Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wellhead system with gasket seal
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Application No.: US14604313Application Date: 2015-01-23
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Publication No.: US09133677B2Publication Date: 2015-09-15
- Inventor: David Cain , William F. Puccio , Shian J. Chou , Vijay A. Cheruvu , Kirk P. Guidry , Clint Trimble
- Applicant: Cameron International Corporation
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Cameron International Corporation
- Current Assignee: Cameron International Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Chamberlain Hrdlicka
- Main IPC: E21B33/038
- IPC: E21B33/038 ; E21B33/035 ; E21B33/04 ; E21B19/00 ; E21B17/01

Abstract:
An offshore well system for a subsea well. The system includes a floating platform, an external riser and an internal riser nested within the external riser. A external riser tension device tensions the external riser. The drilling system also includes a surface wellhead system that includes a wellhead, a collet, and a flange assembly. The wellhead, collet, and flange assembly are assembled to establish a common bore for receiving the top of the internal riser. A gasket located between the top of the internal riser and an inner shoulder of the flange assembly seals between the wellhead system and the top of the internal riser. The surface wellhead system also retains the internal riser in tension with the wellhead, the internal riser extending above the wellhead into the collet.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150129236A1 Wellhead System with Gasket Seal Public/Granted day:2015-05-14
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