Once a well has been drilled, if it is to become a production well, the well must undergo completion. While drilling a well cuts through the rock formations and allows drilling engineers to reach the ...

Heavier parent casing in increasingly deep waters has posed challenges for conventional expandable liner hangers. Jennifer Pallanich reports on a new metal-to-metal sealing system designed for such ...

HOUSTON, Sept. 10-- BP PLC plans to install a lockdown sleeve to completely secure the casing hanger in the deepwater Macondo well before finishing a relief well, a federal official said, adding the ...

A tension cut and pull subsea wellhead retrieval system has reduced the time required to abandon subsea wells, according to the service provider Baker Oil Tools. For instance, James A. Sonnier, Baker ...