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OIL WELL IMPROVEMENT SYSTEM

  • US 20120241160A1
  • Filed: 12/19/2011
  • Published: 09/27/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An integrated underwater oil well disaster prevention subsystem for offshore oil wells to improve the functionality of the well by providing the means to prevent and/or repair well malfunctions and provide improved safety operation of the well. The Multi-Function Well Subsystem (MFWS) comprising modifications and additions to an offshore oil well'"'"'s sea-floor equipment where:

  • the addition of a remote controlled gate valve in series to the BOP'"'"'s output, where the valve in the opened position, provides unobstructed vertical assess (equal to the BOP'"'"'s feed through access diameter) from its'"'"' top port to its bottom port and in the closed position prevents well output flow.The addition of an in-well pipe separating means by either cutting or by de-coupling where the said ‘

    separated pipe’

    can be extracted from the prior mentioned valve operational area.The addition of a remote controlled exterior sidewall flow closing/sealing device in series with the wells output.

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