New subsea technology, horizontal drilling, and the existing North Sea infrastructure allowed BP Exploration Operating Co. Ltd. to develop the Newsham field, a small 1967 gas discovery. BP says cost ...

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 ...

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 ...

FMC's proprietary HC-20 high capacity subsea wellhead system can perform at temperatures as high as 176 degrees Celsius and a pressure of 20,000 psi. It also has enhanced load-bearing capacity in ...

FMC Technologies to manufacture and supply subsea equipment for BP's Thunder Horse Field in the Gulf of Mexico. The Thunder Horse oil field is located in the Mississippi Canyon area of the Gulf of ...

Purpose: Establish the structural and pressure-containing interface at the seabed for an offshore well, enabling safe top-hole drilling, pressure control, and subsequent casing hanger landings under ...