Abstract:
A method includes installing a blowout preventer onto a wellhead assembly, running a production casing into a wellbore through the blowout preventer and the wellhead assembly, lowering casing slips into the wellhead assembly through the blowout preventer, and setting the production casing in the casing slips. The method also includes lowering a casing cutter through the blowout preventer and the wellhead assembly, contacting the casing slips with the casing cutter, cutting and beveling the production casing with the casing cutter, and removing the casing cutter from the wellhead assembly and through the blowout preventer. The method further includes installing a sealing assembly in the wellhead assembly, and removing the blowout preventer from the wellhead assembly.
Abstract:
A connector assembly (50) configured to join a first tubular member (52) to a second tubular member (54) of a mineral extraction system includes a first annular body (56), a second annular body (58), and at least one fastener (60) extending through the first annular body (56) and threadably coupled to the second annular body (58). A sealed space (70) is defined between the at least one fastener (60) and the first annular body (56). The connector assembly (50) also includes a lock ring (74) configured to contact the first annular body (56) and the second annular body (58). A fluid pressure within the sealed space (70) is configured to drive the first annular body (56) and the second annular body (58) toward one another, thereby driving the lock ring (74) radially inwardly to engage the second tubular member (54).
Abstract:
A tubing hanger running tool (300) includes an inner annular body (306), an outer annular body (302) positioned circumferentially about the inner annular body, and an outer sleeve (304) positioned circumferentially about the outer annular body and configured to move in an axial direction to actuate a hanger-to-wellhead lock ring (354) to set the tubing hanger within the wellhead. The tubing hanger running tool also includes one or more control line adapters, wherein each of the one or more control line adapters are configured to fluidly couple a first passageway (326) in the outer annular body to a second passageway (324) in the inner annular body to provide a continuous control line path through the tubing hanger running tool as the tubing hanger running tool runs and sets the tubing hanger within the wellhead.
Abstract:
A load shoulder assembly is provided to land a component in a bore of a mineral extraction system. The load shoulder assembly includes a housing and a retractable shoulder assembly disposed in the housing. The retractable shoulder assembly is configured to selectively move a load shoulder surface between a retracted position and an extended position relative to the bore.
Abstract:
A system includes a seal assembly that includes an annular body, an interior sealing assembly coupled to an interior surface of the body, and an exterior sealing assembly coupled to an exterior surface of the body. The interior sealing assembly is actuated by a first piston and configured to form a seal between the body and a first fixed substantially tubular member disposed radially interior of the body. The exterior sealing assembly is actuated by a second piston, and configured to form a seal between the body and a second fixed substantially tubular member disposed about the seal assembly. The seal assembly is configured to be run through a blowout preventer (BOP) stack and installed between the first and second fixed substantially tubular members to seal a mineral extraction well.
Abstract:
An assembly for the control of the flow of a fluid stream is provided, the assembly comprising a fluid flow conduit having a longitudinal axis; an inlet in the conduit for the fluid stream being processed; an outlet in the conduit for the fluid stream being processed; a control fluid feed assembly having an inlet for a control fluid; wherein the conduit comprises a control portion having one or more apertures therein, the control portion being disposed between the inlet and the outlet of the conduit, the one or more apertures being in flow communication with the inlet for the control fluid in the flow control assembly and extending in a direction at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the fluid flow conduit; whereby in use the control fluid supplied to the inlet of the control fluid assembly is caused to flow into the conduit through the one or more apertures. A method for the control of the flow of a fluid stream comprises causing the fluid stream to flow through a flow control zone from an inlet to an outlet in a first direction; introducing a flow of a control fluid into the flow control zone through one or more apertures at a pressure above the pressure of the fluid stream, whereby the control fluid flows into the fluid control zone at an angle to the first direction to thereby cause a restriction to the flow of the fluid stream through the flow control zone in the first direction.
Abstract:
A bellows assembly is configured to mount between a movable valve structure and a stationary valve structure of a valve assembly. The bellows assembly comprises a bellows and a spacer. The bellows is configured to compress until a gap is closed relative to the spacer. The bellows assembly is configured to bear a load through the bellows before the gap is closed, and the bellows assembly is configured to bear the load through the bellows and the spacer after the gap is closed.
Abstract:
An orifice valve as disclosed herein produces a high pressure drop in a flowing fluid. A valve body includes a flow restrictor with multiple flow orifices or ports. The flow ports produce fluid jets. The flow ports may be angled relative to the axial centerline of the valve body.
Abstract:
A high-integrity pressure protection system Christmas tree is provided. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a Christmas tree (12), a choke (16) coupled to receive fluid from the Christmas tree, and a high-integrity pressure protection system (18). The high-integrity pressure protection system includes pressure sensors (36, 48, 54) downstream of the choke, valves (30, 32) upstream of the choke, and a logic solver (40, 50, 60) connected to control operation of the valves of the high-integrity pressure protection system that are upstream of the choke. Further, the valves of the high-integrity pressure protection system that are upstream of the choke include at least two valves of the Christmas tree. Additional systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed.
Abstract:
A choke valve (14) that includes a choke body (20), a choke trim (22) disposed in the choke body, where the choke trim is configured to adjust a cross-sectional area of a flow path in the choke body to adjust a fluid flow through the choke valve, a choke plug (30) of the choke trim disposed in the flow path of the fluid flow, a stem of the choke plug that includes a first material, and a tip portion of the choke plug coupled to the stem, where the tip portion includes a superhard material (a poly crystalline material).