Office/Division Program
TAP
Project Number
674
Research Initiation Date (Award Date)
Research Performing Activity
Exprosoft AS
Research Principal Investigator
Per Holand and Einar Molnes
Research Contracting Agency
Description
The objectives of this study was to: Establish an updated reliability overview of deepwater subsea BOPs used in the Gulf of Mexico, U. S. OCS waters based on analysis of wells spudded during 2007 - 2009 and Establish a quantified overview of the deepwater well kick frequencies and important parameters contributing to the deepwater kick frequency in the various areas.
Latest progress update
The study was complete in August 2012.