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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2013
Cameron International Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Johnnie E. Kotrla, Katy, TX (US);
Melvyn F. Whitby, Houston, TX (US);
David J. McWhorter, Magnolia, TX (US);
Glenn J. Chiasson, Houston, TX (US);
Cameron International Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Methods for deploying a subsea blowout preventer stack system comprising a lower marine riser package, a blowout preventer stack with a first ram blowout preventer, and an additional blowout preventer package releasably coupled to the blowout preventer stack and comprising a second ram blowout preventer. The subsea blowout preventer stack assembly can be deployed by coupling a drilling riser to the lower marine riser package that is releasably connected to the blowout preventer stack. The lower marine riser package and blowout preventer stack are then toward a subsea wellhead and then landed on the additional blowout preventer package that is coupled to the subsea wellhead.