Cameron has recently achieved notable success with its surface & subsea completion equipment for dry completion units, due in part to the unique scope of supply in this market. Cameron provides systems solutions for both drilling and production SPAR and TLP applications, and has a great track-record in providing some of the most critical components, (such as the SlimLine Connector featured in Transact*Insider issue 29, the surface wellhead shown here, and the Cameron field-proven adjustable tubing hanger system.).

Some of the options and features of Cameron surface equipment for DCUs include:

• 5-1/2 inch or 7 inch Concentric Completion
• 5-1/2 x 2-3/8 inch Dual Completion with Split Block Valve
• Rated for all API Temperature ranges
• Resistant to Hydrogen Sulphide and Carbon Dioxide
• Pressure ratings to API 15,000 psi
• PSL levels 1 - 4
• Safe and efficient Work Platforms for access

Cooper Cameron has an unparalleled global service network, so that no matter where our equipment is operated there is a service facility nearby. For example, the Cameron division alone has over 63 full-service aftermarket facilities close to customers' operations. We are constantly evaluating areas of exploration and development activity to make sure we are building new facilities in conjunction with customer needs.

Recent Additions to the CAMSERV Aftermarket Network:
Cameron Macae, Brazil	Cameron Luanda, Angola

The discovery and the development of oil fields in the Sahara desert at the end of the fifties prompted Cameron Iron Works to set up a manufacturing plant in the Mediterranean area.

The site of the former Fouga plant in Béziers (Hérault - France), no longer in production but with extensive workshop facilities, was finally chosen in 1959, giving Cameron the benefit of sound existing buildings and infrastructure and qualified manpower.

Production from the plant developed from small bore ball valves initially to the full range of Cameron and Cooper Cameron Valve products such as gate valves, ball valves, wellheads, subsea trees and blowout preventers. The Béziers plant can now manufacture up to 56 inch ball valves.

The assembly and test area can accommodate 20 metre high BOP stacks weighing more than 250 tons. Since the beginning of the development of BOP production, the Béziers plant has supplied approximately 2,600 units worldwide, of which 30 stacks have been for underwater drilling.