Definition(s)


Inside Blowout Preventer (IBOP)

A device that can be installed in the drill string that acts as a check valve allowing drilling fluid to be circulated down the string but prevents back flow.

Source: API STD 53, Blowout Prevention Equipment Systems for Drilling Wells, Upstream Segment, Fourth Edition, November 2012. Global Standards

 

Inside BOP

A device that can be installed in the drill string that acts as a check valve allowing drilling fluid to be circulated down the string but prevents back flow.

Source: API RP 59, Recommended Practice for Well Control Operations, Second Edition, May 2006. Global Standards

 

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