TAP-566-Assessment of the Acceptability and safety of Using Equipment, Particularly BOP and Wellhead Components at Pressures in Excess of the Rated Working Pressure

Specific information was collected on Blowout Preventers (BOP) and Well Head Components exposed to pressures greater than the Manufacturer Allowable Working Pressure (MAWP) on platforms in the Gulf of Mexico Region.

Objectives:

organize a Joint Industry Project and contact API working groups on the same issues;
review API and ISO standards for maximum BOP test pressures;
propose safety standards for equipment working above the MAWP; limitations/ applications.