Office/Division Program
TAP
Project Number
412
Category
Research Initiation Date (Award Date)
Research Performing Activity
Maurer Engineering
Research Principal Investigator
Tom Williams
Research Contracting Agency
Description
This effort was a seminar for MMS drilling engineers District Supervisors, workover engineers, and inspectors, to outline the basics of underbalanced (UB) drilling. The seminar focused on equipment; procedures; likely scenarios or applications for offshore use; potential problems, hazards, and risks; regulatory requirements in other jurisdictions; and case studies.
Latest progress update
Training was completed in October 2001.