Norwegian technology player Electrical Subsea & Drilling (ESD) is aiming to help drillers and operators cut costs and improve safety and efficiency with a new electrical blowout preventer.

Since the 2010 Macondo disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, ESD, led by a former manager of Houston-based Dril-Quip and Cameron Norway, John Dale, has been working on a BOP concept that it hopes may have the potential to be a game changer within drilling safety and efficiency.

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