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Houston, Texas – Trendsetter Engineering, Inc. is pleased to announce a contract award by Well-Safe to utilize the Trident Intervention System and technical services for UK North Sea Abandonments.  The system will be deployed from the Well-Safe Guardian rig to conduct a multi-well P&A campaign for an estimated 320-day duration.

Trendsetter is a leading subsea intervention system equipment and service provider, owning and operating five 15,000psi subsea intervention systems for hydraulic, riserless light well and intervention riser-based operations.  Their flagship intervention system, TRIDENT, utilizes advanced technologies to provide high-spec capability in a light-weight and modular package, furthering Trendsetter’s goal of bringing Innovation to Subsea Intervention.

“We are excited to work with Well-Safe to bring TRIDENT to the North Sea for plug and abandonment operations,” said Mike Cargol, VP of Rentals & Services for Trendsetter Engineering.  “We look forward to providing our value-added intervention services and are eager to identify additional opportunities for collaboration for our two companies.”

Neil Ferguson, Operations Director at Well-Safe Solutions, said: “Trendsetter is an ambitious partner with a strong track record of technical delivery around the world.  Adding this capability to the Well-Safe Guardian unlocks considerable operational improvements and time savings for our clients during well intervention operations.”

With over 250 employees on and offshore, Well-Safe Solutions operates from international headquarters in Aberdeen, UK. Its decommissioning specialists support clients from front-end engineering and design to project execution, providing the complete well decommissioning plug and abandonment (P&A) capability for the global energy industry.

Trendsetter Engineering, Inc. is a privately-owned oil and gas service company based in Houston, Texas which provides specialized subsea hardware and offshore service solutions globally from exploration drilling through abandonment.