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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2016
Applicant:
Ensco International Incorporated, Wilmington, DE (US);
Inventors:
Christopher Scott Stewart, Cornelius, NC (US);
Justin Dow Alcorn, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Ensco International Incorporated, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 33/035 (2006.01); E21B 33/064 (2006.01); E21B 41/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 41/0007 (2013.01); E21B 33/064 (2013.01);
Abstract
Techniques and systems to provide additional holding ability to a subsea wellhead system. A device includes an auxiliary frame that may be coupled to an outer portion of a BOP frame that encloses at least a portion of a BOP. The auxiliary frame may also house a plurality of accumulators that may be used to provide pressurized fluid to the BOP.