Description
This Report has been developed to guide operating Companies in the planning and preparation of an effective subsea source control emergency response plan. The scope covers basic emergency response organizational format, roles and responsibilities, well design considerations, source control response options and recommendations to consider for implementation. This document intends to assist operating Companies in the development of their emergency response plans and provide non-technical stakeholders an insight into what is involved
in a subsea source control response.
Topics addressed in this document include:
• Overview of a subsea well source control response.
• Elements of a source control response.
• Emergency response framework.
• Well design considerations for supporting source control equipment.
• Subsea well source control response planning.
• Capping stack equipment and preparation.
• Flow containment equipment options and preparation.
Topics that are related to aspects of source control and may be mentioned throughout this document but do not form part of this document’s core body include:
• Prevention of well control incidents.
• Surface oil spill response.
• Surface or dry tree well response.
• Incident Command Systems (ICS) in detail or formal ICS structures.
• Continual tracking of capping stack systems.
• Regulatory compliance.
• Relief well planning, drilling, and incident well kill operations.