Subsea

BOP Stack
Arrangements
Subsea Engineers Handbook Section 12

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Table Of Contents
Section 12
Page
1. Subsea BOP Stack Arrangement - A 1
2. Subsea BOP Stack Arrangement - B 2

3. Subsea BOP Stack Arrangement - C 3

4. Subsea BOP Stack Arrangement - D 4

5. Subsea BOP Stack Arrangement - E 5

6. Subsea BOP Stack Arrangement - F 6

7. Subsea BOP Stack Arrangement - G 7

8. Subsea BOP Stack Arrangement - H 8

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1) Subsea BOP Stack - Arrangement A










































Upper
Annular
Connector
Lower
Annular
Connector
Blind Shear
Upper Pipe
Ram (UPR)
Middle Pipe
Ram (MPR)
Lower Pipe
Ram (LPR)
LIK LOK
UOC UIC
LOC LIC
Features
1. Can hang off on 2 pipe
rams circulating normally.
2. Can hang off all pipe rams
with shear ram closed.
3. No outlet below lower ram.
4. Two routes to circulate kick
with pipe rams closed.

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2) Subsea BOP Stack - Arrangement B
Upper
Annular
Connector
Lower
Annular
Blind Shear
Upper Pipe
Ram (UPR)
Middle Pipe
Ram (MPR)
Lower Pipe
Ram (LPR)
Connector
LIK LOK
UOC UIC
LOC LIC
Features
1. Can hang off all pipe rams.
2. Can hang off on 2 pipe
rams with shear ram
closed.
3. Two routes to circulate kick
with pipe rams closed.

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3) Subsea BOP Stack - Arrangement C
Features
1. Can hang off all pipe rams
circulating normally.
2. Can hang off on 3 pipe
rams with shear ram
closed.

Upper
Annular
Connector
Lower
Annular
Blind Shear
Upper Pipe
Ram (UPR)
Middle Pipe
Ram (MPR)
Lower Pipe
Ram (LPR)
Connector
LIK LOK
UOC UIC
LOC LIC
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4) Subsea BOP Stack - Arrangement D
Upper
Annular
Connector
Lower
Annular
Blind Shear
Upper Pipe
Ram (UPR)
Middle Pipe
Ram (MPR)
Lower Pipe
Ram (LPR)
Connector
LIK LOK
UOC UIC
LOC LIC
Features
1. Can hang off 2 pipe rams
circulating normally.
2. Can hang off on 1 pipe
rams with shear ram
closed.
3. One route to circulate kick
with pipe rams closed.
4. No outlet under lower pipe
ram.

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5) Subsea BOP Stack - Arrangement E










































Upper
Annular
Connector
Lower
Annular
Blind Shear
Upper Pipe
Ram
(UP
Middle Pipe
Ram (MPR)
Lower Pipe
Ram (LPR)
Connector
LIK LOK
UOC UIC
LOC LIC
Features
1. Can hang off all pipe rams
circulating normally.
2. Can hang off on 2 pipe
rams with shear ram
closed.

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6) Subsea BOP Stack - Arrangement F




































Features
1. Can hang off all pipe rams
circulating normally.
2. Can hang off on 3 pipe
rams with shear ram
closed.

Upper
Annular
Connector
Lower
Annular
Blind Shear
Upper Pipe
Ram (UPR)
Middle Pipe
Ram (MPR)
Lower Pipe
Ram (LPR)
Connector
LIK LOK
UOC UIC
LOC LIC
UOK UIK
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7) Subsea BOP Stack - Arrangement G

Upper
Annular
Connector
Lower
Annular
Blind Shear
Upper Pipe
Ram (UPR)
Middle Pipe
Ram (MPR)
Lower Pipe
Ram (LPR)
Connector
LIK LOK
UOC UIC
LOC LIC
Features
1. Upper and Lower Annular
is on the LMRP.

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Upper
Annular
Connector
Lower
Annular
Blind Shear
Upper Pipe
Ram (UPR)
Middle Pipe
Ram (MPR)
Lower Pipe
Ram (LPR)
Connector
LIK LOK
UIK UOK
C/K Isolation
C/K Isolation
UOC UIC
LOC LIC
Features
1. Upper Inner and Outer Kill
Valves below the Upper
Annular.
2. C/K Isolation Valves are on
the LMRP package. Note:
these valves are normally
open.
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE
GULF OF MEXICO OCS REGION


NTL No. 99-G09 Effective Date: May 10, 1999


NOTICE TO LESSEES AND OPERATORS OF FEDERAL OIL, GAS, AND SULPHUR
LEASES IN THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF, GULF OF MEXICO OCS REGION


Location of Choke and Kill Lines on BOP Stacks

This Notice to Lessees and Operators (NTL) supersedes the Letter to Lessees and
Operators, dated November 17, 1994, on this subject. It updates regulatory citations
and includes a statement on the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

The purpose of this NTL is to specify the location of the choke and kill lines serving
blowout preventer (BOP) stacks. This is necessary because the requirements at 30
CFR 250.406 (oil and gas drilling operations), 250.515 (oil and gas well-completion
operations), 250.615 (oil and gas well-workover operations), 250.1610 (sulphur drilling
operations), and 250.1624 (sulphur well-completion and well-workover operations) do
not specify their exact location.

Operators usually install the choke and kill lines above the bottommost ram. However,
some operators have requested to install them below the bottommost ram. For choke
lines, this is not acceptable. Failure of a choke line installed below the bottommost ram
could result in a blowout because this configuration does not provide a backup system
for proper well control.

Therefore, the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region District Offices will not approve an
Application for Permit to Drill (APD) or a Sundry Notice and Report (Sundry) to conduct
well-workover operations that indicates a BOP stack with a choke line installed below
the bottommost ram. However, they may approve your requests to install a kill line
below the bottommost ram. You must include a schematic drawing of the BOP stack
and choke and kill lines with any APD or well-workover Sundry if the tree is to be
removed.

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 Statement

This NTL refers to the collection of information on forms MMS-123 and MMS-124. The
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved the information collection
requirements for these forms and assigned OMB Control Nos. 1010-0044 and 1010-
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0045, respectively. This NTL does not impose additional information collection
requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

Contact

If you have any questions on this NTL, you may contact Mr. Bill Martin at (504) 736-
2849.

Chris C. Oynes
Regional Director