Halliburton has signed a framework settlement with Shell to offer umbilical-less tubing hanger set up and retrieval providers utilizing its Distant Operated Management System (ROCS) know-how. The multi-well settlement follows a profitable three-well know-how part within the Gulf of America, the place ROCS demonstrated measurable positive factors in velocity, security and operational precision.
“This settlement alerts a shift in deepwater operations,” stated Josh Sears, senior vp of Halliburton’s Drilling and Analysis division. “ROCS’s velocity, precision, and security advantages provide operators a dependable, cost-effective various to traditional strategies—one which positions the system for broader adoption all through international rig fleets.”
ROCS is a compact, umbilical-less management system that replaces typical hydraulic setups, decreasing floor strain dangers and minimizing personnel publicity. The system has been deployed throughout a number of offshore areas, together with the Norwegian Continental Shelf, West Africa, and the Gulf of America, the place it lately set a brand new international benchmark with the set up of a tubing hanger at 8,458 ft—the deepest umbilical-less operation accomplished to this point.
Developed by Optime, a Halliburton service, the ROCS platform enhances effectivity by decreasing deck operations by as much as 75%, shortening operating and pulling instances, and enhancing downhole line testing. The know-how’s observe document underscores its rising position in enabling safer, smarter nicely completions in deepwater environments.
As international operators search to optimize offshore growth beneath more and more advanced circumstances, Halliburton’s ROCS answer presents a confirmed pathway to greater effectivity, decrease operational threat, and sooner mission supply in subsea completions.
