Well Control Equipment: BOPs, Diverters, Accumulators

IWCF
Well Control
Lesson 7
Equipment
Part One

Contents
 API RP 53
Diverters
 Accumulator Unit

API Recommended Practice 53
•Goal of document
–Promoting personnel safety
–Public safety
–Integrity of the drilling equipment
•Purpose
–A guide for installation and testing of blowout
prevention equipment systems such as:
BOP’s, choke and kill lines, choke manifold, hydraulic
control system, etc.
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API RP 53 discussed
•Diverters
•BOP’s
–Annular BOP
–Ram BOP
•Choke Manifold
•Kill and choke lines
•Hydraulic System
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Diverter
•It is a low pressure annular preventer which can
divert or re-route flow rather than shut in the
well fluids. It is used during top-hole drilling.
•It can pack-off around:
–Kelly
–Drill string
–Casing
–Some on open hole (if having packing units)
•But it can not:
–Shut in the well
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