Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wellhead control line deployment
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Application No.: US13922678Application Date: 2013-06-20
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Publication No.: US09382775B2Publication Date: 2016-07-05
- Inventor: Todd Travis , Eric Calzoncinth
- Applicant: Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLC
- Current Assignee: WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Blank Rome, LLP
- Main IPC: E21B33/072
- IPC: E21B33/072 ; E21B33/04 ; E21B33/047

Abstract:
Wellhead control line deployment involves replacing the seat/retainer plate of a master valve of the wellhead with a modified retainer plate. The retainer plate defines a first port communicating from a central opening of the plate to outside the plate. A modified bonnet installs on the master valve, and the bonnet has two ports, one communicating with the first port in the retainer plate and the second communicating with a needle valve port. The communication ports are linked by a tube with outside diameter seals that inserts between the retainer plate and the bonnet. A control line hanger can be retained by locking into an adapter sleeve or directly in the back-pressure valve threads of a tubing hanger. The adapter sleeve can be attached to the retainer plate or have a collet to snap into the back-pressure valve threads of the tubing hanger.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130284456A1 Wellhead Control Line Deployment Public/Granted day:2013-10-31
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