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Laser assisted blowout preventer and methods of use

  • US 8,783,361 B2
  • Filed: 02/24/2011
  • Issued: 07/22/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A blowout preventer stack comprising:

  • A ram movable from a first position to a second position, thereby defining a ram path;

    A laser cutter for emitting a high power laser beam defining a laser beam path, wherein the high power laser beam has at least about 1 kW of power;

    The laser cutter positioned relative to the ram and facing a pressure containment cavity formed within the blowout preventer stack, whereby the laser beam path is adjacent the ram path, and wherein the beam path enters into the pressure containment cavity and the second position is located within the pressure containment cavity.

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