NSTA Tech Talk: reinstating shut-in wells from the surface.
Shut-in wells are a UK-wide opportunity. On 30 September, NGLTech joined an NSTA Tech Talk to show how a surface unit can help suitable wells produce again.
NSTA Tech Talk · 30 September 2026
Reactivation that ties in at the surface.
On 30 September 2026, NGLTech presented the Enhanced LPPU™ at a Tech Talk with the UK North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA).
As always, the starting point is each well’s own data.
The regulator’s own figures frame the opportunity: 558 UKCS shut-in wells of a 2,298-well stock at the end of 2025, and 56 wells reinstated in 2025, adding 16 million barrels (NSTA, 11 August 2026).
The talk focused on the surface side of that picture: wells that can no longer overcome the pressure of the common production header, and a liquid-piston booster that ties in at the surface. As always, the starting point is each well’s own data.
For UK delivery and in-field support, NGLTech works with Aberdeen-based Adaptive Process Solutions (APS).
Continue the assessment
Mechanism, then evidence.
See how the mechanism works and what a screening case needs.
News & Insights
More stories.
NGLTech presented at MENA Wells 2026 in Abu Dhabi
A pre-recorded film and a live, remote Q&A on idle and marginal wells: freeing the barrels that do not need a well intervention.
Read the story
Enhanced LPPU™: a proven platform, built to order
The LPPU platform has three offshore installations across two fields, the first in 2014. The Enhanced LPPU™ carries it forward with the liquid piston, built to order for each well.
Read the story
Capacity means nothing without a stated suction pressure
Why a booster’s headline number is not a screening answer, and what a credible first screen needs instead.
Read the storyA better first question
