{"id":688,"date":"2019-06-17T13:30:33","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T18:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shearanything.com\/?p=688"},"modified":"2019-12-05T13:31:33","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T19:31:33","slug":"first-18-15m-k-bos-shear-test-completed-eliminating-unshearables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.ravendigit.al\/shearanything\/board\/first-18-15m-k-bos-shear-test-completed-eliminating-unshearables\/","title":{"rendered":"First 18-15M K-BOS Shear Test Completed, Eliminating Unshearables"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Houston, June 2019:<\/b> Following more than 60 successful K-BOS shear tests, Kinetic Pressure Control completed the first test of their 18-3\/4\u00e2\u20ac\u009d scale K-BOS in June of 2019. Rated for 15,000 psi working pressure and for use in subsea and surface drilling applications, the K-BOS successfully completed a shear test of a 16-1\/4\u00e2\u20ac\u009d OD heavy casing with a 6-5\/8\u00e2\u20ac\u009d OD inner drill string with a combined weight of 186ppf.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Shearing heavy 16-inch casing with an inner string totaling 186 pounds per foot demonstrates the K-BOS\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 ability to eliminate unshearable risk exposure from subsea drilling operations\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Steve Angstmann, Chief Technology Officer of Kinetic.<\/p>\n<p>The K-BOS, which uses kinetic energy to shear instead of hydraulic systems, completed the shear test with approximately 3x margin of safety in remaining shearing energy as measured from the arresting system. The tubulars also showed minimal post shear deformation, enabling a simplified fishing operation compared to traditional shear rams which fold over tubulars during shearing.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_691\" style=\"width: 174px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-691\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-691\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.ravendigit.al\/shearanything\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/18-15M-K-BOS-First-Shear-Test-Results-164x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"164\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.ravendigit.al\/shearanything\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/18-15M-K-BOS-First-Shear-Test-Results-164x300.jpg 164w, https:\/\/dev.ravendigit.al\/shearanything\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/18-15M-K-BOS-First-Shear-Test-Results-250x457.jpg 250w, https:\/\/dev.ravendigit.al\/shearanything\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/18-15M-K-BOS-First-Shear-Test-Results.jpg 553w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 164px) 100vw, 164px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-691\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pictured Above: K-BOS Shear Test Results of a 16-1\/4&#8243; HP Casing with a 6-5\/8&#8243; inner drill string totaling 186ppf.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>About Kinetic Pressure Control<\/p>\n<p>Kinetic Pressure Control is a leading well control technology company that designs and manufactures innovative wellhead and pressure control equipment and services. Kinetic&#8217;s mission is to protect the Oil and Gas industry\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s social license to operate. Learn more about Kinetic Pressure Control Limited and their K-BOS technology at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shearanything.com\">www.shearanything.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shear Anything | Seal Instantly | Ultimate Reliability<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Houston, June 2019: Following more than 60 successful K-BOS shear tests, Kinetic Pressure Control completed the first test of their 18-3\/4\u00e2\u20ac\u009d scale K-BOS in June of 2019. Rated for 15,000 psi working pressure and for use in subsea and surface drilling applications, the K-BOS successfully completed a shear test of a 16-1\/4\u00e2\u20ac\u009d OD heavy casing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.ravendigit.al\/shearanything\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.ravendigit.al\/shearanything\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.ravendigit.al\/shearanything\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ravendigit.al\/shearanything\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ravendigit.al\/shearanything\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=688"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ravendigit.al\/shearanything\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":710,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ravendigit.al\/shearanything\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688\/revisions\/710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.ravendigit.al\/shearanything\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ravendigit.al\/shearanything\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ravendigit.al\/shearanything\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}