One big question that many people will ask when they visit a drilling site is, “Why are pipe rams important?” The straightforward answer is that they help prevent potential blowouts during drilling operations, hence the name blowout preventer (BOP) ram. It stops...
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...
If you’ve never visited or worked in any drilling site, you are probably wondering, “What are pipe rams?” It’s a type of Blowout Preventer (BOP) ram with a sealing component that closes the annular space between the drill pipe’s outside...
