http://cep.mit.edu/

http://www.alliance.rice.edu/alliance/RBPC.asp

EMOPP has placed into the  2^nd Round http://tulane2011.istart.org/

11^th Annual Tulane Business Plan Competition

EMOPP                                                              Tulane University

The Domain Companies New Orleans Entrepreneur Challenge

EMOPP                                                              Tulane University

http://www.alliance.rice.edu/alliance/RBPC.asp?SnID=1117701079

Tulane's 2011 Business Plan Competition

New Orleans CityBusiness Article on Local Offshore Oil & Gas Safety and Technology Firms

National Commission Final Report: http://www.oilspillcommission.gov/final-report

HP announced the donation of a $100,000 grant to The Idea Village, a nonprofit dedicated to identifying, supporting and retaining entrepreneurial talent in New Orleans.

“HP supports The Idea Village in its mission to foster economic growth through a vibrant entrepreneurial community. HP technology can help The Idea Village continue to change the equation in New Orleans from disaster and devastation to prosperity and hope.”

• Michael Mendenhall, senior vice president and chief marketing officer, HP

“Through the support of high-impact entrepreneurial talent, we hope to catalyze positive economic and social change in New Orleans. We thank HP for their generous contribution to our local community and know it will help provide the business resources we need to foster the start-up community here in Louisiana.”

• Tim Williamson, co-founder, The Idea Village

“New Orleans has reinvented itself into a laboratory for change. At this year’s Daily Beast Innovation Summit, we gathered 300 of the world’s most recognized thought-leaders from the worlds of education, politics, business, media and the arts to foster dialogue on how we can work together to Reboot America. The Daily Beast thanks HP for their support of this year’s Summit and of the local New Orleans community.”

• Tina Brown, founder and editor-in-chief, The Daily Beast

10/22/2010 EMOPP accepted into Idea Village IVEC challenge http://www.ideavillage.org

EMOPP is proposed to be the world’s first rapidly deployable electromagnet pipe plugger. The device will be the driller’s newest tool leveraging in-situ electromagnetic packed bed technology to plug oil well pipes, pipelines, and gaps in metal bodies on a rapidly deployable basis. The EMOPP devices will be integrated into a rapid response ocean going vessel strategically located at key oil exploration and drilling sites throughout the world. When an oil well fails to contain reserves underground with conventional defensive technology such as mud and BOP devices EMOPP will be the first offensive weapon deployed to kill the runaway oil well. EMOPP compliments the existing toolkit used by oil E&P, drilling and service corporations by providing a temporary well kill; thus providing time for traditional containment methods to be exercised while no oil or gas is leaking into the environment.

Working Assumption #5 Test Details:

Test electromagnetic JAWS to determine if they are strong enough to prevent slip on a carbon steel surface when subjected to forces up to 1,000,000 - 2,000,000 lb-force range. For example the feasibility study simulated a test where an equivalent well shut-in pressure of 10,000 psi was applied to the JAW device without slippage.  The force was applied in the direction of flow on the face of a carbon steel plate to simulate a shearing effect. Slippage did not occur at simulated pressures up to 10,000 psi in a 12 inch pipe (i.e. up to 1,085,374 lb-force).  In other words the  JAW device did not move, but stayed put.  The test was limited to 10,000 psi due to max instrumentation range.  In other words the test equipment could not see above a 10,000 psi equivalent pressure. Thus the feasibility study was only able to observe up to 10,000 psi equivalent pressure due to instrumentation max range limitations.  The feasibility study phase I test was an overwhelming success and places EMOPP one step closer to commercialization.

The key to successful phase I test was the use of an epoxy between the magnet and steel wall/face. Without the chemical bonds the magnetic "JAW" did slip. Thus, the key to using an EMOPP device is to use the magnetic b-field to temporarily secure the JAW to the pipe wall without restricting flow and generating a Delta P. Once the epoxy cures, then flow restriction may commence.