Expro’s FlowCAT wins OTC award
Automation, Mar  10  2010 (Digital Energy Journal)

- Expro has won an Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) ‘Spotlight on New Technology’ award for its innovative FlowCAT™ Wireless Safety Valve System.

FlowCAT is a wireless controlled safety valve that can be retrofitted into a well after the tubing retrievable safety valve or control line has failed.

Being controllable from surface and of a fail-safe design, FlowCAT provides a more dependable and safer alternative to a storm choke, a more cost-effective alternative to performing a well work-over; and minimises periods of deferred production.

The FlowCAT flow control system, which was developed in conjunction with Petrowell Limited, requires no modifications to, or recertification of, the wellhead components.

FlowCAT is controlled using Expro’s Cableless Telemetry System (CaTS™) technology, has fail-safe functionality and uses non-elastomeric sealing faces for enhanced sealing and increased well safety.

The valve system recently completed a six-month field trial in a gas well located onshore Southern Italy. The 4½” FlowCAT valve was deployed into the well using standard slickline intervention methods and was cycled and inflow tested regularly during periods of both production and injection. The valve was seen to perform reliably and consistently throughout the test with no false closure events observed.

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