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 ...

Designed to close off a well before a blowout occurs, a Blowout Preventer (BOP) with a rating that exceeds 10,000 psi is required on all HP/HT wells now. BOPs comprise a series of large valves on ...

HAIKOU, August 13. /TASS/. China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) successfully tested the first China-produced subsea blowout preventer for offshore oil and gas wells in the waters of the ...