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PRODUCTS

XSTMZ

Halliburton

Halliburton introduced the Xtreme production and total recovery by driv-

Single-Trip Multizone (XSTMZ) ing down abandonment pressure and system for completing wells in ultra- can save rig time by isolating and treat- deepwater conditions up to 15,000-psi. ing several intervals with a single trip.

Based on the existing 10,000-psi rated A major operator looking to im-

Enhanced Single-Trip Multizone (ES- prove stimulation and gravel packing

TMZ) system, XSTMZ’s increased of long pay zones in Gulf of Mexi- pressure rating allows operators to co’s Lower Tertiary has ordered the isolate and frac pack multiple zones XSTMZ system to complete multiple at higher pump rates with larger prop- reservoirs that are experiencing very pant volumes. It also supports the abil- large bottomhole pressure differen- ity to create zonal compartments for tials due to the depletion of some of better stimulation of long pay zones the reservoirs. The operator plans to that have high-pressure differentials begin installing the equipment need- between them. XSTMZ helps increase ed to complete two wells in 2020.

Source: Halliburton

Offshore Work Class Robot

Taurob

Unveiled by the Oil & Gas Technol- program will advance the OGRIP pro- ogy Center (OGTC), technology devel- totype to develop the world’s ? rst off- oper Taurob and industry partner Total, shore work class robot (OWCR) for real the OGRIP (Offshore Ground Robotics world testing.

Industrial Pilot) robot is designed to be The OWCR has an improved chas- used primarily as a surveillance vehicle sis, enhancing the overall performance on offshore oil and gas platforms. of ground robotics through the addition

The partners announced that Equinor of active manipulation, to complement and Saft will join the joint industry proj- its current capabilities of surveying, in- ect team, and that the next stage of the spection and observation.

Source: OGTC

AUV Batteries

Kraken

New pressure tolerant batter- creased survey ranges to nearly 700 ies from Kraken Robotics subsid- line-kilometers per deployment.

iary Kraken Power GmbH helped Kraken’s pressure tolerant gel en-

Ocean In? nity’s Kongsberg Hugin capsulation technology for lithium autonomous underwater vehicles polymer batteries provides an at- (AUV) to perform several missions tractively priced, environmentally to greater than 5,000 meters and an friendly alternative to the oil com- unprecedented mission of over 100 pensated batteries currently used hours without recharging, while for subsea battery applications. running a full survey payload. As a Kraken’s hot swappable batteries result, Ocean In? nity is seeing an are modular and include an inte- increase of almost 100% in energy grated battery management system capacity and can now operate in- within each battery module.

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