Aberdeen’s Robert Gordon University (RGU) has today (Monday, Dec. 4) launched a state-of-the-art decommissioning simulator to service the growing sector. The simulator and the associated software is a world-first and will be used to support decommissioning activities in the UK and other parts of the world.
RGU, in collaboration with funding partners The Oil & Gas Technology Centre, KCA Deutag and Drilling Systems, with technical support from Baker Hughes, a GE Company (BHGE), has established the simulator to focus on well-plugging and abandonment (P&A).
The simulator can support both oil and gas operators and service companies with the planning and preparation for well P&A, in a similar way pilots get trained and tested on flight simulators.
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