MARS 336 -Spring 2024 Course Work 3 (2)

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MARS 336 Course Work 3 MARS 336 - Spring 2023 Marine Geohazards Name: Rachel Montagnon Date: 2/21/2024 Completed coursework to be submitted by midnight on the evening of Friday 23rd February 2024. 1. What are the meaning of the following acronyms (spell them out)? MTC Mass transport complex BRT Below rotary table BMSL Below mean sea level BSR Bottom simulating reflector ERD Extended reach drilling BOP Blow out preventor SWF Shallow water flow BML Below mud line FPSO Floating production storage and offloading TLP Tension leg platform [20 Points, 2 point per correct answer]

MARS 336 Course Work 3 2. A well blows out on shallow gas at a depth of 525m BRT when the drill bit encounters a gas sand. Assuming that the average speed of sound in water is 1485ms -1 and the average speed of sound in the sediments between seafloor and depth the drill bit reached at 503m BMSL is 1900ms -1 : a. Complete the following table of values in red boxes in meters (m) or two- way-time in milliseconds (ms): b. Would the blowout event in ms TWT have been above or below the first seabed multiple?

MARS 336 Course Work 3 The blowout event would have occurred above the first seabed multiple. [65 Points, 50 for the table and 15 for the supplementary question] 3. Provide three individual words that describe your reaction to the course so far. [15 points]  Exciting  Confusion  Intriguing [Total 100 points available]

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