ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,086, issued on April 21, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).
"Blowout preventer system and method utilizing shear ram buttress" was invented by Miguel Urrutia (Sugar Land, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A technique facilitates reliable operation of a blowout preventer (BOP) system. The reliable operation is achieved by utilizing a ram with improved strength so as to make it better able to resist the stresses from shearing without increasing the thickness of the ram blade. As a result, a high level of efficiency is maintained during a shearing action. According to an embodiment, a blowout prevente...