BSEE actively researches and evaluates current and emerging technologies for operations ranging from the drilling of oil and gas exploration wells to the removal of platforms and related infrastructure in an ongoing effort to reduce risks across all offshore operations. For more information about research opportunities, please visit the Submitting Proposals page.
Research Records
Research Records List
| Project Number | Program | Title | Performing Activity | Category | Status | Progress Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 673 | OSRR | Effective Daily Recovery Capacity (EDRC) Project | Genwest Systems, Inc. | Decision Making Support Tools, Mechanical Containment and Recovery | Completed | |
| 1042 | OSRR | Technology Readiness Level (TRL) Definitions for Oil Spill Response Technologies and Equipment | Applied Research Associates (ARA), Inc. | Completed | ||
| 1160 | OSRR | Testing of Oil Spill Technologies (TOST) 2023: Performance Testing of Oil Recovery Skimmers with Selected Dielectric Fluids | BSEE/USCG | Mechanical Containment and Recovery | In Progress | |
| 1137 | OSRR | Oil Spill Containment Boom Computational Fluid Dynamics and Physical Modeling Study | Serco, Inc. | Mechanical Containment and Recovery, Ohmsett | In Progress | |
| 1127 | OSRR | Development of an Advancing Skimmer Test Protocol | SL Ross | Mechanical Containment and Recovery, Ohmsett | In Progress | |
| 1133 | OSRR | Ignition, Combustion and Atomizatin of Emulsions during in situ Burning | Naval Research Laboratory | Behavior of Oil, In Situ Burn Research | In Progress | |
| 1144 | OSRR | Enhancements to Ohmsett's Testing Capabilities in a Drift Ice Environment | Applied Research Associates | Arctic, Mechanical Containment and Recovery, Ohmsett | In Progress | |
| 1119 | OSRR | Development of a Recovery Efficiency Sensor - Phase II | Battelle Memorial Institute | Mechanical Containment and Recovery | In Progress | |
| 1150 | OSRR | Advancing the BOWHEAD Vessel Ice Management System | Serco, Inc. | Arctic, Mechanical Containment and Recovery | In Progress | |
| 1161 | OSRR | Test Effort: Analysis of the Efficacy of Conventional Sorbent Materials Exposed to Selected Categories of Dielectric Fluids | BSEE | Behavior of Oil, Mechanical Containment and Recovery, Ohmsett, Renewable Energy | In Progress | |
| 1156 | OSRR | Surface Water Droplet Size Distribution (DSD) Instruments: Laboratory Validation, Tank Deployment, and Field Evaluation | New Jersey Institute of Technology | Behavior of Oil, Chemical Treating Agents, Decision Making Support Tools | In Progress | |
| 1142 | OSRR | Research to Support Analysis of Oil Spill Response Plans for Spills on Snow and Solid Ice | Nortech, Inc. | Arctic, Decision Making Support Tools, Mechanical Containment and Recovery | Completed | |
| 775 | TAP | Hampering Active Wellbore Kit (HAWK): Complementary Safety Tool for Blowout Preventers | Raptors Design LLC | Drilling | Completed | |
| 1129 | OSRR | Multi Partner Research Initiative (MPRI) - Comparing Recent Advances in Estimating and Measuring Oil Slick Thickness | BSEE/NOAA/Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) | Remote Sensing | Completed | |
| 802 | TAP | Renewable Energy Remote Inspections | NA | Renewable Energy | Completed | |
| 801 | TAP | Freeze-up and Break-up of Arctic Sea Ice in the U.S. Beaufort and Chukchi Seas | NA | In Progress | ||
| 805 | TAP | Freeze-up and Break-up of Arctic Sea Ice | NA | In Progress | ||
| 1130 | OSRR | The Use of Additive Manufacturing to Investigate Novel Surface Geometries for Improved Oil Skimmer Recovery in Thin Oil Slicks | Deep Analytics LLC | Mechanical Containment and Recovery | Completed | |
| 1121 | OSRR | OIL DETECTION AND THICKNESS ESTIMATION UNDER/IN ICE BASED ON ELECTRICAL CAPACITANCE TOMOGRAPHY (ECT) | American University of Beirut | Arctic, Decision Making Support Tools, Ohmsett, Oil Spill Response, Remote Sensing | In Progress | |
| 1097 | OSRR | Slick Thickness Characterization Based on Low Noise, Polarized Synthetic Aperture Radar | NASA Jet Propulsion Labroratory | Decision Making Support Tools, Ohmsett, Remote Sensing | In Progress | |
| 1126 | OSRR | The Web based General NOAA Oil Modeling Environment (WebGNOME) Anywhere | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) | Behavior of Oil, Decision Making Support Tools, Mechanical Containment and Recovery, Ohmsett, Remote Sensing | In Progress | |
| 1128 | OSRR | Testing of Oil Spill Technologies (TOST) Program | BSEE/USCG | Chemical Treating Agents, Mechanical Containment and Recovery, Remote Sensing | In Progress | |
| 1148 | OSRR | HYSPLIT - In Situ Oil Burn Plume Characterization and Dispersion: Technology Assessment and Worker/Public Safety | Environmental Protection Agency | In Situ Burn Research | In Progress | |
