Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Procurement Operations Branch, MS2500, 381 Elden Street, Herndon, Virginia 20170-4817

B -- UNSOLICITED PROPOSAL FOR DEEPWATER SUBSEA BLOWOUT PREVENT SOL 1435-01-CT-98-30960 POC J. Callas, (703) 787-1354 This announcement if for information only. The Minerals Management Service intends to award a non competitive procurement in response to an unsolicited proposal from Sintef Industrial Management, Strindveien 4, N-7034 Trondheim, Norway. The purpose of the project is to investigate deepwater subsea blowout prevention (BOP) reliability for drilling rigs operating in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM). It will compare BOP reliability in the GOM to that of other areas such as the North Sea. The study will examine BOP test data from approximately 100 new well drilled in the GOM. It will also examine the maintenance programs used by each of the deepwater drilling contractors. Analysis will focus on the loss of barriers in the BOP stack due to failures. See Note 22. Posted 07/30/98 (W-SN230492). (0211)

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