K-BOS: Creates Ops Gains and Meets BSEE Shearing Regulations
28 May 2021
Houston TX: Recent analysis with key partners shows that the K-BOS creates significant operational gains while helping E&P operators and rig owners meet the...
18-15M K-BOS Shears and Seals on a 9.5″ Drill Collar
11 March 2021
Houston TX: The 18-15M K-BOS has successfully completed a shear and seal test on a 9.5” 214ppf Drill Collar as part of our ongoing product development program. ...
5-15M K-BOS shears and seals on a 2-7/8″ sinker bar
26 January 2021
Houston TX: An extreme sour service version of the 5-1/8″ 15,000psi working pressure K-BOS (5-15M K-BOS) is wrapping up a qualification process to DNVGL-O...
13-10M K-BOS for surface applications is easy to retrofit into existing BOPs.
19 January 2021
Houston TX, January 2021: The game changing capability to shear anything and seal instantly, stopping a surface blowout no matter what, will now be available fo...
First Commercial 18-15M K-BOS Delivery
16 December 2020
Houston TX, December 2020: Kinetic Pressure Control is pleased to announce that it has delivered the first set of equipment out of a group of commercial orders ...
Transocean’s Thigpen: K-BOS among “top priority technologies”
16 December 2020
Houston December 9: In a keynote address given during the 2020 IADC World Drilling Conference on 9 December, Transocean’s CEO, Jeremy Thigpen, highlighte...
K-BOS Featured on the Cover of JPT
1 July 2020
Houston TX: Kinetic Pressure Control’s game changing K-BOS, or Kinetic Blowout Stopper, is featured on the cover of the Volume: 72 | Issue: 7 edition of t...
18-15M K-BOS is Certified to DNV DRILL Notation 2018
29 May 2020
Houston TX: The 18-15M K-BOS (Model number KB18B501) has received certification from DNV-GL that it complies with DNVGL-OS-E101, January 2018 edition and by ref...
K-BOS Shears a 9-1/2″ OD, 214ppf, MYS120 Drill Collar
21 February 2020
Houston TX, February 21: The 18-15M K-BOS has successfully sheared a 9-1/2″ OD, 214ppf, MYS120 Drill Collar in front of a large audience including subsea ...
K-BOS Shears 6.9″ OD “Slip Proof” Landing String w/ 130,000lb side load in fully constrained condition
28 January 2020
Houston TX, January 28: The 18-15M K-BOS has successfully sheared a heavy walled 6.9″ OD landing string “Slip Proof” section in front of a lar...