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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2011
Frank Benjamin Springett, Spring, TX (US);
Christopher Dale Johnson, Cypress, TX (US);
Shern Eugene Peters, Houston, TX (US);
Eric Trevor Ensley, Cypress, TX (US);
Frank Benjamin Springett, Spring, TX (US);
Christopher Dale Johnson, Cypress, TX (US);
Shern Eugene Peters, Houston, TX (US);
Eric Trevor Ensley, Cypress, TX (US);
National Oilwell Varco, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Techniques for shearing a tubular of a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation with a blowout preventer are provided. The blowout preventer has a housing with a hole therethrough for receiving the tubular. The techniques relate to a blade assembly including a ram block movable between a non-engagement position and an engagement position about the tubular, a blade carried by the ram block for cuttingly engaging the tubular, and a retractable guide carried by the ram block and slidably movable therealong. The restractable guide has a guide surface for urging the tubular into a desired location in the blowout preventer as the ram block moves to the engagement position.