Wellhead seal with pressure energizing from below

    公开(公告)号:US10900316B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-26

    申请号:US15264816

    申请日:2016-09-14

    申请人: Vetco Gray Inc.

    IPC分类号: E21B33/04 E21B33/03 F16J15/08

    摘要: 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.

    INVERTED PULL-UP RISER TENSIONER
    4.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20170254159A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-09-07

    申请号:US15434986

    申请日:2017-02-16

    申请人: Vetco Gray Inc.

    IPC分类号: E21B19/00 F15B15/16 F15B15/14

    摘要: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a riser tensioner includes a cylinder barrel, a rod reciprocally carried within the cylinder barrel and having an external end sealingly extending out of a proximal end of the cylinder barrel, and a piston on an interior end of the rod that slides and seals against an inner surface of the cylinder barrel. The tensioner further includes a selectively sealed low pressure chamber in the cylinder barrel between the piston and a distal end of the cylinder barrel and fillable with a low pressure fluid, and a selectively sealed annulus between the rod and the cylinder barrel, the annulus extending between the piston and the proximal end of the cylinder barrel and fillable with an annulus fluid at a pressure higher than the low pressure fluid, thereby urging the piston and rod towards retraction.

    Inverted pull-up riser tensioner
    5.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10174566B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-08

    申请号:US15434986

    申请日:2017-02-16

    申请人: Vetco Gray Inc.

    IPC分类号: E21B19/00 F15B15/14 F15B15/16

    摘要: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a riser tensioner includes a cylinder barrel, a rod reciprocally carried within the cylinder barrel and having an external end sealingly extending out of a proximal end of the cylinder barrel, and a piston on an interior end of the rod that slides and seals against an inner surface of the cylinder barrel. The tensioner further includes a selectively sealed low pressure chamber in the cylinder barrel between the piston and a distal end of the cylinder barrel and fillable with a low pressure fluid, and a selectively sealed annulus between the rod and the cylinder barrel, the annulus extending between the piston and the proximal end of the cylinder barrel and fillable with an annulus fluid at a pressure higher than the low pressure fluid, thereby urging the piston and rod towards retraction.

    Stress Amplification Factor Analysis Methodology for Assessing Fatigue Performance of Threaded Connectors
    7.
    发明申请
    Stress Amplification Factor Analysis Methodology for Assessing Fatigue Performance of Threaded Connectors 有权
    用于评估螺纹连接器疲劳性能的应力放大因子分析方法

    公开(公告)号:US20150127308A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-05-07

    申请号:US14493843

    申请日:2014-09-23

    申请人: Vetco Gray Inc.

    IPC分类号: G06F17/50 G06F17/10

    摘要: A computer-implemented method is disclosed for characterizing a threaded coupling such as between two tubular members, e.g., casing segments employed in the field of oil and gas recovery. In one embodiment, a virtual model of the coupling is generated, and the virtual model is re-arranged to simulate plastic deformation of at least part of the coupling. The re-arranged model is analyzed to derive a stress/strain distribution of the coupling subject to subsequent loading, and an SAF (stress amplification factor) is determined from the analysis that reflects the effect of cyclic loading of the coupling. The method facilitates a thorough assessment of the performance of the coupling in fatigue.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种计算机实现的方法,用于表征螺纹联接器,例如在两个管状构件之间,例如在油气回收领域中采用的套管段。 在一个实施例中,生成耦合的虚拟模型,并且重新布置虚拟模型以模拟耦合的至少一部分的塑性变形。 对重新排列的模型进行分析,得出耦合对随后加载的应力/应变分布,并从反映耦合循环载荷的影响的分析中确定SAF(应力放大系数)。 该方法有助于彻底评估疲劳耦合的性能。

    Method and System for Retaining a Lock Ring on a Casing Hanger
    8.
    发明申请
    Method and System for Retaining a Lock Ring on a Casing Hanger 有权
    在套管衣架上保持锁环的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US20150114669A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-04-30

    申请号:US14522010

    申请日:2014-10-23

    申请人: Vetco Gray Inc.

    IPC分类号: E21B33/04 E21B19/06 E21B33/03

    摘要: A retention system for limiting axial and radial movement of a wellbore lock ring. The retention system includes pins for resisting axial movement of the lock ring and assemblies for limiting radial outward movement of the lock ring. The lock ring circumscribes and couples to a wellbore hanger. The pins project radially from the hanger into the lock ring and into slots, where the slots extend a distance along the inner surface of the lock ring. The assemblies also project radially into the hanger and each have a portion that registers with a channel on a lower end of the lock ring. Lock ring outer radial movement is limited by contact between the portions of the assemblies and inner surfaces of the channels.

    摘要翻译: 用于限制井眼锁定环的轴向和径向运动的保持系统。 保持系统包括用于抵抗锁定环和组件的轴向运动的销,用于限制锁定环的径向向外运动。 锁环环绕并耦合到井眼衣架。 销从吊架径向突出进入锁环并进入槽,其中槽沿着锁环的内表面延伸一段距离。 组件还径向突出到衣架中,并且每个具有与锁环的下端上的通道对准的部分。 锁定环外径向移动受到组件的各部分和通道的内表面之间的接触的限制。