Subsea Well Response Project
http://subseawellresponse.com/
The Subsea Well Response Project (SWRP) is a non-profit joint initiative between several major oil and gas companies working together to enhance the industry’s capacity to respond to subsea well-control incidents.
In 2013, SWRP delivered advanced capping and dispersant equipment for use by the international oil and gas industry, marking the achievement of its four core objectives:
SWRP designed and developed a capping toolbox with a range of equipment to allow wells to be shut in
SWRP designed and developed subsea incident response toolkit for the subsea injection of dispersant
SWRP collaborated with Oil Spill Response Ltd on an international deployment mechanism so that the equipment is now available to the wider industry
SWRP completed studies to determine the feasibility of global containment systems
With the backing of BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, Petrobras, Shell, Statoil and Total, SWRP is now developing a global containment toolkit that can support subsea well incident response if well shut-in is not immediately possible. When used in conjunction with standard available hardware, this equipment is designed to bring leaking oil from a subsea wellhead in a controlled way to the surface for storage and disposal.
SWRP was established in 2011 on the recommendation of the International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (OGP). In light of recent serious oil spill incidents, such as Macondo, in the Gulf of Mexico, OGP created a dedicated Global Industry Response Group, which examined how the oil industry could possibly further improve the prevention of, and response to, subsea well-control incidents. SWRP is one part of a wider industry effort that is taking forward these recommendations.
Shell is the operator of the Project, overseen by an Operating Committee, comprising of one representative from each participating company. The Project operates out of Shell Headquarters in Stavanger, Norway.
The original design for the cap they tried using in the blowout would have worked but between the the govt and the engineers the design was changed.
The original design came from ideas of dozens of peoples throughout the oil industry with years of experience but no college degrees, which automatically makes smarter than everyone else on the face of the planet.
The basic design was put together in less than 24 hours after the blowout.
A buddy of mine called me and asked me for ideas but anything I suggested had already been thought of.
The original design was supposed to have water jets to cut into the sand and have the bell sink down into the sand then inject cement to form a seal.
It would be lowered in place by casing and there would be tubing inside the casing to pump the water then cement.
Once the cap was cemented in place hot oil would be pumped through the tubing to keep the oil from the well flowing to the surface.