Patent ID: 8783360

Claim:
A laser-riser blowout preventer package for operably releasably associating an offshore drilling rig, a vessel or a platform on a surface of a body the water with a borehole in a seafloor of the body of water, the laser-riser blowout preventer package comprising: a. a riser section comprising a first and a second end, wherein the first end has a first coupling and the second end has a second coupling; b. a laser module operably associated with the riser section; and, c. and a blowout preventer configured to be operably associated with the riser section and the borehole; d. wherein, when the laser-riser blowout preventer package is deployed and operably associating the offshore drilling rig with the borehole in the seafloor the offshore drilling rig, vessel or platform is mechanically connected and in fluid communication with the borehole; and, the laser module upon firing a laser beam can completely cut the riser section at a predetermined location on the riser section, thereby releasing the offshore drilling rig, vessel or platform from the blowout preventer.