Offshore staff
SUGAR LAND, Texas -- An additional nine proposals have been
selected for negotiations leading to an award under the Ultra-Deepwater
Program (UDW), according to the Research Partnership to Secure Energy
for America (RPSEA). The program is focused on increasing the supply of
natural gas and other petroleum resources in the US in an
environmentally responsible way.
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:
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 Limited; Core Laboratories; CMG
Geophysical Modeling for Studying Acquisition and Processing Methods in
the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico
Project Leader: SEAM Corp, subsidiary of SEG
Additional Project Participants: 3DGeo Development, Inc.; Anadarko
Petroleum Corp; BHP Billiton; CGGV Veritas Services (USA); Chevron Corp;
ConocoPhillips Company; 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 (NCAR)
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: Floa TEC, 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.
For more information on RPSEA and the UDW Program, visithttp://www.rpsea.org/.
07/31/2008
