halliburton has installed what it boasts is the industry’s first single trip, electro-hydraulic wet connect in deepwater for Petrobras in Brazil.
The Halliburton Fuzion EH connector is designed to increase well recovery factors by maintaining integrity of the SmartWell completion systems throughout the well’s life cycle. The connector helps further facilitate safer and simpler intervention operations and avoids potential formation damage because of workover operations, the company said.
Halliburton plans a future version of a dual trip system Fuzion-EH connector for qualification and implementation by Petrobras in 2023. According to Halliburton, this system will provide additional benefits in SmartWell system installations while maintaining the benefits of the single trip system.
“The Fuzion-EH connector ... is a product of collaborative development with Petrobras and Shell,” said Mark Dawson, vice president of Halliburton Completion Technology.
The technology gives users the autonomous capability to control and manage reservoirs across their wells and assets.
“This significant well technology development marks the first single trip, multiple zones, open hole completion,” added Olivier Wambersie, general manager Brazil Technology, Shell.
To date, Halliburton has installed almost 1,400 SmartWell systems globally and more than 100 in Brazil, providing global customers control of more than 3,000 zonal intervals.
11.30.2022
