Expro to Provide Integrity System to Tullow Globally

- Expro to Provide Integrity System to Tullow Globally

Monday, August 29, 2011
Expro International Group

Expro is undertaking a contract to provide its SafeWells integrity management software system globally to Tullow Oil Plc.

Expro Well Services has been awarded a contract to provide SafeWells to Tullow in support of centralising Tullow's management of well integrity.

Tullow is a major independent oil company with operations in Africa, Europe, South Asia and South America.

SafeWells has been specifically developed to deliver an effective well integrity management solution. The bespoke software system monitors and reports well integrity performance in real time, highlighting problems and prompting remedial actions as issues arise. It has been deployed successfully by major operators globally.

Like many major oil companies, Tullow's operating environments are diverse and the range of well types equally broad. Over the coming years, the wellstock will include onshore, platform and subsea wells, both oil and gas, with a wide range of flow rates.

A plan was implemented in Tullow's wells engineering department to review the corporate approach to well integrity and put in place a centrally managed well integrity system.

This process would provide management with a retrospective position for the integrity of all wells and effectively 'raise the bar' on the operating standards of all assets. SafeWells is critical to this plan.

The SafeWells implementation process was launched on the Bangora Gas Field in Bangladesh and was followed with UK and Ghana operations.

Simon Copping, Expro client account manager, said, "It is great to see the hard work of the team starting to pay off. We have a fantastic software system in SafeWells that really complements Tullow's well integrity strategy. I'm excited about the future and building on the foundations of the Bangladesh success as we continue to roll the software out to the rest of the business."

Simon Sparke, well integrity focal point of Tullow Oil said, "SafeWells is to be used throughout Tullow and is being rolled out company-wide. With 10 different wells types in challenging engineering and cultural environments, having a software package that was user friendly, flexible and working seamlessly in the background was crucial. So far this product and the team supporting it have fulfilled all my expectations."

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DMTI to Offer More Technical Support with New Integrity Management Division

- DMTI to Offer More Technical Support with New Integrity Management Division

Thursday, May 26, 2011
Delta Marine Technologies Inc.

Delta Marine Technologies (DMTI) has entered a new marketplace adding more technical support to the Oil & Gas Industry with its newly formed Integrity Management Division.

DMTI acquired the services of Mr. Les Colter to head-up its newly formed Integrity Management Division located in its corporate offices in Montgomery, TX.

Mr. Colter has more than thirty-five (35) years of hands-on experience examining and solving structure problems. Mr. Colter holds both a B.S. and a M.S. in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Texas at El Paso. He also has been a member of the National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) for more than twenty-five (25) years. Combining extensive field experience, strong practical or common sense, and a good academic background gave credence to his assignment as Director of Integrity Management in April, 2011.

In the coming months, DMTI will be completing the necessary equipment purchases and hiring staff, which will be trained and certified to meet current challenges being thrust upon facilities and pipeline operators in the United States. And, if the trend follows previous patterns, DMTI will be solving the same issues worldwide. The move from a "reactive" operator to a "proactive" operator is necessary to meet the proper risk management philosophy in which systems are required to have addressed all possible threats to the structure’s integrity, whether they be above grade facilities, buried or subsea pipelines.

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