The project kicked-off in February 2019 with a Front End Engineering Design (FEED) study completed to ascertain the scope and remit. Since finishing the work on the DP4 platform in November 2019, decommissioning of the DP3 platform took place, and Claxton successfully completed the cuts of another six wells during 2020. THE PROBLEM Four out of the six wells on the DP4 platform had been drilled at 30° angles and compounding the problem was the fact that the rig that had originally drilled them no longer existed, making the task a particularly challenging one for all. THE SOLUTION As is often the case for Claxton, much proactive consideration was given to the bespoke equipment required to enable the SABRETM abrasive severance tool to be run in hole. Consequently, a new proving sy

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