The BOP is a fail-safe mechanism that safeguards the well until hydrostatic balance is regained, most commonly through circulation of fluids in the well. Wellbores typically incorporate stacks of BOPs ...

A more complicated method for bringing a blown-out well under control involves carefully capping the well with a new blowout preventer, or "BOP." BOPs are essentially large valves on the surface ...

"Blowout Prevention is simply the training and understanding ... Often, different types of BOPs are used in an arrangement configuration, called a "BOP stack." BOPs come in two main types: annular ...

The report, completed in 2000, concluded that the greatest vulnerability by far on the entire blowout preventer was one of the small shuttle valves leading directly to the blind shear ram.

To handle these events, petroleum companies install a blowout prevention system (BOP) on the seafloor. If pressurized oil and ...

following a technical problem with the drilling rig blowout preventer, BOP. Partner Falkland Oil & Gas Ltd said FOGL said that the problem was detected after the 13⅜-in. casing was set ...

A big pipe carries waste from your house to the main sewer line under the street. If either becomes plugged or overloaded, sewage backs up and flows out of the lowest available drain. That’s usually a ...

Flames also shot from another rig, the Q4000,which was burning oil and gas collected from a separate line attached to the busted blowout preventer. Nearby, two shrimp boats pulling fire boom were ...

I write and consult on federal criminal law and criminal justice. The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has numerous policies and program statements, all meant to set a standard for operations in an ...

Haslanger and Sailors close the record with “For the Moment,” another hard bop blowout that brings the album full circle. Having processed all the lessons Blue Note, Prestige, and Pacific Jazz ...

In a statement, the central bank said the Philippines is expected to post a higher BOP surplus of $2.3 billion or 0.5 percent of gross domestic product, from the previous forecast of $1.6 billion ...

“You just can’t play that uneven and expect to sustain success because it will come back and bite you," the coach said after the 31-10 win that was tight into the second half.