What We Do / Research / Tap

Operating through contracts with universities, private firms, and government laboratories to evaluate safety-related technologies, the Technology Assessment Program (TAP) has administered nearly 900 research and development projects, since its inception.

Bolts As part of the Emerging Technologies Branch, the Contract Support Section (CSS), the research support element of BSEE’s regulatory safety programs, ensures the necessary applied research and assesses offshore engineering technology for use in advancing BSEE’s regulatory objectives.

The CSS contract representatives identify, fund, and administer these contracts. Technology Assessment Program (TAP) Projects and contracts can be viewed from the list below and filtered by category, project number, date or title. 
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The TAP Program has four primary objectives:

Technical Support - Provide BSEE’s decision makers with engineering support as they evaluate operational proposals from industry on a variety of topics and related technical issues. The Technical Support staff ensures these proposals comply with applicable regulations, rules, operational guidelines and standards.

Technology Assessment - Investigates and assessing industry applications of technological innovations and promoting the use of the best available and safest technologies in Bureau regulations, rules and operational guidelines.

Research Catalyst - Promotes operational safety, pollution prevention, and supports leadership during offshore energy extraction activities.

International Regulatory - Provides international cooperation for Research and Development initiatives, enhances the safety of offshore energy extraction activities and the development of appropriate regulatory program elements worldwide. For more information about international research coordination efforts, see the BSEE ICRARD page or visit ICRARD.org.

The CSS staff provides guidance and assistance during the pre-solicitation, pre-award, source selection and post-award stages, and coordinates contract activities primarily through the use of purchase orders, contracts, cooperative agreements, and interagency agreements. Technology Assessment Program (TAP) Projects and contracts can be viewed from the list below and filtered by category, project number, date or title. To visit current solicitations, log on to FBO.GOV; or contact Olivia Adrian at process-related questions at: olivia.adrian@bee.gov.

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805 TAP Freeze-up and Break-up of Arctic Sea Ice NA Arctic 03/07/2023
801 TAP Freeze-up and Break-up of Arctic Sea Ice in the U.S. Beaufort and Chukchi Seas NA 03/07/2023
802 TAP Renewable Energy Remote Inspections NA Renewable Energy 03/07/2023
768 TAP Decommissioning Methodology and Cost Evaluation for Alaska OCS Region Offshore Oil and Gas Gravel Island Facilities Bratslavsky Consulting Engineers, Inc. Arctic, Decommissioning, Pipelines, Structures 02/10/2023
742 TAP Evaluate Oil and Gas Industry's Ability to Perform Blow-Out Preventer (BOP) Shearing Tests under Simulated Blowout Flow Conditions Marine Computation Services Kenny, INC (MCS Kenny) Drilling 02/10/2023
738 TAP Decommissioning Methodology and Cost Evaluation ICF Incorporation, L.L.C. Decommissioning 02/10/2023
732 TAP Process Safety Assessment ABSG Group Consulting, Inc Human Factors 02/10/2023
799 TAP Renewable Energy Fire Protection Systems HDR ENGINEERING, INC. Renewable Energy 09/12/2022
800 TAP Offshore Operators Committee (OOC) Advanced Well Control Joint Industry Project OOC Deepwater, Drilling, Materials, Production 08/29/2022
775 TAP TAP-775-Hampering Active Wellbore Kit (HAWK): Complementary Safety Tool for Blowout Preventers Raptors Design LLC Drilling 06/15/2022
TAP Fatigue of Sea Ice: A Wave-Induced Process of Rapid Self-Destruction Dartmouth College 06/15/2022
769 TAP Laboratory Testing of Lateral Load Response for Monopiles in Sand University of Texas at Austin Renewable Energy 06/15/2022
763 TAP Composite Repair Guideline Document for Nonmetallic Repairs for Offshore Applications Stress Engineering Materials 06/15/2022
764 TAP Subsea BOP Stack Shear/Seal Capability Modeling Tool Southwest Research Institute Deepwater, Drilling 06/15/2022
765 TAP Loss of Well Control Occurrence and Size Estimators Exprosoft A.S., Norway Deepwater, Drilling 06/15/2022
766 TAP Determination of Fracture/Fatigue-Fracture Behavior of Equipment Constructed with Cladded Weld Materials Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC) Deepwater, Drilling, Materials, Pipelines, Production 06/15/2022
767 TAP Proposed Research on Safety Technology Verification for Materials and Corrosions in the US Outer Continental Shelf. (HPHT Materials Evaluation) Battelle Memorial Institute, 505 King Avenue, Columbus, Ohio Materials 06/15/2022
771 TAP Cyclic Loading on Suction Bucket Foundations Fugro Conslutants, Inc. Renewable Energy 06/15/2022
758 TAP TAP-758-Fatigue Design Methodologies Applicable to Complex Fixed and Floating offshore Wind Turbines Maine Marine Composites, LLC Renewable Energy 06/15/2022
760 TAP TAP-760-PINC Development and Training ICF Incorporated, L.L.C. 06/15/2022
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