Blowout Preventer Actuation System
AssigneeKinetic Pressure Control Ltd.
InventorsSteven A. Angstmann, Bobby J. Gallagher
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Abstract
A blowout preventer actuation system including at least one hydraulically actuated blowout preventer; a kinetic blowout preventer configured with an initiator; at least one sensor disposed on the kinetic blowout preventer and configured to monitor an internal pressure parameter therein; wherein the at least one hydraulically actuated blowout preventer and the kinetic blowout preventer are configured for: (a) simultaneous actuation if the internal pressure parameter is at or below a predefined level; or (b) actuation of only the at least one hydraulically actuated blowout preventer if the internal pressure parameter is above the predefined level. A method for actuating a blowout preventer.
Claims20
A blowout preventer actuation system, comprising:
- at least one hydraulically actuated blowout preventer;
- a kinetic blowout preventer configured with an initiator;
- at least one sensor disposed on the kinetic blowout preventer and configured to monitor an internal pressure parameter therein;
- wherein the at least one hydraulically actuated blowout preventer and the kinetic blowout preventer are configured for:
- a) simultaneous actuation if the internal pressure parameter is at or below a predefined level;
- or
- b) actuation of only the at least one hydraulically actuated blowout preventer if the internal pressure parameter is above the predefined level.
A method for actuating a blowout preventer, comprising:
- disposing at least one hydraulically actuated blowout preventer at a site;
- disposing a kinetic blowout preventer configured with an initiator at the site;
- monitoring an internal pressure parameter in the kinetic blowout preventer with at least one sensor disposed thereon;
- wherein the at least one hydraulically actuated blowout preventer and the kinetic blowout preventer are configured for:
- a) simultaneous actuation if the internal pressure parameter is at or below a predefined level;
- or
- b) actuation of only the at least one hydraulically actuated blowout preventer if the internal pressure parameter is above the predefined level.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.