The company developed the Hammerhead system to enable long-term, high-rate production.
“The industry has not historically had a full systems-level approach” for ultra-deepwater and extreme environments, says Richard Ward, Baker Hughes’ president of global products and services. “We expect the Hammerhead system to improve recovery factors by 2% in the Lower Tertiary through enhanced reservoir stimulation, higher drawdown capability and long-term optimised production.”
