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Viking's Cut to Release Packer. (Image source: Viking Completion Technology).

Dubai-based Viking Completion Technology, a leading supplier of well completion equipment and services, has completed a gas storage project in Germany and sees promising opportunities in this growing new energy sector

Viking’s in-house engineering team designed a bespoke 13-3/8” x 9-5/8” (11.600” OD) API 11D1 V0-R Cut to Release Packer suitable for 0-100C temperature range, to address the challenge of the large bore and low-temperature requirements of underground gas storage applications. The specialised packer was then delivered and installed in Germany, the first time the UAE-based team has delivered equipment to Europe’s utilities and energy market.

Viking is looking to build on this success by focusing on gas storage by engaging and supporting new customers in non-traditional energy markets. The company sees potential for a variety of similar projects in Germany, as well as parallel projects across Europe, Oceania, and Asia, aligning with evolving industry trends following an increased demand for suitably validated completion equipment for gas storage applications.

Viking managing director Willie Morrison commented, "As more businesses across the globe focus on energy security and balancing energy demands that vary with environmental conditions, this landscape will continue to expand. Viking is ideally placed to provide the level of excellence and flexibility that these applications and customers require."

Technical Support manager Simon Leiper added, "These projects bring their own unique considerations and challenges. In the past, end users for gas storage applications may have opted for a two-trip completion, utilising a permanent packer and anchor latch, with no validation. Our solution of an API 11D1 V0-R validated Cut to Release packer significantly levels up the specifications and improves operational efficiency, by removing a run, while giving the flexibility to retrieve the completion later.”

CarbonEdge delivers real-time data on CO2 flows across CCUS infrastructure. (Image source: Adobe Stock)

Baker Hughes has launched CarbonEdge, powered by Cordant, an end-to-end, risk-based digital solution for CCUS operations that provides comprehensive support for regulatory reporting and operational risk management

With an intuitive, integrated dashboard, CarbonEdge delivers precise, real-time data and alerts on CO2 flows across CCUS infrastructure, from carbon capture and compression to pipeline transportation, as well as subsurface storage. Offering connectivity across the entire CCUS project lifecycle, it enables customers to identify and manage risk, improve decision-making, enhance operational efficiency, and simplify regulatory reporting.

The solution is integrated with Baker Hughes' subsurface and autonomous modelling solutions,  delivering storage site characterisation workflows and comprehensive monitoring and verification (MMV) frameworks.
Applicable to any CCUS infrastructure applied across multiple industries, CarbonEdge is expected to be fast to deploy and easy to scale, ensuring seamless connectivity, data synchronisation and interoperability across various components of the digital ecosystems of Baker Hughes and its customers.

Baker Hughes is working with Wabash Valley Resources (WVR), which produces low-carbon ammonia fertiliser, to further develop the CarbonEdge platform. As a launch customer for this platform, WVR will leverage CarbonEdge to measure monitor and verify the volumes of CO2 collected, transported and sequestered underground.

“CCUS technology solutions are essential for driving decarbonisation of the energy and industrial sectors on our path to solving for climate change,” said Baker Hughes Chairman and CEO Lorenzo Simonelli. “With the launch of CarbonEdge, we not only expand our portfolio of digital solutions to support new energies and empower our customers’ ability to mitigate risk while enhancing operational efficiency, but also take a bold step toward a future with more sustainable energy development. We look forward to working alongside Wabash Valley Resources to refine and evolve CarbonEdge, ensuring it continues to meet the dynamic needs of a rapidly changing industry.”

CarbonEdge is the first fully integrated digital offering within Baker Hughes' Climate Technology Solutions portfolio.