[QUOTE=New Orleans Lady;55953]Question …is the Chevron AWKS project on hold for any reason? I’m unable to find any current news re this technology.[/QUOTE]
[B]The last thing I found was this … Chevron is pioneering what it calls an “advanced well kill system,” which would dramatically increase the capacity of traditional blowout preventers to cut through drill pipe and seal the well in the event of an accident. Conoco is proposing that companies deploy a separate blowout control unit on the sea floor that could be activated if the main blowout preventer itself fails… whole article here (from April 2011).
And an FYI interesting article [here](http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/blowout-preventer-problems-were-known-early-2002?page=full) [/B]
(Probably mentioned before, but then again, this is a huge thread to follow…)