Energy services provider Expro (XPRO) unveils Solus™ – the unique high-debris single shear and seal ball valve system offering additional flexibility, functionality, and safety to subsea well access solutions for the international oil and gas industry.
Replacing the conventional requirement for two valves with just one, Solus™ revolutionizes the industry’s approach to subsea well access, reducing operational risk and complexity while accelerating the drive toward more cost-efficient subsea intervention technologies.
Tested and validated in accordance with API Std 17G, Solus™ is the first fully NACE MR0175 compliant fail-close bi-directional high-debris ball valve system that can shear and seal on wire and coiled tubing.
Expro’s Solus™ advanced equipment technology can be used in both in riser and open water applications across the entire well lifecycle – from exploration and appraisal and completion intervention to plug and abandonment (P&A) and decommissioning.
Solus™ has already been deployed for a new in-riser completions development in the Gulf of America and installed in an open water system for a North Sea P&A campaign. The system provides a shear and post-shear seal for gas and liquids on slick line, braided electrical cable, and coiled tubing. It delivers bi-directional sealing for liquids and gas, even after a pump-through.
Solus™ has also been included in the Expro lightweight P&A Open Water Intervention Riser System (OWIRS). By achieving a Shear and Seal in a single valve, this technology allows Expro to introduce Solus into the open water application.