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PRODUCTS SUBSEA TECH

Balmoral Coretrax rigless system developed to address ing company, specializing in offshore ing, a technology platform that enables common well integrity issues, delivers buoyancy, insulation and protection operational control of the downhole a 700% greater ?ow area when com- solutions for the offshore energy in- testing toolstring to deliver real-time pared to traditional straddles, “allowing dustry, has developed Balmoral Fibre- downhole measurements.

operators to install a patch without cre- Flexx - a cable protection solution for According to the company, Sympho- ating a restriction and to unlock greater offshore wind. ny testing reduces operational time and commercial value from existing wells.” According to Balmoral, its ?ber-rein- improves safety and ef?ciency while “Unlike conventional straddles, the forced cable protection system mechani- enabling informed decision making

ReLineWL’s slim outer diameter meant cally locks to the end connectors remov- for better reservoir understanding and it could bypass various ID restrictions to ing the need to rely on unpredictable reduced ?eld development planning reach the ?apper valve. Once in position PU bonding. uncertainty.

at 8,675 ft, the patch was expanded to Balmoral says FibreFlex’s long-term Symphony testing unites Schlum- permanently open the valve. This result- creep performance is a substantial im- berger’s Muzic wireless telemetry with ed in full well access so upper completion provement on traditional cable protec- the downhole string, creating a digital removal could be facilitated. This saved tion while bending and axial stiffness solution that enables real-time control signi?cant rig-time when compared to is optimized without having to qualify of the dynamic range of conditions dur- costly and time-consuming traditional alternative PU materials. ing well testing operations. The digitally milling operations,” Coretrax explained. enabled toolstring is customized for the test objectives to position, isolate, con-

Symphony

FibreFlexx Schlumberger has recently launched nect, measure, control, sample, select

Balmoral, a UK-based engineer- Symphony live downhole reservoir test- and pro?le the reservoir.

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