TPi March 2016

business & market news

Autonomous ICD technology contract

Centravis enters US

boiler market Centravis, a supplier of seamless stainless tubes and pipes, has received conditional approval from US electric utility Southern Company for supply of stainless tubing for pressure part fabrication. The approval is the result of analysis of Centravis’s 304H and 316H steel grades. Conditional approval was granted on the basis of samples analysis. The company now plans to ship tubes of TR304H and TR347H steel grades for the customer’s current projects, after which it is expected to receive final approval. Southern Company, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, is the largest end user of conventional boiler pipes in the southern and southeastern United States.

than 10,000 FloSure AICD valves have been installed to date globally in light and heavy oil wells, ensuring uniform production longevity and increasing production rates by up to 50 per cent in comparison to passive inflow technology. Gillian King, Tendeka’s vice president of APAC, commented, “We are delighted to have been awarded this contract, our first AICD technology in Malaysia. Detailed analysis of the field’s reservoir characteristics indicate it is a perfect application for our technology and the modelling shows significant productivity improvements. This will be the first deployment of AICD technology within SKE-operated assets. We look forward to working with SKE to install this innovative solution.”

Tendeka, a provider of completions systems and services to the upstream oil and gas industry, has signed a two- year agreement with SapuraKencana Energy Peninsula Malaysia Inc (SKE) for the exclusive application of Tendeka’s FloSure™ autonomous inflow control device (AICD) valves. The contract was awarded through Tendeka’s partner in Malaysia, Aemos. The work will include modifying existing ICD screens to incorporate Tendeka’s AICD valves on the SKE-operated East Belumut oil field, located approximately 160 miles offshore Peninsular Malaysia. Early water or gas breakthrough can result in lost recovery, lost revenues and reduced well life. Tendeka’s AICD, part of the company’s fully integrated sandface completions solution, self- adjusts to choke back zones where unwanted water or gas breakthrough has occurred to promote oil production. More

Tendeka – UK info@tendeka.com www.tendeka.com

Centravis – Ukraine www.centravis.com

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