Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Safety mechanism for blowout preventer
- Patent Title (中): 防喷器安全机构
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Application No.: US12608631Application Date: 2009-10-29
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Publication No.: US08770298B2Publication Date: 2014-07-08
- Inventor: Ryan Gustafson
- Applicant: Ryan Gustafson
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Hydril USA Manufacturing LLC
- Current Assignee: Hydril USA Manufacturing LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Bracewell & Giuliana LLP
- Main IPC: E21B29/12
- IPC: E21B29/12 ; E21B33/06

Abstract:
Blowout preventer (BOP) stack and lower marine riser package for sealing an undersea well. The blowout preventer stack includes a frame extending along an axis and configured to be attached to a head of the well; an accumulator attached to the frame and configured to provide high pressure; two or more BOPs attached to the frame, the two or more BOPs being disposed within the frame and attached one on top of the other along the axis; each BOP having a body and a pair of bonnets attached to the body, where the bonnets are configured to be detachably attached to the body; each BOP having a corresponding cavity extending along the axis through which a fluid from the well is circulating; each BOP being configured to seal the well when the high pressure from the accumulator is released to the BOPs; plural brackets attached to the body of at least one BOP; and a safety bar attached to the plural brackets and configured to partially encircle the body of the at least one BOP.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110100637A1 Safety Mechanism for Blowout Preventer Public/Granted day:2011-05-05
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