20,000 PSI Blow-Out Preventer Designed/Built For GOM -- Making America Great -- June 10, 2019

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From Rigzone: NOV claims history-making sale. Data points:

• seller: National Oilwell Varco, INC (NOV)
• buyer: Transocean Ltd
• sale: two 20,000 psi (20K) blowout preventer (BOP) stacks
• NOV contends that it is the first oilfield equipment manufacturer to successfully design, engineer and sell such a package
• the 20K BOP stack is designed for use with extremely high-pressure reservoirs and can be used in ultra-deepwater
• the sale follows five years of work by NOV's Rig Technologies segment
• the initial BOP stack deployment should occur in 2021 on a 20K well in the Gulf of Mexico