公开(公告)号：US12140017B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-12

申请号：US17199076

申请日：2021-03-11

Applicant: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY

Inventor： Oeystein Fossaa ,  Rune Romberg

IPC: E21B47/06 ,  E21B33/03 ,  E21B47/12

Abstract: Pressure sensing plugs are used to check pressure in various void or cavities of a wellhead or Xmas tree of an active hydrocarbon well. Pressure sensing plugs (51) are provided at various points in the wellhead or Xmas tree (50). Each plug incudes a pressure transducer (39) and associated electronics allowing the pressure to be read by a hand held reader device. Alternatively, the plugs may include a radio transmitter for transmitting sensed data to a monitoring system via a wifi network or similar to a central control room on a hydrocarbon producing platform. In this way, the pressure at the various points in the wellhead/Xmas tree may be checked without exposing the cavity or void.