September 2018
Features

An API 17TR8-compliant subsea wellhead developed to handle extremes

As drilling progresses into deeper waters that require more complicated well profiles, there is an increasing need for equipment that can withstand higher pressures, temperatures and casing/structural loads. A 20,000-psi, 350°F-rated, 18¾-in. HPHT wellhead has been developed to satisfy these requirements.
Ryan Phillips / TechnipFMC Keegan Tooley / TechnipFMC Fred Bingham / TechnipFMC F. Justin Rodriguez / TechnipFMC

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