GE Oil & Gas has invested in the development of new completion and workover riser connectors for the offshore market.
The company said the move will help enable operators in a bid to save rig time during operations.
GE Oil & Gas awarded SRP (Subsea Riser Products) a contract to develop and qualify SRP’s Nimway 510 and Nimway 710 completion and workover riser connectors.
The connectors are designed for water depths of up to 3,000 metres.
Carl Roemmele, WellAccess leader of GE Oil & Gas, said: “The Nimway connector work is a vital piece of the Subsea WellAccess portfolio that will differentiate GE’s offering in terms of code compliance, operational running speeds and costs.
“When we add it to the other WellAccess products we are developing, we will have a technically differentiated product line that shall be a compelling offer for our global customers.”
GE Oil & Gas has obtained exclusive rights to SRP’s 5 ¼ inch and 7 ⅜ inch 10,000 psi connectors for at least two years, with the option to extend annually.
SRP is currently putting the new connectors through a qualification programme, which involves manufacturing the connectors, welding them to production-grade pipe and then testing their endurance using hydrostatic pressure, bending and resonant fatigue tests.
The qualification programme will be complete by the first quarter of 2016.
The design and machining work for the contract will be done in the UK, with forgings procured from Italy.
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