Wison secures contract to build 3,000hp modular drilling rig in Gulf of Mexico

Wison Offshore & Marine, the upstream oil and gas division of the Wison Group, has secured a contract from China Oilfield Services (COSL) to construct a new 3,000hp modular drilling rig.
The rig, which will be installed on the Tsimin-C drilling and production platform in the Mexican Bay of Campeche, will be used on a platform in the Mexican sector of the Gulf of Mexico that is operated by Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX).
As part of the contract, Wison will provide project management, procurement, production engineering, fabrication, load out, offshore installation and commissioning support for the installation of the rig.
Wison will fabricate the approximately 2,500t rig at its Nantong facility in China and is expected to deliver it in the second quarter of 2014.
The drilling facility is based on a self-nstalling design that consists of 97 smaller units, which require significant integration work to strict tolerances during module construction.
"Wison will provide project management, procurement, production engineering, fabrication, load out, offshore installation and commissioning support for the installation of the rig."
Wison Offshore & Marine executive vice president, L. Dwayne Breaux, said: "Wison has established a strong track record in delivering drilling modules for COSL and we are extremely pleased to expand this relationship and provide more high-quality facilities for PEMEX."
In 2010, Wison delivered two modular platform rigs to COSL for operation on China National Offshore Oil (CNOOC) facilities offshore China.
In 2007, Wison provided four platform rigs for COSL that are currently operating in offshore Mexico.
Wison executes engineering and design activities out of its headquarters in Shanghai, China, as well as in Houston, Texas, and performs fabrication of facilities from its two Chinese yards in Nantong and Zhoushan.
The company, however, has not disclosed the financial terms of the latest contract.
Image: Offshore oil rig. Photo: Courtesy of freedigitalphotos.net.


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Ship Shoal 225 B-2 well blowout leaks natural gas and condensate in Gulf of Mexico

A non-producing Talos Energy well in the Gulf of Mexico suffered a blowout on Tuesday, resulting in leakage of natural gas and condensate that has caused a sheen on the sea's surface.
Talos Energy said that staff were evacuated and currently efforts are underway to permanently shut the well.
The natural gas and condensate began flowing on Monday and the well should be plugged within 24 hours.
It is thought the spill may have been caused by aged tubing on the well.
Based on the four-mile-wide by three-quarter-mile-long sheen reported by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) and the US Coast Guard, it is estimated that approximately six barrels of light condensate have been leaked into the sea.
The incident brought back memories of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster of 2010 that leaked 4.9 million barrels of crude oil into the sea.
"Talos Energy said that staff were evacuated and currently efforts are underway to permanently shut the well."
Talos Energy is currently working with the BSEE and the US Coast Guard to reduce the damage and environmental effects of the incident.
Talos Energy president and CEO, Timothy Duncan, was quoted by Reuters as saying: "In an abundance of caution, we decided to evacuate the platform and mobilise our spill response team, we notified the U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) and the US Coast Guard, and we shut-in two other producing wells at the platform."
Located 74 miles southwest of Port Fourchon in the shallow Gulf of Mexico, the Ship Shoal 225 B-2 well produced mostly water in 1998 at a rate of 65,000ft³ of gas, 9 barrels of condensate and 1,150 barrels of water per day at a low flowing pressure of 175 pounds per square inch.
Talos Energy owns the well through its subsidiary Energy Resources Technology Gulf of Mexico.
Image: The blowout is estimated to have leaked approximately six barrels of light condensate into the sea. Photo: courtesy of Brocken Inaglory.


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