Weatherford wins MPD contract for Trion project

Weatherford says that it has been awarded a “significant contract” to deliver managed pressure drilling (MPD) services for the Trion project offshore Mexico.

The multi-year contract includes MPD services for an initial eight wells with the potential to expand to 24 wells.

As part of the project, Weatherford says that it will deploy its Victus intelligent MPD system, which it says is a solution designed to enhance drilling safety, efficiency, and performance.

The Victus system is said to feature algorithm-driven pressure control, real-time downhole data for automated responses, and what Weatherford says is “the industry’s first field-proven deepwater riser system for floating rigs.”

The Trion project is located in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, in about ~2,500 meters of water, approximately 180 kilometers east of the coast of Tamaulipas and 30 kilometers south of the US-Mexico maritime border.