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Every connection must contain the extreme pressure because a single weak point can compromise the entire system. Shell engineers redesigned and tested each component, from the reservoir to the seabed wellhead, through the blowout preventer – a safety device that seals the well – and up through the pipe known as a riser that carries fluids to the drillship, which is a vessel designed to drill oil and gas wells.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKeeping the system stable while drilling through salt and into the reservoir required new methods. The team \u003Ca\u003Euses what is known as managed pressure drilling\u003C/a\u003E, supported by a subsea system that raises or lowers the mud level in the riser to fine-tune pressure. Positioned around 425 metres (1,400 feet) below the rig, it continually adjusts the pressure inside the well, allowing the drill bit to advance safely through challenging rock formations. 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Stronger pipes, designed with advanced steel technology, carry fluids between the seabed and the surface, while precision-engineered valves regulate and isolate flow if required.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAt the seabed, the 20K blowout preventer – an 18-metre-tall (60-foot) device weighing more than 10 heavy-duty trucks – acts as one of the system’s final safeguards. Mounted at the wellhead, it uses multiple redundant sealing mechanisms to shut in the well within seconds if abnormal pressures are detected.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E“Every component undergoes extensive testing,” says Martin. “Shell’s experience in high-pressure, high-temperature fields such as Appomattox – our pioneering 15,000 psi Gulf of America development – shaped the standards Sparta follows.”\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Ch2\u003EFrom construction to production\u003C/h2\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the coming years, the team will complete drilling and start up the subsea systems to prepare for first production. Once operational, Sparta will help deliver the secure energy people rely on every day.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E“Sparta is built by incredible people who are shaping the future of energy,” says Martin. “Day after day, they make complex work look effortless in conditions few ever experience, thousands of metres below the surface and under pressures found almost nowhere else on Earth.”\u003Cb\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\r\n"}},{"organism":"Container.List","colspan":10,"colstart":2,"children":[{"organism":"AccordionItem","color":"inherited","id":"/content/shell/corporate/global/en_gb/news-and-insights/our-stories/sparta-unlocking-energy-once-thought-out-of-reach/jcr_content/root/main/section_1779609868/list/list_item","model":{"title":"Cautionary note","text":"\u003Cp\u003EThe companies in which Shell plc directly and indirectly owns investments are separate legal entities. 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