BOP Technologies Unveils New ‘Failsafe’ BOP Design
Houston-based BOP Technologies has revealed a new approach to allow a BOP to work if the drilling rig loses power or hydraulic pressure.
The company announced release of CIRBOP, its patented design for a completely new type of BOP that can deliver 5 million lbs. of shear force to the rams.
BOP Technologies’ new concept design places a backup system in the body of the BOP Shear Ram mechanism itself. If power or hydraulic pressure is lost, there would still be a way to safely cut and close-off the well, protecting the crew and preventing oil from being released into the environment, the company explained.
According to Khoa Pham, BOP Technologies CEO, “Industry has been working hard ever since the Deepwater Horizon incident to prevent that tragedy from occurring again. The problem is that there are limitations to the existing technology that the industry has not been able to solve. The inventor of our BOP shear rams, Jay Read, stepped outside the box and came up with a completely new and revolutionary approach.”
“Our goal is to bring to market a BOP shear ram that is lighter, smaller, easier to maintain and able to shear, seal and control anything in a wellbore,” adds Pham.
