Venting riser gas during a gas influx event relieves riser pressure and enables pit monitoring, but it can lead to uncontrollable discharge. A novel fixed-choke, constant-outflow (FCCO) method fixes ...

This story profiles one of the Offshore Technology's Conference Spotlight on New Technology Award winners. One of the many inherent risks in offshore drilling is how to safely remove gas trapped in ...

Aker Solutions has acquired Managed Pressure Operations International, Ltd. (MPO), a company that has successfully developed the next generation of continuous circulation, riser gas handling and ...

Aker Solutions acquires managed pressure drilling specialist Managed Pressure Operations (MPO). Managed Pressure Operations International, Ltd. (MPO) is a company that has successfully developed the ...

Aker Solutions acquires managed pressure drilling specialist Managed Pressure Operations (MPO). Managed Pressure Operations International, Ltd. (MPO) is a company that has successfully developed the ...

In the post-Katrina/Rita Gulf of Mexico hurricane era, new met ocean criteria and acceptance requirements for “100-year and 1000 year” events calls for both new and improved elements to be ...

Norway's Aker Solutions will provide managed pressure drilling systems and riser gas handling services to the Brazilian joint venture between Spain's Repsol and Chinese company Sinopec. Aker said the ...