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FMC Technologies, Inc.
Booth #1941
Enhanced Vertical Deepwater Tree (EVDT)
FMC Technologies’ Enhanced Vertical Deepwater Tree (EVDT) is setting a new global standard for vertical completion systems. As a slimbore subsea completion system designed to provide large bore system capabilities, the EVDT has the capability to accommodate 7 in. tubing completions and pressures up to 15,000 psi within a 13 5/8 in. BOP stack, making it the industry’s most economic and versatile subsea completion system.
The EVDT has a number of innovative features that provide versatility, installation savings, and operational efficiency to the development of ultra-deepwater fields.
- The EVDT allows ultra-deepwater completions to be performed from a small drilling rig containing the surface blow out preventer (BOP), thus avoiding the need for expensive rigs during completion. This can yield savings of up to USD 15 million per well.
- The tubing hanger can be installed using a tubing head when flexibility for sequencing of events is required during offshore installations. Or, it can simply land into the wellhead, eliminating the tubing head. This allows for a more efficient installation when completion and drilling operations are conducted without retrieving the subsea BOP and riser.
- The EVDT incorporates a retrievable flow module and flow meter in its design, reducing production downtime for maintenance and meter replacement from days to hours.
Developed by a multi-national team to global standards, the EVDT can be produced at any of FMC Technologies’ manufacturing facilities worldwide.