Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Metal-to-metal seal for bridging hanger or tieback connection
- Patent Title (中): 金属对金属密封件,用于桥接吊架或回接连接
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Application No.: US11348201Application Date: 2006-02-06
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Publication No.: US07861789B2Publication Date: 2011-01-04
- Inventor: John E. Nelson
- Applicant: John E. Nelson
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Vetco Gray Inc.
- Current Assignee: Vetco Gray Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Bracewell & Giuliani
- Main IPC: E21B7/12
- IPC: E21B7/12 ; E21B33/00 ; F16L3/00

Abstract:
A method of completing a well having a casing hanger set in a subsea wellhead housing includes attaching a running tool to a tubular bridging hanger. A metal-to-metal inner seal is attached to a lower exterior portion of the bridging hanger and a metal-to-metal outer seal is located on an upper exterior portion of the bridging hanger. The assembly is lowered into the well and the lower exterior portion of the bridging hanger is inserted into the casing hanger. The inner seal is wedged between the casing hanger and the bridging hanger in response to weight of the running string. The running tool is actuated to set the outer seal between the upper exterior portion of the bridging hanger and the wellhead housing. Then, a tubing hanger is landed and sealed in the interior of the bridging hanger.
Public/Granted literature
- US20060191680A1 Metal-to-metal seal for bridging hanger or tieback connection Public/Granted day:2006-08-31
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