SLB was recently awarded a front-end engineering and design contract for a custom EWC blowout preventer (BOP) control system to be tailored to a rig for an operator in the North Sea. (Source: Shutterstock)
SLB launched its EWC electric well control technologies to remove the inefficiency of traditional hydraulic systems and operate more safely, the company said March 4.
SLB was recently awarded a FEED contract for a custom EWC blowout preventer (BOP) control system to be tailored to a rig for an operator in the North Sea. Work on this project has begun and a final review of the design is expected in the first half of 2025.
“As drillers continue to seek safer, cost-efficient solutions for well control, we continue to focus on innovation to answer this call,” said Cecilia Prieto, SLB president of well construction. “EWC represents the next evolution of well control technologies.”
SLB said the electric power system significantly reduces costs versus hydraulics while providing real-time data insights and a continuous power supply to well control components under any operating conditions.
Drillers will be able to instantly and precisely control and monitor BOPs onshore and offshore, leveraging industrial internet of things (IIoT) components along the system architecture to provide instant pressure readouts, without the need for conventional pressure gauges, SLB said.
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