Technology Assessment & Research (TA&R) Program - Operational Safety and Engineering Research

    Concurrently, industry continues to conduct exploratory drilling operators on shallow water areas of the Gulf of Mexico focused upon finding new oil and natural gas accumulations which are being identified by technologically advanced geophysical data collection and computer-assisted analyses systems. Companies also continue to operate several thousand production platforms and subsea pipelines of various ages and operational efficiencies. As these platforms and pipelines continue to age, BSEE is becoming increasingly concerned with means to ensure the integrity of these older facilities and is sponsoring research on the means available to conduct such assessments and processes available to correct or reverse problematic aging events. Finally, as platforms and associated production facilities reach the end of their useful lives is currently happening in the Gulf of Mexico and offshore Southern California  decommissioning and removal are required. National and International focus upon this process has identified numerous safety and long-term environmental concerns which must be addressed by BSEE regulatory personnel as such operations proceed. Multi-year research projects are being  formulated by BSEE to assess the most feasible means of decommissioning and removal of these facilities including the possible impacts on the marine environment as well as related onshore impacts arising from regulatory decisions.

    The first commercial development of oil discoveries on Federal portions of the Beaufort Sea Offshore Alaska also present special challenges to the Bureau TA&R Program particularly the forces associated with sea ice and potential impacts of ice forces upon the production structures and pipelines necessary to produce these discoveries.

    TA&R Projects List 001-099 TA&R Projects List 100-199 
    TA&R Projects List 200-299 TA&R Projects List 300-399
    TA&R Projects List 400-499  TA&R Projects List 500-599 
    TA&R Projects List 600-699  TA&R Projects List 700-799
     Technology Assessment and Research (TA&R) Projects Lists
    198 Offshore Pipeline Abandonment Study 199 Hurricane Andrew Calibration Study
    196 Sea Ice Scaling Effects 197 Residual Strength of Dented and Corroded Pipelines
    194 Calibration of Mooring Design Code for Floating Drilling and Production Platforms 195 Shallow Gas Broaching
    192 International Workshop for Requalification of Offshore Structures 193 Study and Hindcast of Wind and Wave Fields for Hurricane Andrew
    190 Fatigue Strength of Grouted Connections 191 Pressure Ridge Ice Scour Experiment (PRISE)
    188 Model Design Code Development for Floating Structures 189 Strengthening Modifications and Repair Techniques
    186 Hydrodynamic Damping and Combined Motion Loading (HYDAMP II) 187 Analytical Simulation of Biased Loaded Tension Piles in Earthquakes
    184 International Workshop on Pile Foundation 185 International Workshop on Composite Materials for Offshore Operations
    182 Testing and Evaluation of Grout Repaired Tubular Members 183 Further Investigation into Capacity Analysis Procedures
    179 Raprenox Exhaust Gas Treatment Process for NOx in Gas Turbine Engines 181 Assessment of Spray Ice Technology
    177 Offshore Platform Database and Performance Evaluation System 178 Large-scale Ice Fracture Experiments
    175 Assessment of New Methods for Rapid Leak Detection in Offshore Pipelines 176 Development of a Management and Assessment Program for Offshore Oil and Gas Pipelines
    173 Methodology for Formal Safety Assessment of the Topsides of Offshore Production Facilities 174 Assessment of Seafloor Earthquake Ground Motions
    171 International Workshop on the Seismic Design and Requalification of Offshore Platforms 172 Methodology for Assessing the Structural Integrity of Existing Platforms Subject to Seismic Loading
    169 Capacity Analysis Program for Verification of Fixed Platforms 170 Improved Means of Offshore Platform Fire Resistance
    167 Management of Human Error in Operations of Offshore Facilities 168 International Workshop on Pipeline Safety
    165 Deepwater Pipeline Maintenance and Repair 166 Seismic Response Characteristics for Topside Facilities
    151 Investigation of Simulated Oil Well Blowout Fires 164 Chukchi Sea Transportation Update Study
    149 Workshop on Reliability of Offshore Operations 150 Floating Vessel Blowout Control
    147 Method for Predicting Hydrodynamic Damping for Offshore Structures 148 Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) Measures for the California Outer Continental Shelf
    145 Response Prediction Techniques for Risers in Sheared Currents 146 Safety of Existing Steel Jacket Platforms
    143 Testing and Evaluation of Damaged Jacket Braces 144 Fatigue of High Strength Steels for Innovative Offshore Structures
    141 Nipterk Spray Ice Island-Summer Protection Experiment 142 Leak Detection and Monitoring of Pipelines
    139 Operational RIGMOOR 140 Wind Loads and Wind/Wave Interaction on Compliant Offshore Structures
    137 NOx Control Development Program 138 NOx Control Development Program
    134 Impact of Crushed Ice on the Ice-Structure Interaction for Arctic Platforms 135 Development of the Raprenox Process of NOx Control in Diesel Exhausts
    132 Resistance of TLP Tendon Steel to the Ripple-Load Effect on Stress-Corrosion Cracking 133 Synthetic-Fiber Mooring Lines for Deepwater Floating Production Facilities
    130 Interference/Clearance Problem of Risers in Floating Production Systems 131 Erosional/Corrosional Velocity Criterion for Sizing Multi-Phase Flow Lines
    128 Response of Piles to Earthquake Ground Motions 129 Methodology for Comparison of Alternative Production Systems
    126 Engine Emission Control 127 A Magneto-Optic Based Flaw Imaging Technique for Underwater Applications
    124 Quality Control Test for Platform Weldment Fracture Toughness 125 Seismic Response Analysis of Offshore Pile Supported Structures
    122 Earthquake Response of a Platform by the System Identification Technique 123 Molikpaq Ice Force Measurement Program
    117 --Project Cancelled-- 118 Blast Effects Upon the Environment from the Removal of Platform Legs by Explosives
    115 Hydrodynamic Effects on Design of Offshore Platforms 116 Impact of Annual Ice with a Cable-Moored Platform
    111 Development of a Method to Evaluate the Tension Capacity of Drilled and Grouted Piles 112 --Project Cancelled--
    108 An Investigation of the Non-Linear Behavior of Compliant Risers 110 Response to Spray Ice Structures to Ice, Atmospheric, and Oceanographic Forces
    106 Development of Inspection and Repair Programs for Fixed Offshore Platforms 107 Offshore Structural Systems Reliability
    104 Damage Evaluation by System Identification Techniques 105 Chukchi Sea Transportation Cost Comparison Study
    101 Residual Strength of Offshore Structures After Damage 103 Ocean Wave Simulation Model
    100 Feasibility of Production, Loading and Storage Systems for the North Aleutian Basin

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    TA&R Projects List 001-099 TA&R Projects List 100-199
    TA&R Projects List 200-299 TA&R Projects List 300-399
    TA&R Projects List 400-499  TA&R Projects List 500-599 
    TA&R Projects List 600-699  TA&R Projects List 700-799

     

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