Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wellhead seal with pressure energizing from below
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Application No.: US15264816Application Date: 2016-09-14
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Publication No.: US10900316B2Publication Date: 2021-01-26
- Inventor: David Lawrence Ford , Joseph William Pallini , Thomas Allen Fraser , Daniel Ralph Barnhart , Daniel Caleb Benson
- Applicant: Vetco Gray Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Vetco Gray Inc.
- Current Assignee: Vetco Gray Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Hogan Lovells US LLP
- Main IPC: E21B33/04
- IPC: E21B33/04 ; E21B33/03 ; F16J15/08

Abstract:
An annular seal for sealing an interface between a wellhead housing and a casing hanger. The annular seal includes a central body portion and a first pair of seal legs extending in a first direction from the central body portion. Each of the first pair of seal legs sealingly engages one of the wellhead housing or the casing hanger, and are further energized by bore pressure. The annular seal also includes a second pair of seal legs extending in a second direction from the central body portion. Each of the second pair of seal legs sealingly engages one of the wellhead housing or the casing hanger, and is further energized by annulus pressure.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180073319A1 WELLHEAD SEAL WITH PRESSURE ENERGIZING FROM BELOW Public/Granted day:2018-03-15
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