The purpose of this program was to develop a unique conductor for use in subsea umbilicals and power transmission. As offshore developments move into deeper water and have...
The objectives of the project include the development of a fully operational sensor to scan targets in a pool environment and then integrate with the power and communications...
This project will define appropriate cost-effective systems for testing deepwater reservoirs to avoid the use of expensive production and storage facilities or Mobile Offshore...
Fully predictive accurate pressure profiling methods along general well paths will be developed by solving rigorous mathematical models that do not bear the limitations of ad...
Lincoln Composites is designing and testing a carbon fiber overwrapped 1" steel drilling riser pipe to produce a 20" ID x 15,000 psi WP for 10,000 water depths.
The general objective is to demonstrate a well-validated operational 3-D modeling system that produces timely, accurate forecasts, nowcasts, and hindcasts of currents across the...
The objective of the project was to develop a functional and qualified subsea chemical storage and injection system design with an effective 3,000 - barrel chemical storage...
The objective of this project is to assess and advance the state of technology concerning subsea all-electric High-Integrity Pressure Protection Systems (HIPPS); a technology...
The objectives of this project are to develop a certified, ready to fabricate design for a subsea test tree (SSTT) and intervention riser system (IRS) as part of a fully...
The overall objective of this work was to help provide better planning guidelines to enable improved design of structures and operating procedures that will provide more...
Critical service risers and pipes need routine inspection as part of integrity management programs. Sensors need performance qualification to determine if they will provide an...
The study will conduct an assessment of potential impacts of global warming on North Atlantic hurricane activity with a focus on the Gulf of Mexico. The large-scale component...
To evaluate the feasibility and project the economics of generating electric power on the seafloor near the point of its consumption. The study will evaluate a range of...
The goal of this project is to develop an ultra-high conductivity power cable suitable for use in undersea umbilicals. The overall objective is to design, build, and test an...
The project objectives are to improve the understanding of (drilling fluid) fiber sweeps, develop fiber sweep systems that improve hole cleaning in UDW drilling operations,...
The goal of the project was to develop suitable correlations to calculate the pressure drop in vertical gas wells with foam flow. Available data from vendors and field...
The objective of this project was to improve the overall safety of ultra-deepwater or arctic floating platforms by implementing nonlinear effects in a state of the art software...
The primary objective of this project is to develop technology for real-time monitoring of the installation and performance during the service life of the deepwater wells. In...
Researchers will utilize a combination of computer modeling, field tests, and laboratory experiments to characterize Marcellus Shale core samples and gain a better understanding...