Houston-based Weatherford’s safety valve system, the Weatherford damaged control-line (WDCL), was deemed a winner at the OTC Asia 2016 Spotlight on New Technology Awards, held recently in Malaysia. The awards celebrate the latest and most advanced hardware and software technologies that are propelling the industry into the future.
The WDCL safety valve system, part of the Renaissance® system of safety valves, enables operators to replace damaged control lines and install new surface-controlled subsurface safety valves. Using this system, production can be restored in wells that have been shut because of damaged control lines.