| 1149 | OSRR | Development of a Floating Flame Refluxer | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | In Situ Burn Research | In Progress | |
| 1116 | OSRR | Herder Burner System Joint Industry Project | Prince William Sound Oil Spill Research Institute | Chemical Treating Agents, In Situ Burn Research | In Progress | |
| 1096 | OSRR | Analysis of Emissions and Residue from Methods to Improve Combustion Efficiency of In-Situ Oil Burns | Environmental Protection Agency | In Situ Burn Research | In Progress | |
| 1106 | OSRR | Low Emission Combustor System for Emulsified Crude Oil | Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) | In Situ Burn Research | In Progress | |
| 1131 | OSRR | Advancement of MARINE SCOUT | Qinetiq, Inc. | Decision Making Support Tools, Remote Sensing | Completed | |
| 1155 | OSRR | Oil spill detection under ice and on seafloor | SL Ross | Arctic, Decision Making Support Tools, Remote Sensing | In Progress | |
| 1132 | OSRR | LiDAR Oil Characterization and Automated Software Development | Naval Research Lab (NRL) | Decision Making Support Tools, Ohmsett, Remote Sensing | In Progress | |
| 1153 | OSRR | Shoreline Oil Spill Response Gaps and Opportunities Workshop | BSEE/NOAA | Oil Spill Response | In Progress | |
| 1151 | OSRR | Using Ecology-on-a-Chip (eChip) to Examine Degradation and Microbial Colonization of Rising Oil and Dispersed Oil Droplets | TAMU-CC | Behavior of Oil, Chemical Treating Agents | In Progress | |
| 799 | TAP | Renewable Energy Fire Protection Systems | HDR ENGINEERING, INC. | Renewable Energy | Completed | |
| 1105 | OSRR | Recovery of Oil under Solid Ice | Phoenix International Holdings Inc | Arctic, Mechanical Containment and Recovery | Completed | |
| 1154 | OSRR | Optimized Underwater Detection of Dispersed Oils Using Scanning Fluorometry | New Jersey Institute of Technology | Chemical Treating Agents | In Progress | |
| 5011 | Tech Collab | SUBSEA BOLTS PERFORMANCE AND CRITICAL DRILL-THROUGH EQUIPMENT FASTENER STUDY known commonly as “Subsea Bolts Performance” or “Subsea Bolt Study” | BSEE/OORP/ETB/SRS | Materials | Completed | |
| 1134 | OSRR | Restricted Burning Tongue | Elastec, Inc. | In Situ Burn Research, Mechanical Containment and Recovery | In Progress | |
| 1124 | OSRR | Efficient Remediation of Oil Spills using Fire Whirls – Phase II | University of California Berkeley | In Situ Burn Research | In Progress | |
| 1147 | OSRR | Study of Weathering and Photooxidation of 5 MPRI Oils to Create Stable Water-in-Oil Emulsions at Ohmsett for BSEE | BSEE & Applied Research Associates | Behavior of Oil | Completed | |
| 1139 | OSRR | Canine Oil Detection – Using Odor Signatures to Improve Training Detection Proficiency on Land and Water | Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) | Remote Sensing | In Progress | |
| 1141 | OSRR | An Adaptable Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) Radar For Unmanned Aerial Systems To Detect Oil In Sea Ice | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) | Arctic, Decision Making Support Tools, Oil Spill Response, Remote Sensing | In Progress | |
| 1103 | OSRR | Development of an Oil Thickness Sensor Phase II | American University of Beirut | Mechanical Containment and Recovery, Ohmsett, Remote Sensing | Completed | |
| 1108 | OSRR | Advancement of Quantitative Measurements of ISB Volumes and Burn Rates in Open Water | Applied Research Associates (ARA) | In Situ Burn Research | Completed | |
| 1123 | OSRR | Update of the Ohmsett Dispersant Effectiveness Test Protocol | SL Ross | Chemical Treating Agents, Ohmsett | Completed | |
| 1120 | OSRR | Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Deployable Oil Spill Igniter "BSEE IGNITER" - Phase II | Phoenix International Holdings Inc. | In Situ Burn Research | Completed | |
| 1104 | OSRR | Advancing the Maturity of the Flame Refluxer Technology | Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) | In Situ Burn Research | In Progress | |
| 1063 | OSRR | Wellhead Ignition Burn Efficiency | Naval Research Lab | Arctic, In Situ Burn Research | In Progress | |
| 1101 | OSRR | Development of an Active Ice Management System for Skimmers | Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) | Arctic, Mechanical Containment and Recovery | Completed | |
| 1102 | OSRR | Ice Management for Vessel Oil Recovery Systems | Serco, Inc. | Mechanical Containment and Recovery, Arctic | Completed | |
| 5009 | TCP | Risk-Based Evaluation of Offshore Oil and Gas Operations Using a Multiple Physical Barrier Approach | Argonne National Laboratory | Drilling, Pipelines, Production, Structures | Completed |