BG Group inks Plexus for UK drilling

Oil and gas engineering services business Plexus has won an order from BG Group for surface wellhead and mudline equipment services for an exploration well in the UK Continental Shelf in the North Sea.  

The contract is due to run for 150 days and will involve Plexus' 18-3/4” 15,000psi high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) adjustable surface wellhead and mudline system for a standard pressure well.  

The well will be drilled using the Transocean Galaxy II jackup rig following completion of the GDF-operated Dalziel exploration well, which is also using Plexus’ wellhead equipment and services.

Plexus has previously provided BG Group with its wellhead equipment and services for use on a number of exploration and appraisal wells in the North Sea, including the Thunderer, White Bear and Jackdaw III projects. In addition, BG International, a subsidiary of BG Group, recently signed up as the sixth major oil and gas consulting partner to Plexus' on-going Joint Industry Project (JIP).  

The JIP is developing a new and safer subsea wellhead HGSS™, utilising Plexus' patented POS-GRIP friction-grip technology to address key technical issues and challenges highlighted by industry regulators following the Gulf of Mexico incident in April 2010.

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