Patent ID: 8651189

Claim:
A blowout recovery valve, comprising: a valve having a smaller end and a larger end, with the larger end being suitably dimensioned and configured to be placed over an open end of a well pipe through which a first fluid is escaping; a return pipe connected to the smaller end of the valve; a sleeve, suitably dimensioned and configured to be placed over a portion of the well pipe adjacent to the open end of the well pipe, with the sleeve being connected to the return pipe; a high pressure pipe passing through the valve, suitably dimensioned and configured to be insertable into the well pipe; and wherein, when a second fluid is pumped through the high pressure pipe at a pressure greater than that of the first fluid, the first fluid will be separated by the second fluid in a space adjacent to an end of the high pressure pipe that has been inserted into the well pipe, and a portion of the first fluid that is not held back by the greater pressure of the second fluid will flow through the sleeve and the return pipe at an accelerated velocity, but at a reduced pressure due to the Bernoulli effect, thus supplying suction to help move the valve down onto the well pipe.