To conduct a one day seminar at MMS Herndon to review work relative to Mexico's risk based technology developments, especially on facilities in the Bay of Campeche and to discuss possible areas of future cooperation.
This was a Cooperative Project between MMS and IMP to develop a Re-qualification method for pipelines.
This is a JIP with 7 companies to assess risks associated with ice-seafloor interaction, relative to Arctic oil and gas facilities.
This project is a review of the risk assessment and inspection procedure of the Minerals Management Service. Additionally, it assesses the current state of knowledge in the area of risk assessment of offshore platforms and develops three models to predict the likelihood of accidents and spills at offshore platforms. Two sources of information were used to construct the modes:
1. Databases maintained by the Minerals Management Service (MMS)
2. Surveys of platform inspectors
This is a Joint Industry Project (JIP). The purpose of the study was to evaluate the comparative nature of using minimum structures in marginal fields. This made it possible to start producing at half the cost and in half the time compared to those familiar with standard four-pile jackets. Using these minimum structures made them very vulnerable to damage from weather effects and defects in design, fabrication, or operational errors.
This is a cooperative agreement. To organize, conduct, and document results from an international workshop on Pipelines Safety Assessment and Risk Management Methods. The workshop will bring together pipeline operators, contractors, inspectors, engineers, managers, analysts, researchers, and regulatory agency personnel from around the world to define discuss, and identify the strengths and weaknesses of the various methods and approaches that have been and are being developed for pipeline safety assessment and risk management.
This project evaluates the risk costs of three alternative design concepts for a deepwater Dry Tree Tieback well systems (well systems that extend the wellbore to a Christmas tree located on the production vessel (TLP, Spar)). The three design analyzed are:
1) dual casing riser;
2) single casing riser; and
3) tubing riser.
This is a Joint Industry Project (JIP). The purpose of this project is to develop a practical Knowledge Based System (KBS) for reliability assessment of marine pipelines. The KBS will be used to develop plans for the inspection and maintenance of pipelines. The KBS will be designed to interface with pipeline databases being developed by the U.S. Minerals Management Service and pipeline owners and operators.
This is a Joint Industry Project (JIP). The goal of this workshop is to define the state-of-the-art of the engineering and management practice of HOF and Behavioral Safety to reduce the likelihood of offshore incidents, on the job injuries, environmental hazards, and improve safety, quality, reliability during the design, construction, and operation of offshore facilities.
This is a Cooperative Agreement. The purpose of this project is to develop a modern reliability-based set of procedures for the evaluation, design and re-assessment of offshore structures. The dual coupled bases are: (1) state-of-art non-linear structural analysis, and (2) explicit structural reliability. The objective is to exploit the best tools available to the industry to insure safe yet economical facilities.
