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Wax Control in the Presence of Hydrates Fact Sheet
Researchers at the University of Utah evaluated methods for management of waxes in the presence of hydrates. Active management strategies for both wax and hydrates are required... -
Effect of Climate Variability and Change in Hurricane Activity in the North A...
The overall objective of this work was to help provide better planning guidelines to enable improved design of structures and operating procedures that will provide more... -
GOMEX 3-D Operational Ocean Forecast System Pilot Project
The general objective is to demonstrate a well-validated operational 3-D modeling system that produces timely, accurate forecasts, nowcasts, and hindcasts of currents across the... -
Geomechanical Model for Gas Shales Based on the Integration of Stress Measure...
The objectives of the project is to collect stress profiles in three wells in the Marcellus gas system, interpret them employing a full suite of lag and core based petrophysical... -
Sustaining Fracture Area and Conductivity of Gas Shale Reservoirs Fact Sheet
The objective of the project is to define types of fracture networks more prone of loosing fracture area, and to define critical parameters (including proppant concentration,... -
Effects of Fiber-Rope/Seabed Contact on Subsequent Rope Integrity
The objective of this project is to enable qualifying mooring rope for pre-installation on the seabed, which will greatly reduced risk by reducing the time required to hook up... -
Ultra-Deepwater Dry Tree System for Drilling and Production
FloaTEC feasibility engineering studies were performed on their proprietary E-Semi and Truss Semi deepwater structure designs. These studies are related to enabling dry tree... -
Subsea Systems Engineering Integration
GE Research is developing a process simulator capable of modeling a complete subsea production system. This simulator may be used to model the facility performance of the field... -
Ultra-High Conductivity Umbilicals
The goal of this project is to develop an ultra-high conductivity power cable suitable for use in undersea umbilicals. The overall objective is to design, build, and test an... -
Biogeochemical Factors Enhancing Microbially Generated Methane in Coalbeds
The project objective was to investigate microbial agents and their ability to convert coal into methane under in-situ conditions. The types of microbes, conversion rates and... -
Design Investigation of Extreme High Pressure, High Temperature, (XHPHT), Sub...
Regulations require the deployment of a SCSSV in Offshore wells. Current SCSSV designs are not available for XHPHT conditions. Rice University graduate students have been... -
Ultra-Deepwater Resources to Reserves Development and Acceleration
The objective of the project is to facilitate the development of ultra-deepwater resources by developing techniques to assess the connectivity characteristics of deepwater... -
Conductivity Of Complex Fracturing In Unconventional Shale Reservoirs
The objective of the proposed research was to conduct a systematic experimental study of fracture conductivity in shale oil and gas formations. The study focused on the... -
Characterizing Stimulation Domains, for Improved Well Completions in Gas Shal...
The objective of the project was to create an innovative user-friendly software prototype (called DomAnal) that can be used by operators to characterize flow properties of... -
Evaluation of Fracture Systems and Stress Fields Within the Marcellus Shale a...
The objective of the project is to use rock physics in combination with new seismic data-acquisition technologies based on cableless boxes and accelerated-weight and vector... -
Low Cost Flexible Production System for Remote Ultra-Deepwater Gulf of Mexico...
The objective of this project was to study the feasibility of a circular shaped floating platform unit as compared to two current FPU concepts, semi-sub, and spars. The floater... -
Autonomous Inspection of Subsea Facilities Fact Sheet
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) are becoming more capable and reliable. Implementation of AUV-based IRM in ultra-deepwater fields will provide game-changing improvements... -
Instrumented BOP Ram: Drill Collar/ Tool Joint Locator
Design and development of an instrument BOP ram prototype and laboratory testing. The technology development will be conducted in five stage gates within two phases: A system... -
Fatigue Performance of High Strength Riser Materials in Sour Environments
High strength riser steels which resist fatigue damage in a sour corrosive environment offer significant weight advantages for deepwater structures. Southwest Research Institute... -
Petrophysics and Tight Rock Characterization for the Application of Improved ...
The goals of project are to improve understanding of rock-fluid interactions in shale, to improve petrophysical characterization methods and propose standards for shale...
