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Marine Well Containment Company’s 15,000 psi capping stack was successfully deployed offshore in the deepwater GOM to a simulated well

Photo: site at a depth of 6900ft subsea.

MWCC.

The evolution and advancement of the capping stack he capping stack creates a connection and

Following the Deepwater Horizon incident in seal to prevent well fuids from escaping. The 2010, a group of leading oil companies came

T assembly contains a suite of adapters and con- together to form Marine Well Containment nectors to interact with various interface points for the variety of well designs and equipment used by oil

Company (MWCC), an independent company and gas operators in the US Gulf of Mexico. Capping tasked with developing, owning and stacks and their corresponding system equipment now maintaining a system to respond to a deepwater safeguard the US GOM, providing a sound response solution and peace of mind for both regulators and well control incident. The capping stack is the industry. centerpiece of this well containment system.

As of August 31, 2013, 119 permits to drill have been approved by the regulator that cite MWCC’s system.

MWCC’s Charlie Miller explains.

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