Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Smart wellhead
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Application No.: US17418503Application Date: 2019-12-26
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Publication No.: US11808141B2Publication Date: 2023-11-07
- Inventor: Haw Keat Lim , Yong Wee Lee , Sanjay Menon , Srivathsan Sudershan Vuruputoor
- Applicant: Cameron International Corporation
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agent Matthew Goode
- International Application: PCT/US2019/068576 2019.12.26
- International Announcement: WO2020/139944A 2020.07.02
- Date entered country: 2021-06-25
- Main IPC: E21B47/095
- IPC: E21B47/095 ; E21B23/02 ; E21B33/04 ; G01S15/08

Abstract:
Smart wellhead assemblies with sensors for detecting positions of components within the bores of the wellhead assemblies are provided. In some instances, the sensors can be used to detect one or more of landing, locking, or concentricity of hangers, packoffs, or other internal wellhead components within bores. In one example, a method of installing a hanger within a wellhead includes lowering the hanger within the wellhead and using one or more sensors to detect when the hanger is at a target location. The method can also include activating a locking mechanism of the hanger and using the one or more sensors to detect when the locking mechanism has secured the hanger within the wellhead. Additional systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220065100A1 SMART WELLHEAD Public/Granted day:2022-03-03
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