SUBSEA SYSTEMS
“The 2007 Ultra Deepwater Program is designed to bring the resources of America’s leading universities, research institutions, and technology innovators to bear on reducing costs, increasing efficiency, improving safety, and minimizing environmental impacts of domestic production,” says RPSEA President C. Michael Ming. “Accelerating the time to first production and building the intellectual capability in the research community for these strategically important resources is vital to meet the nation’s energy needs.”
The selected projects will address the specific technology and architecture needs required in water depths greater than 1,500 m (4,921 ft).
The selected projects are listed below:
Wax control
Project Leader: University of Utah
Additional Project Participants: SINTEF Petroleum Research, BP, StatoilHydro, University of Tulsa
Ultra high conductivity umbilicals
Project Leader: Technip USA
Additional Project Participants: Duco Inc., NanoRidge Materials Inc., Rice University
Composite riser for ultra deepwater high pressure wells
Project Leader: Lincoln Composites Inc.
Additional Project Participant: Stress Engineering Services Inc.
Improved recovery: Phase I
Project Leader: Knowledge Reservoir LLC
Additional Project Participants: Louisiana State University, Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Schlumberger Ltd., Core Laboratories, CMG
Geophysical modeling for studying acquisition and processing methods in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico
Project Leader: SEAM Corp.
Additional Project Participants: 3DGeo Development Inc., Anadarko Petroleum Corp., BHP Billiton, CGGV Veritas Services (USA), Chevron Corp., ConocoPhillips Co., Devon Energy Corp., EMGS ASA, Eni S.p.A, Exxon Mobile Upstream Research, Geotrace Technologies, Hess Corp., ION; Landmark Graphics Corp., Maersk Oil America; Marathon Oil Corp., Petrobras America Inc., PGS Americas, Repsol Services Inc, Rock Solid Images Inc., StatoilHydro, TOTAL Exploration Production USA, WesternGeco, Nexen Petroleum USA Inc.
Effect of global warming in hurricane activity
Project Leader: National Center for Atmospheric Research
Additional Project Participant: Georgia Institute of Technology
Subsea systems engineering integration
Project Leader: GE Global Research
Additional Project Participant: GE/VetcoGray
Ultra deepwater dry tree system for drilling and production in Gulf of Mexico
Project Leaders: FloaTEC LLC
Additional Project Participants: Seadrill Americas Inc., GE/VetcoGray, 2H Offshore
Ultra deepwater dry tree system for drilling and production in Gulf of Mexico
Project Leaders: Houston Offshore Engineering LLC
Additional Project Participants: Keppel FELS, Kiewit Offshore Services Ltd.
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Volume 68 Issue 9
September 2008
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