Abstract:
A tubular connection includes a first joint of casing having an integral box end with an internal female wedge threaded zone having wedge threads disposed on a portion of the integral box end, and a second joint of casing having an integral pin end with an external male wedge threaded zone having wedge threads disposed on a portion of the integral pin end. The external male wedge threads engage with the internal female wedge threads. The second joint of casing has an internal diameter D1, and also includes an internal annular recess with an internal diameter D2. D2 is greater than D1, and the annular recess is disposed longitudinally along an inner surface of the second joint of casing. The annular recess is positioned radially adjacent to a portion of the external male threads disposed on a lower portion of the pin end.
Abstract:
A tubular goods connection for releasably coupling tubular members includes: a coupling having a first internal wedge dove-tail thread formed within a longitudinal bore of the coupling and a second internal dove-tail wedge thread; a first tubular member having a first mating external vanishing dove-tail wedge thread extending from a first proximal pin end face; and a second tubular member substantially identical to the first tubular member; wherein when the first and second tubular members are made-up into the coupling using a predetermined recommended optimum torque, a distance D between the first pin end face and the second pin end face is in the range of 0 to 10 millimeters and when the distance D is equal to 0 there is contact between the first pin end face and a second pin end face of the second tubular good but there is no axial interference.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing, certifying, and optimizing a seal for a blowout preventer. The method includes generating a finite element analysis seal model, smoothing the finite element analysis seal model, and analyzing a strain plot of the smoothed finite element analysis seal model based upon a displacement condition.
Abstract:
A blowout preventer (100) to hydraulically seal a wellbore includes a housing (102) configured to be positioned above a wellhead and to surround a drillstring (112), a plurality of rams (120) positioned perpendicular to an axis (114) of the drillstring to engage the drillstring (112) and hydraulically isolate an annulus (116) between the wellbore and the drillstring (112) when in a closed position, and a roller lock (350, 250) positioned about a thrust rod (326, 226, 126) of each ram (120) configured to maintain the rams (120) in the closed position.
Abstract:
A threaded connection having wedge threads, and a method of manufacturing said threaded connection. The threaded connection includes a pin member (101) and a box member (102) having a pin thread (106) and a box thread (107), respectively. The pin thread has a pin thread crest (221), a pin thread root (291), a pin load flank (226), and a pin stab flank (231). The pin thread (106) includes at least a first step (401), a mid-step (402), and a second step (403) formed sequentially thereon. The box thread (107) has a box thread crest (292), a box thread root (222), a box load flank (225), and a box stab flank (232). The box thread includes at least a first step, a mid-step, and a second step formed sequentially thereon. The steps on the box thread correspond generally in axial position with the steps on the pin thread. The first step (401) has a first wedge ratio, the mid-step (402) has a transition wedge ratio, and the second step (403) has a second wedge ratio. The thread leads are substantially constant within each of the steps. The connection is designed such that, at make-up of the pin member with the box member, a clearance exists between at least one of the corresponding load flanks and the corresponding stab flanks on at least one of the first step, the mid-step, and the second step.
Abstract:
Tubular connections and methods of designing tubular connections having selected root/crest clearance when the box member and pin member are made-up. When the tubular connection is radially expanded, a thread seal is formed over at least part of the tubular connection.