The Subsea Well Response Project is financed by BG, BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, Petrobras, Shell, Statoil and Total, and was set up following the Macondo disaster with the aim of being able to respond faster to well control incidents.

Project manager Keith Lewis said at the OSEA conference in Singapore that the system will be available for international use by the end of this year.

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