2007 Ultra-Deepwater Program Abstracts

The selected projects and project leaders are below. Click on the project title to view the abstract.


07121-1201 — Wax Control in the Presence of Hydrates — The University of Utah


07121-1301 — Improvements to Deepwater Subsea Measurements — Letton-Hall Group


07121-1302 — Ultra-High Conductivity Umbilicals — NanoRidge Materials, Inc.


07121-1401 — Composite Riser for Ultra-Deepwater High Pressure Wells — Lincoln Composites, Inc.


07121-1402a — Ultra-Deepwater Dry Tree System for Drilling and Production — FloaTEC, LLC


07121-1402b — Ultra-Deepwater Dry Tree System for Drilling and Production — Houston Offshore Engineering


07121-1403 — Fatigue Performance of High Strength Riser Materials Subjected to Sour Environments — Southwest Research Institute


07121-1603a — Flow Phenomena in Jumpers – Relation to Hydrate Plugging Risk — The University of Tulsa


07121-1603b — Hydrate Characterization & Dissociation Strategies — The University of Tulsa


07121-1603c — Design Investigation of Extreme High Pressure, High Temperature, (XHPHT), Subsurface Safety Valves (SSSV) — Rice University


07121-1603d — Robotic MFL Sensor for Monitoring and Inspection of Deepwater Risers — Rice University


07121-1701 — Development of a Research Report and Characterization Database of Deepwater and Ultra-Deepwater Assets in the Gulf of Mexico, Including Technical Focus Direction, Incentives, Needs Assessment Analysis and Concepts Identification for Improved Recovery Tech — Knowledge Reservoir, LLC


07121-1801 — Effect of Global Warming on Hurricane Activity — National Center for Atmospheric Research


07121-1901 — Subsea Systems Integration Engineering — GE Global Research Center


07121-1902 — Deep Sea Hybrid Power System — Houston Advanced Research Center


07121-2001 — Geophysical Modeling Methods — SEAM