Aker Solutions has signed a three-year deal to provide managed pressure drilling systems and riser gas handling services to Repsol Sinopec.
The contract, whose value has not been disclosed by the companies, will see the equipment being used at Repsol Sinopec’s ultra-deepwater operation in Brazil’s Campos basin.
The riser gas handling system is used to help prevent gas blowouts during offshore drilling, while the managed pressure drilling systems help improve safety with the drills.
Work will be carried out by Aker subsidiary Managed Pressure Operations, which the Norwegian firm acquired earlier this year, with the option of a two year extension to the deal.
“This contract will demonstrate the unique capabilities of our riser gas handling safety system and introduce the first deep-water application of our riser drilling device into an offshore MPD system below the tensioner on a rig,” says Charles Orbell, head of Managed Pressured Operations.