Hydrocarbon Influx Behavior within a Deepwater Marine Riser: Implications for Design and Operations

Description: Formation and management of gas within deepwater marine drilling risers poses a variety of challenges and hazards for offshore energy operations. Uncontrolled riser gas build-up and release were major components of the Deepwater Horizon disaster. This project aims to improve understanding of riser gas formation and unloading (i.e., the processes involved in managing riser gas) through the development, calibration, and implementation of modeling to describe the dynamics pertaining to riser gas under different situations and operating conditions and the assessment of instrumentation that could be used to detect riser gas properties and behavior.

Funding Cycle: Safer Offshore Energy Systems 3
Funding Organization: National Academies of Science, Engineering, Medicine: Gulf Research Program

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