Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Subsea wellhead providing controlled access to a casing annulus
- Patent Title (中): 海底井口提供控制进入套管环
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Application No.: US13086572Application Date: 2011-04-14
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Publication No.: US08746347B2Publication Date: 2014-06-10
- Inventor: Daniel A Willoughby
- Applicant: Daniel A Willoughby
- Applicant Address: GB Maidenhead, Berkshire
- Assignee: Aker Subsea Limited
- Current Assignee: Aker Subsea Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Maidenhead, Berkshire
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye PC
- Priority: GB1006158.8 20100414
- Main IPC: E21B7/12
- IPC: E21B7/12

Abstract:
A subsea wellhead assembly includes a wellhead body which disposed to support an isolation sleeve for a production tree and to support below the isolation sleeve a production casing hanger for a production casing string. The body also supports a second casing string outside the production casing string whereby to form an annulus between the casing strings. The body includes a passageway which is in communication with the annulus near a lower end of the body and extends upwardly within the wall of the body towards the upper end of the body. A valve is accommodated in the upper part of the body and provides controlled communication between the passageway and a port which can be coupled to the isolation sleeve. The valve is controllable from a production tree in particular is moveable between an open position and a closed position in response to fluid pressure applied to the valve from a production tree by way of the isolation sleeve.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110253378A1 SUBSEA WELLHEAD PROVIDING CONTROLLED ACCESS TO A CASING ANNULUS Public/Granted day:2011-10-20
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