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Technology
Assessment & Research (TA&R) Program
| Project Number |
566 |
| Date of Summary |
October 25, 2006 |
| Subject |
Assessment of the Acceptability and safety of Using Equipment, Particularly
BOP and Wellhead Components at Pressures in Excess of the Rated Working
Pressure |
| Performing Activity |
WEST Engineering Services |
| Principal Investigator |
Raleigh Williamson; Robert Olsen |
| Contracting Agency |
Minerals Management Service |
| Estimated Completion |
Completed |
| Description |
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.
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| Progress |
Completed |
Reports |
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AA
(67 pages) |
Assessment of the Acceptability
and safety of Using Equipment, Particularly BOP and Wellhead Components at
Pressures in Excess of the Rated Working Pressure. Michael Montgomery, West
Engineering, Brookshire,TX, October, 10, 2006. Attachments available upon
request. |
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