Original sentence: Shear rams may be used as a last resort to cut through the drill pipe and shut off everything, including whatever might be coming up inside the drill pipe.This second report is far more detailed than the first, with many pages of tables and charts and equations
Edited sentence: Shear rams are used as a last resort to cut through the drill pipe and shut off everything, including whatever might be coming up inside the drill pipe.This second report is far more detailed than the first, with many pages of tables and charts and equations, but in case anyone would miss the significance of the result, the first paragraph of the Executive Summary states "Shear rams may be a drilling operation’s last line of defense for safety and environmental protection