The SmartBOP Story

An advocate of early childhood development, Ruth C. Ibanez can only look back at her childhood of broken toys. Curiosity trumps pleasure of play, and wide eyed "ohs!" of discovery builds stock knowledge from every broken part that specified functionality.

Curiosity served her well in the evolution of the SmartBOP. Curious about the events at the Gulf of Mexico, she delved into and dissected every news article describing the catastrophic Deep Water Horizon oil spill. Appreciating that volumes of pressure is best managed rather than controlled, she designed a BlowOut preventer that is Chambers based to use as bleeders to vent to containers or loading ships should volumes of pressure spike unexpectedly, and prevent erosion and worst explosion. The technology is fully computerized to ensure real time monitoring and surveillance of the well bore.

The initial patent application was titled CAT an acronym for Cap and Tap. With thought references to?Newton’s Laws. Having no background in the oil field, she set out to provide a solution in response to every disturbing problem that was defined in news. i.e. Volumes of Pressure, Velocity, Erosion, Freezing. Her health concerns for the affected and love of the environment sent her into overdrive. After four grueling days and four sleepless nights, in those fateful months of spring that rolled into summer in 2010, the SmartBOP is born. The technology received 2 Patent Certificates from the United States Patent and Trademark office. US patent numbers 9109430 for structure on August 8, 2015, and 9850729 for Method on December 26, 2017.

The SmartBOP solution is ahead of its time. It stands in the gap. Bridging the bleeding edge of change. The need for a new generation oil and gas technology has caught up.

On 2016, the US regulations mandated the requirement of well real-time monitoring for all blowout preventers operating in the Gulf of Mexico. Therefore, with the increased emphasis on well safety, the offshore oil and gas industry has been working to develop new technologies and business relationships that can help operators and drilling contractors improve well control and integrity. Source Mordor Intelligence

On June 2022, at the Reuters Event held in Houston, Texas, Reuters Report confirms, “Data digitalization will not only help oil and gas companies scale operations but also ensure environmental benefits, attract top talent, improve safety, and maximize assets.”

Previously, Ms. Ibanez, did the pioneering work in the design and development of a hospital wide software system that was pivotal in the proliferation of electronic medical record in hospitals and private practice. A hotelier by profession, she has opened two five-star hotels in Dubai (The Hyatt Regency and Galleria) and Abu Dhabi (The Inter-Continental Hotel) and later worked at the Sheraton in the Capacity of Public Relations Director. Her secret to overcoming gender and cultural barriers? Know your place. Always.

She did course work in Biology at the Adventist University of the Philippines and Optometry at the Manila Central University.

She is the producer of a master class concert series for the West Village Concerts at the Manhattan Seventh Day Adventist Church, featuring world renowned David Starobin, Guitar, Vassily Primakov, Concert Pianist, Michael Crane, Composer, Arranger, Concert Pianist, and the late extraordinaire Kenneth Cooper, Maestro, and Harpsichordist, to name a few. A soprano, she has studied under the tutelage of pedagogue Josephine Mongiardo. In her leisure she enjoys photography, as well as writing poems and songs.

Her childhood highlight was to be chosen among the girl scouts sent by then First Lady Mrs. Imelda Marcos to travel throughout Southeast Asia as Ambassadors of Goodwill, and meet with each country’s respective First Ladies, and Scout Leaders.

Two words describe Ms. Ibanez. Visionary and unaffected. Her secret to prolific creative expressions. “Just do it. Passionately.”

Post Script: Black Gold Technologies Corporation, New York is currently seeking a Strategic Alliance or Alliances with a group of corporations for the purpose of integrating the SmartBOP into existing or future BOP installations. It utilizes standard running, landing procedures subsea, and utilizes standard strings, bolts and couplers. The SmartBOP stands in the gap. In the bleeding edge of change. Waiting to serve. Offering a new solution for a safer work place, better environment, and cost efficiencies all around.

How it works. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_BQ15pksEA&t=169s

Disclaimer: May contain forward looking statements.