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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
May. 16, 2017
Applicant:
William Matthew Caldwell, Ocean Springs, MS (US);
Inventor:
William Matthew Caldwell, Ocean Springs, MS (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/01 (2006.01); E21B 33/037 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/0122 (2013.01); E21B 33/037 (2013.01);
Abstract
A drilling package for an offshore wellbore having a wellhead, said drilling package comprising in a functional order a shear module situated above said wellhead and in fluid communication with said wellbore; a blowout preventer in fluid communication with the shear module; a lower marine riser package in fluid communication with the blowout preventer; and a bypass valve and port in a normal fluid path upstream of a well closure device that is actuated to divert flow from the normal path through the blowout preventer to an alternative flow path.