Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Clamped saddle for directional hot-tapping tubulars
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Application No.: US17648261Application Date: 2022-01-18
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Publication No.: US11781694B2Publication Date: 2023-10-10
- Inventor: Julio C. Guzman , Adib A. Al-Mumen , Hussein M. Haleimi
- Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
- Applicant Address: SA Dhahran
- Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
- Current Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: SA Dhahran
- Agency: Osha Bergman Watanabe & Burton LLP
- Main IPC: F16L41/06
- IPC: F16L41/06 ; F16L17/08 ; E21B29/10 ; F16L17/04

Abstract:
A clamp system for hot-tapping tubulars includes a saddle having a saddle body with an inner surface, an outer surface, and an opening extending from the inner surface to the outer surface, a metal protrusion extending from the inner surface of the saddle body to provide a metal seal, an elastomer seal coupled to the inner surface of the saddle body adjacent to the metal protrusion, and a nipple integrally formed with the saddle body and extending outwardly from the outer surface of the saddle body, the nipple positioned over the opening of the saddle body, and a clamp having a nipple opening configured to receive the nipple, the clamp formed separately from the saddle. A method includes positioning the saddle on a tubular and assembling the clamp around the saddle and the tubular including inserting the nipple through the nipple opening formed in the clamp.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230228357A1 CLAMPED SADDLE FOR DIRECTIONAL HOT-TAPPING TUBULARS Public/Granted day:2023-07-20
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