by Javier Blanco | Mar 26, 2021 | Annular BOPs
“What is an annular blowout preventer?” If you’ve worked in a drilling site, someone has probably asked you that question. Simply put, an annular blowout preventer helps keep the oil well sealed to prevent disastrous blowouts. It operates differently from the ram...
by Javier Blanco | Mar 12, 2021 | BOP Rams
An ideal dual shearing ram enhances operational flexibility with the help of an innovative performance-centered ram interlocking mechanism. The dual shearing ram has arms on the upper part to prevent any vertical separation between upper and lower blades. They also...
by Javier Blanco | Feb 26, 2021 | BOP Rams
The dual-string interlocking (DSI) shear rams are an improvement of the dual-string (DS) shear rams. However, the latter lacks an interlocking feature that can shear wirelines and braided cables without any tension in the line. The DSI rams don’t use a foldover...
by Javier Blanco | Feb 12, 2021 | BOP Rams
Drilling a well is not an easy task for many, and a successful, safe process requires safety equipment like blind shear rams. Knowing what type of blowout preventer to use when covering a wellbore can prove a daunting task even for the slightly experienced engineers....
by Javier Blanco | Jan 15, 2021 | Pipe Rams, Ram-Type BOPs
If you plan to work on a drilling site, you should know the types of ram BOPs. A ram BOP is a blowout preventer that uses a pair of steel plungers that oppose each other (rams). The rams can extend towards the wellbore’s center to restrict the flow of fluids or...
