Function and Working principle of Blow out Proventer.
Blow out Proventer (BOP). T he Deep water Horizon blowout preventer commonly known as a BOP stood nearly six stories tall weighing over 300 tonsK and was designed to hold well pressures up to 15,000 psi the horizon BOP stat was manufactured by Cameron in 2001 and equipped with two annular Boreas upper and lower and 5r m areas consisting of a blind shear Ram a casing shear Ram two variable bore rams and a test ram at the bottom which was requested by BP to expedite pressure testing of the BOP the blind shear Ram variable bore Rams and test Ram were fitted with Cameron standard Ram bonnets containing the actuate ins and st locks designed to hold the ram preventers closed in the event of a loss of pressure you five and a half inch diameter drill pipe passed through the BOP on the day of the incident each joint was roughly 46 feet long with 18 inch long threaded connections or tool joints on each end of the pipe a tool joint was intentionally positioned i...