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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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
Hi-Res Environmental Data for Enhanced UDW Operations Safety Fact Sheet
Ocean currents can pose significant challenges to safe oil and gas operations in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM). One primary objective of this research program was to better... -
Early Reservoir Appraisal Utilizing a Well Testing System Fact Sheet
This project will define appropriate cost-effective systems for testing deepwater reservoirs to avoid the use of expensive production and storage facilities or Mobile Offshore... -
Reliability of Annular Pressure Buildup (APB) Mitigation Technologies
Annular Pressure Buildup (APB) occurs in all wells with high bottom hole temperature, multiple casing strings and annuli that cannot be vented--which includes most deepwater... -
Wireless Subsea Communications Systems Fact Sheet
This project explored the limits and capacity of wireless communications for subsea operations using radio frequency (RF) conduction, which is proven to work over short ranges... -
Replacing Chemical Biocides with Targeted Bacteriophages in Deepwater Pipelin...
The objective of the project is to evaluate the use of bacteriophage, or phage, the natural viral predators of bacteria, in a focused approach to reduce the agents of... -
Qualification of Flexible Fiber-Reinforced Pipe for 10,000-foot Water Depths
The objective of this project is to develop, qualify, and field-deploy flexible fiber reinforced pipe (FFRP) for ultra-deepwater applications in the Gulf of Mexico. FFRP is...
