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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2014
Applicant:
David Randolph Smith, Midland, TX (US);
Inventor:
David Randolph Smith, Midland, TX (US);
Assignee:
Red Desert Enterprise, LLC, Casper, WY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 33/076 (2006.01); E21B 33/064 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 33/076 (2013.01); E21B 33/064 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to methods and apparatus to construct subsea wells with redundant parallel fluid flow control systems to allow new methods to stop subsea blow outs. More specifically, this invention provides methods and apparatus to construct subsea wells with a plurality of redundant parallel paths allowing for the first time drill pipe and other intervention conduits, wire line, and fluids to be deployed below a damaged drilling riser and or a damaged blow out preventer through a separate blow out preventer and riser system presented in this invention.