Ram for a blowout preventer and a blowout preventer provided with rams

摘要

A ram for a blowout preventer, the ram having a top side and a bottom side, a front and a back; a first front seal face and a second front seal face provided on the front of the ram; a fluid communication channel extending through the ram from the front to the back thereof, the first front seal face being provided above and the second seal face below the fluid communication channel.