Marine Well Containment Co. (MWCC) received delivery of its expanded containment system (ECS) for operations in the US Gulf of Mexico.
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MWCC Containment System in a "cap and flow" scenario. From MWCC. |
The new ECS will join existing equipment from the company’s interim containment system (ICS), to form MWCC’s containment system.
MWCC says its containment system was built for use in deepwater depths up to 10,000ft and has the capacity to contain up to 100,000 b/d of liquid, and handle up to 200 MMcft/d of gas.
MWCC’s suite of containment equipment enables the company to mobilize and deploy well containment technology and equipment that can be adjusted to meet the requirements of a well control incident. The containment system includes two modular capture vessels (MCVs); three capping stacks; subsea umbilical, risers and flowlines (SURF) equipment; and additional ancillary equipment.
The three capping stacks include the subsea containment assembly (SCA), 15k psi capping stack (single ram) and the 10k psi capping stack (dual ram). MWCC’s SURF equipment is used to flow fluid from the capping stack to capture vessels on the surface. The company’s two MCVs, the Eagle Texas (MCV A) and the Eagle Louisiana (MCV B), are modified Aframax tankers outfitted with modular processing equipment designed to capture, process, store and offload liquids from a damaged well. Each MCV can process up to 50,000 b/d of liquid with 700,000 bbl of liquid storage capacity and can offload the liquids to shuttle tankers.
In October, MWCC received delivery of a subsea dispersant fluid system (SDFS) for emergency response in the GoM, from OceanWorks International. The SDFS supports dispersant supply from 1 mi. away from the surface as well as autonomously from the seabed for up to five days without intervention.
Located along the GoM coast, MWCC’s two shore base locations in Theodore, Alabama, and in Ingleside, Texas were completed in March 2014. Each location provides the storage, maintenance and skilled personnel necessary to support the company’s containment system.
Following the Deepwater Horizon incident in 2010, a group of leading oil companies came together to form MWCC, an independent company tasked with developing, owning and maintaining a system to respond to a deepwater well control incident. Companies of MWCC include Anadarko, Apache, BHP Billiton, BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, Hess, Shell and Statoil.
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