Blowout preventer

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1990-07-27

1991-09-03

Fox, John C.

Valves and valve actuation

Blow-out preventers

277 26, 166 84, E21B 3302

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050446029

ABSTRACT:
A blowout preventer for use on wells and especially adapted to use on a pumping well during a steam flood operation including an upper housing having oppositely disposed rams for extension and retraction between the sealing and non-sealing with a longitudinal member through the blowout preventer into a well, such a polished rod of a pump, a lower housing connected with the upper housing, and a heat responsive seal assembly in the lower housing for sealing with the polished rod during steam flooding, the heat responsive seal assembly including an elastomer seal plug designed to swell to form a seal with the polished rod during steam flooding and including means to compress the seal plug after steam flooding to return the plug to an original non-sealing volume and size below the steam flooding temperature.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4354304 (1982-10-01), Dixon
patent: 4515213 (1985-05-01), Meyer et al.
patent: 4522368 (1985-06-01), Sable

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