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Townsend Well Control Partnership – 350 Years of Experience

Posted on 14 June 2018
Townsend Well Control Partnership – 350 Years of Experience

General Petroleum Oil Tools is proud to partner with Townsend Well Control for your BOP needs


As a company, we have great admiration for for what Steve Townsend and his team at Townsend Well Control have been able to achieve in such a short amount of time. We are also very excited to be helping Australian consumers access these industry leading products locally.

Our exclusive partnership provides:

  • Full OEM Support
  • Local Sales, Servicing and Support
  • Re-certifications
  • Training

Townsend Well Control Story

  • Mr Steve Townsend founded Townsend International BOP’s prior to being sold to K2 Industries and ultimately to Cameron.
  • 10 years later Mr. Townsend recognized a void in the market place and decided to re-emerge into the Oil industry bringing back his knowledge of new manufacture and repair mainly related to Oil and Gas pressure control operations.
  • Established Townsend Well Control in October of 2015 in Tomball, Texas
  • 3 locations and has product on every continent in the world
  • In less then 3 years, Townsend Well Control successfully applied for and obtained API licenses for API-6A and API-16A monogramming and manufacturing as well as repair.
  • Being an OEM, TWC now offers a full line of BOP’s, Annulars, and related equipment from 1 13/16” thru 13 5/8” 10m.
  • TWC supports these lines with full OEM replacement parts and approved rubber goods and consumables
  • TWC has been approved by many of the major drilling contractors and rental companies alike across the world deploying the TWC product successfully from drilling, completion and production operations.
  • TWC has been accepted by over 200 customers’ world wide and has support and Agents set up in Europe, Australia, Canada, South America and is working currently on the Middle East region.
  • In this short time, TWC has been able to manufacture replacement parts for nearly every bop that has been produced over the past 30 years.
  • These parts meet or exceed all industry standards as it pertains to material requirements and proven design methods.
  • With a team of first class engineers and a management team that has worked for all the leading BOP manufacturers in the world, TWC is dedicated to exceeding its customer’s needs and expectations when it comes to design, verification, and deployment in any aspect of the Oil and Gas industry.

Together, GPOT and Townsend offer a range of well control products including:

  1. BOP Ram Type
  2. BOP Annular Type
  3. BOP Ramular Type
  4. Drilling Equipment (Spools, DSA’s, etc)

Townsend Well Control setting the benchmark:

  • Industry leader with proven brand
  • Fully API compliant unit that is 100% USA manufactured
  • Fully API compliant parts and consumables
  • A combined industry knowledge of over 350+ years
  • Townsend products used throughout the world with over 200 customers world wide
  • Local on-going support and services

All Townsend Well Control products are “Made in USA” and GPOT provide local support for your well control needs from our Dalby distribution facility. Partnered with our 24/7 availability, we will save you downtime!

Learn how GPOT and our World Class partners can keep your operation flowing efficiently by contacting our sales team on +61 7 3390 5255 or email

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