New manufacturing base in Houston will support rising demand for FLI in North America.

With demand increasing for FiberLine Intervention (FLI) in the US, we’re excited to announce our investment in a 2,600 sq. ft. workshop and office space, to support in-house manufacturing and regional field operations. To date, we’ve undertaken all our manufacturing in the UK, so this facility will scale up capacity to support further US and global growth and will reduce lead times and shipping distances and the associated carbon footprint.

We’ve been active in the US oil and gas market since 2017, providing a wide range of downhole surveys to solve complex E&P and P&A challenges in well integrity, cement integrity, flow profiling and vertical seismic profiling, delivering high-quality, data-driven answers. Between 2019 and 2022 our US business saw a fourteen-fold increase in demand! In 2021, we entered a five-year agreement with Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL), which granted Halliburton exclusive rights to distribute and deploy FLI under the ExpressFiber™ brand in North America’s unconventional wells market.

Our CEO, Annabel Green, said: “Over the last 12 months we’ve seen an exceptional growth in demand across many countries, sectors and applications, so we’re very excited to be establishing a ‘made in the US’ manufacturing facility. We anticipate initial production rates to be around 200 probes a year, but the manufacturing equipment is easily scalable, allowing us to support our clients with an ongoing fast-track supply. Looking ahead we expect P&A integrity surveys, particularly in the Gulf of Mexico, to be a key area of growth for our service offering alongside geothermal and CO2 storage activity. We have already developed a successful track record in these areas, with live well interventions that have delivered industry-first results.”

If you’d like to arrange a tour of the new facility or to discuss how FLI can help answer questions about your US wells, drive operational efficiencies and reduce your carbon footprint, whether you work in oil and gas, geothermal or carbon capture, please get in touch with Graham Fleming on gfleming@well-sense.co.uk We’d be delighted to hear from you!