Office/Division Program
TAP
Project Number
85
Research Initiation Date (Award Date)
Research Performing Organization
Brown and Root Development, Inc.
Research Principal Investigator
Mr. E. Earl Peebles
Research Contracting Agency
Description
As oil and gas activities move into deeper and more distant waters, the use of conventional spilled-oil recovery equipment requires further analysis. The prospects are attractive for using large, self-contained collection ships which can deploy subsea collectors over blowing wellheads while remaining on station in heavy weather, recovering oil, and separating out water. An engineering concept and cost analysis of such a system was performed.
Latest progress update
Complete