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are asking for, which range up to 30,000 systems. The IPT includes 100 of reliability become more important with psi and 400°F. the brightest engineers and industry the high cost of well intervention in the

At these depths, the high temperatures experts, assembled to develop innova- deepwater market.

tive, high-performance, cost-effective, and high pressures take a toll on seals,

OE: hydraulics, electrical components. We’re commercially feasible solutions for How do you improve on operational

Vessels trying to enhance technology across the ultra-deepwater. execution and reliability?

Wetherington: whole front. For the Baker Hughes

OE:

Reliability is important; we have some It sounds very collaborative. staff, we use competency assurance requests for 10-year life and intervention- Where is the IPT work being done? programs, with training and certi-

Wetherington: capable systems. Baker Hughes builds The Center for ? ed assessors to test competency and and tests ESPs [electric submersible Technology Innovation (CTI) in north- pro? ciency. It gives our employees the pumps] in Claremore, Oklahoma for sub- west Houston, which has test cells rated training and tools necessary to be able to sea and deepwater well boosting. to 40,000 psi and 700°F. The capability meet and exceed current and upcoming

Product reliability and system is beyond the parameters that customers operating requirements and government regulations.

Based on our Competence Management

Program, Baker Hughes proactively sought, and was the ? rst service company

SamSon takes the to receive, IADC Competence Assurance

Accreditation to meet BSEE regulations.

That was in January 2012, and now our out of

HEAVY program is global, after starting in the

Gulf of Mexico, and now moving into our land markets. heavylift

The Baker Hughes operating system,

BHOS, includes operational documenta- slings tion, and was created to streamline our systems from the 7-9 systems we used to have, down to one. The Baker Hughes

Quality organization oversees BHOS, and is rewsponsible for auditing and testing to standards.

We continuously update standards in the Gulf of Mexico, as part of our con- tinuous process improvement program.

OE: What about your new facilities on the Gulf coast?

Wetherington: Baker Hughes has

Greater Gabbard Project: The world’s largest wind farm. Seaway Heavy Lifting ® ® ® invested heavily in infrastructure. We installs turbine monopiles with Samson’s AmSteel-Blue lifting slings.-Blue lifting slings.

opened a new Gulf of Mexico laboratory in Broussard, Louisiana, in April 2013, where we test cementing products, ? uids, and chemicals: the Baker Hughes Center for Offshore Cementing, Fluids, and

Chemicals. The lab is open 24 hr/d and is close to our operating centers. We also

LIGHt SaFE FaSt EFFICIEnt perform pre-job testing, as needed.

Talk to the experts at Samson and put their experience and extensive

Our deepwater chemical testing is testing to work on your next heavylift project.

done at the new Chemicals Lab, in our

Center for Technology Innovation facility

Visit SamsonRope.com for the full case study on the in Houston. We have also made invest-

Seaway Heavy Lifting/Greater Gabbard project.

ments in various operational bases and in our facilities at Port Fourchon, to enhance our capacity and capabilities.

OE:

Speaking of stimulation , what about the new Baker Hughes vessel?

Wetherington: The StimFORCE ®

Visit us at OTC, Booth #8207 is now the newest stimulation vessel

IN THE RELIANT ARENA

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in the Gulf, with pumping capacity of 8800 HHP. It carries a modular, plug &

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