Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL) introduces International Well Capping Equipment at New Base in South Africa

October 11, 2013

CAPE TOWN Saldanha Bay - Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL), the global oil spill response co-operative funded by more than 160 oil and energy companies, today announced the opening of a new Base in Saldanha Bay, South Africa, to support regional and global response operations. The Base houses cutting edge well capping equipment designed to shut-in an uncontrolled subsea well, marking a major advancement in Africa's oil spill response capability.

The Saldanha capping stack is available to oil and gas companies across the industry through OSRL's Subsea Well Intervention Service (SWIS) which provides for swift subsea incident response around the world. The integrated subsea well intervention system includes four capping stacks suitable for international use and two hardware kits for debris clearance, BOP intervention and the subsea application of dispersant at a wellhead. The equipment can be used for the majority of known subsea wells in water depths up to 3000m

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