WCE - Well Control Equipment

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WCE Notifications Submitted by Month

Note(s):

All events shown occurred in the GOM OCS.
The initial Well Control Rule took effect on July 28, 2016. For more details, see BSEE’s Well Control Rule.
Date refers to submission date.

Summary Statistics of Reported Events

Note(s):

All events shown occurred in the GOM OCS.
Date refers to event date.
On-time reporting is the percentage of reports received within 30 days of the event date.

Reported Root Causes

Note(s):

All events shown occurred in the GOM OCS.
Date refers to event date.
The WCE notification form allows for only one root cause of an event.
Non-rig events excluded.

Type of Failure Reported

Note(s):

All events shown occurred in the GOM OCS.
Date refers to event date.
Non-rig events excluded.

Reported Detection Methods

Note(s):

All events shown occurred in the GOM OCS.
Date refers to event date.
Non-rig events excluded.

Root Causes of Events on the BOP Stack

Note(s):

All events shown occurred in the GOM OCS.
Date refers to event date.
Non-rig events excluded.

Root Causes of Events on the Choke Manifold System

Note(s):

All events shown occurred in the GOM OCS.
Date refers to event date.
Non-rig events excluded.

Root Causes of Events on the BOP Controls Secondary ROV Acoustic

Note(s):

All events shown occurred in the GOM OCS.
Date refers to event date.
Non-rig events excluded.

Root Causes of Events on the Diverter System

Note(s):

All events shown occurred in the GOM OCS.
Date refers to event date.
Non-rig events excluded.

Root Causes of Events on the BOP Controls Emergency Automated Functions

Note(s):

All events shown occurred in the GOM OCS.
Date refers to event date.
Non-rig events excluded.

Root Causes of Events on the BOP Controls

Note(s):

All events shown occurred in the GOM OCS.
Date refers to event date.
Non-rig events excluded.

Root Causes of Events on the Auxiliary Equipment

Note(s):

All events shown occurred in the GOM OCS.
Date refers to event date.
Non-rig events excluded.

Root Causes of Events on the Riser System

Note(s):

All events shown occurred in the GOM OCS.
Date refers to event date.
Non-rig events excluded.