Office/Division Program
TAP
Project Number
408
Research Initiation Date (Award Date)
Research Performing Organization
Texas A&M University, Offshore Technology Research Center (OTRC)
Research Principal Investigator
Dr. Curtis Weddle, Dr. Jerome Schubert and Dr. Peter Valko
Research Contracting Agency
Description
MMS funding was used to complete tasks 1 and 2, and make substantial progress on Task 3. Industry funded the next phase which included a report and a workshop and more work on task 3. Task 4 was abandoned based on input during the project.
Task 1 - Bridging tendencies in ultra-deepwater blowouts
Task 2 - Dynamic kill investigation of ultra-deepwater blowouts and simulator Development
Task 3 - Development of ultra-deepwater blowout control methods
Task 4 - Costs of Intervention (Abandoned)
Task 5 - Final report, progress meetings and workshops
Latest progress update
Completed.