While around 20 capping stacks have been built for use in subsea well control incidents, most are large, weighing from 90 tons to 180 tons, and require
Trendsetter Engineering developed a rapid - response well - capping stack that is installed at Houston airports and can be installed within a week of call - out . The Global Rapid Intervention Package , a 40-tonne system ( much lighter than traditional equipment ) is rated to 15,000 psi , 250 degrees vertical , 10,000-ft depth and 330,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day . It was created because traditional equipment was too unwieldy to deploy quickly . " We store it at the airport . It ’s bonded and cleared through customs . We are response time - oriented , ” said Guy Fox , senior product manager for well control & prevention at Halliburton ’s Boots & resorts , which commissioned the stack .