### Question
Can you define what ultra-deepwater architecture means?


### Answer
**Ultra-deepwater architecture** is defined as the following in *42 U.S.C. § 16377*:

> the integration of technologies for the exploration for, or production of, natural gas or other petroleum resources located at ultra-deepwater depths

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 16377*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 149-ENERGY POLICY, 2005 > SUBCHAPTER IX-RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT > Part J-Ultra-Deepwater and Unconventional Natural Gas and Other Petroleum Resources**

