Patent ID: 8770274

Claim:
A blowout preventer for severing a tubular, the tubular positionable in a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation, comprising: a body having an axial bore and a radial bore therethrough, the tubular positionable through the axial bore, the body having a tube receiving cavity extending radially about a portion of the axial bore and defining a pocket between the axial bore and the radial bore to receive a portion of the tubular upon severing, the pocket extending about a portion of a horizontal circumference of the axial bore; and a ram having a ram bore therethrough, the ram slidably positionable in the radial bore between a refracted position and an extended position, the tubular positionable through the ram bore and the axial bore when the ram bore is in the retracted position; and a knife positionable about the ram bore to sever the tubular as the ram moves from the retracted to the extended position, a severed end of the tubular receivable in the tube receiving cavity as the tubular is severed.