US2011286797A1PendingUtilityA1

Blowout Preventer

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Individually held — no corporate assignee on recordPriority: May 19, 2010Filed: May 19, 2010Published: Nov 24, 2011
Est. expiryMay 19, 2030(~3.8 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Joseph J. Boyd
E21B 43/0122
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Abstract

A large open bottomed under water tank having a base, and valves with hoses located on a top cover, so that when the tank is moved over a leaking pipe or oil well, the rising oil from the leak is collected in the tank, and piped through the valves and hoses to a tanker or to land, and prevented from polluting the ocean and beaches.

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1 . A large open bottomed under water tank comprising a base, and valves with hoses located on a top cover, so that when the tank is moved over a leaking pipe or oil well, the rising oil from the leak is collected in the tank, and piped through the valves and hoses to a tanker or to land, and prevented from polluting the ocean and beaches. 
     
     
         2 . The tank of  claim 1 , where the tank is located at the point of drilling on the ocean bed when the well is drilled, so that if a leak occurs in the oil well pipe, or in the ground around the pipe, the oil will be captured and prevented from polluting the water and beaches. 
     
     
         3 . The tank of  claim 2 , further comprising a water tight door for repairmen, openings for water around the base, and anchoring means for anchoring the tank.

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