Office/Division Program
TAP
Project Number
380
Research Initiation Date (Award Date)
Research Performing Organization
West Hou Inc.
Research Principal Investigator
Michael Montgomery
Research Contracting Agency
Description
The project reviewed 4 American Petroleum Institutes' (API) Recommended Practices (RP) and IADC's Deepwater Guidelines and compared them against MMS requirements. West also surveyed 20 recent rig assessments to determine compliance with the standards and/or regulations.
The 4 RP's are:
53 -- BOP Systems for Drilling Wells 16E -- Design of Control Systems for Drilling Well Control Equipment 64 -- Diverter System Equipment and Operations 16Q -- Design, Selection, Operation, and Maintenance of Marine Drilling Riser Systems
Latest progress update
The project is complete. The report recommends that MMS incorporate the subject API documents into the regulations.