Research of Seabed Rescue Method of Uncontrolled Blowout in Offshore Drilling

Abstract:

Presently, rescue equipment and method for uncontrolled blowout in offshore drilling are very rare, of which the consequences were very serious. With analysis of mechanics of materials based on shut-in water hammer pressure and wellhead pressure while rescuing, and fluid mechanics of uncontrolled blowout based CFD, a rescue equipment for uncontrolled blowout in offshore drilling has been invented, and proposing a rescue method. There are several emergency scenarios have been made. Take the “deep horizon oil rig” in the gulf of Mexico for example, the flow field properties around this equipment could be calculated by software to prove the reliability of it. The equipment is a conceptual invention which could be designed in different types according to the size and strength of original wellhead. This equipment could prevent well blowout and collect leaped oil.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 616-618)
• Pages: 837-843
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.616-618.837
• Online since: December 2012
• Authors: Mei Peng Ren, Xiang Fang Li, Fu Quan Shi, Long Ma
• Keywords: Blowout, Offshore Drilling, Rescue Method, Well Control

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