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790 TAP Suitability of Source Control Containment Equipment versus Same Season Relief Well in the Alaska OCS Region BCE/SolstenXP Arctic 12/14/2018
788 TAP Liner Seal & Cement Studies University of Oklahoma Deepwater, Drilling, Materials 12/04/2018
766 TAP Determination of Fracture/Fatigue-Fracture Behavior of Equipment Constructed with Cladded Weld Materials Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC) Deepwater, Drilling, Materials, Pipelines, Production 11/13/2018
781 TAP Wellbore Thermal Shock Technology Wild Well Control, INC. Arctic, Deepwater, Drilling, Geotechnical, Materials 07/10/2018
127 TAP A Magneto-Optic Based Flaw Imaging Technique for Underwater Applications Sigma Research, Inc. Structures 07/03/2018
200 TAP Securing Procedures for Mobile Drilling Units (MODU's) in the Gulf of Mexico Nobel Denton and Associates Drilling, Moorings and Anchors, Structures 06/29/2018
203 TAP Performance of Safety and Pollution Control Devices in the Aftermath of Hurricane Andrew (Part of the Hurricane Andrew OCS Damage Assessment Program) J. P. Kenny, Inc. Hurricanes, Production 06/29/2018
204 TAP Post Mortem Platform Failure Evaluation Study PMB Engineering, Inc. Hurricanes, Structures 06/29/2018
735 TAP TAP-735-Decommissioning Cost Update for Pacific OCS Region Facilities TSB Offshore, INC. Decommissioning 06/22/2018
729 TAP TAP-729-Crane Safety American Bureau of Shipping Group (ABSG) Structures 06/22/2018
226 TAP Hydrates of Hydrocarbons--Practical Implications Texas A&M University Deepwater, Drilling, Hydrates, Pipelines, Production 06/15/2018
248 TAP Programming, Digitizing, and Data Entry of Pipelines for the Gulf of Mexico, OCS and Louisiana State Waters NOLA Computer Services Pipelines 05/30/2018
770 TAP Development of Guidelines for Structural Health Monitoring for Offshore Wind Norwegian Geotechnical Institute Renewable Energy 05/04/2018
782 TAP Comparative Assessment of Electrical Standards and Practices American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) 04/18/2018
721 TAP TAP-721-2013-14 Freeze-Up Study Coastal Frontiers Corporation Arctic 04/16/2018
644 TAP TAP-644-Chukchi Sea Canatec Associates International, Ltd. Arctic 04/16/2018
552 TAP TAP-552-Mudslides during Hurricane Ivan and an Assessment of the Potential for Future Mudslides in the Gulf of Mexico Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) Hurricanes, Geotechnical, Pipelines, Structures 04/04/2018
553 TAP TAP-553-Pipeline Damage Assessment from Hurricane Ivan Det Norske Veritas (DNV) Technology Services Hurricanes, Pipelines 04/04/2018
688 TAP TAP-688-Investigate Ice Encroachment on Man-Made Structures and the Natural Shoreline in the Alaskan Beaufort Seas Coastal Frontiers Corporation Arctic, Structures 03/30/2018
313 TAP Large-Scale Modeling of Pipeline Soil Interaction Under Lateral & Axial Loading C-CORE Geotechnical, Pipelines, Seismic 03/27/2018
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Operating through contracts with universities, private firms, and government laboratories to evaluate safety-related technologies, the Technology Assessment Program (TAP) has administered nearly 900 research and development projects, since its inception.

Bolts As part of the Emerging Technologies Branch, the Contract Support Section (CSS), the research support element of BSEE’s regulatory safety programs, ensures the necessary applied research and assesses offshore engineering technology for use in advancing BSEE’s regulatory objectives.

The CSS contract representatives identify, fund, and administer these contracts. All Technology Assessment Program (TAP) Projects and contracts are available for public viewing on the BSEE TAP categories page. 

Master List of Technology Assessment Programs (TAP) Projectsplatform

The TAP Program has four primary objectives:

Technical Support - Provide BSEE’s decision makers with engineering support as they evaluate operational proposals from industry on a variety of topics and related technical issues. The Technical Support staff ensures these proposals comply with applicable regulations, rules, operational guidelines and standards.

Technology Assessment - Investigates and assessing industry applications of technological innovations and promoting the use of the best available and safest technologies in Bureau regulations, rules and operational guidelines.

Research Catalyst - Promotes operational safety, pollution prevention, and supports leadership during offshore energy extraction activities.

International Regulatory - Provides international cooperation for Research and Development initiatives, enhances the safety of offshore energy extraction activities and the development of appropriate regulatory program elements worldwide. For more information about international research coordination efforts, see the BSEE ICRARD page or visit ICRARD.org.

The CSS staff provides guidance and assistance during the pre-solicitation, pre-award, source selection and post-award stages, and coordinates contract activities primarily through the use of purchase orders, contracts, cooperative agreements, and interagency agreements. To view these projects, click on the BSEE TAP categories page link  to access the awarded TAP projects, and see active and completed contracts with associated progress and final reports. To visit current solicitations, log on to FBO.GOV; or contact Olivia Adrian at process-related questions at: olivia.adrian@bee.gov.