The selection and effective qualification of new and existing materials, fluids and drilling methodologies commonly used in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) and the North Sea (NS) shall be re-evaluated to take into consideration the `cycles' in the temperature and extreme conditions in the arctic. The new technologies to be addressed shall include but not be limited to metallic materials (both solid and cladded materials), polymers, reinforced composites, fluids, and the different drilling methodologies. The assessment will not only address what is currently being used in the industry in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), but will also include an assessment of new technologies and developments and new research on materials and methodologies that are currently implemented globally.
Completed.