Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wellbore sealing with hybrid wicker system
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Application No.: US14498085Application Date: 2014-09-26
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Publication No.: US09732582B2Publication Date: 2017-08-15
- Inventor: Mayur Mansukh , Aniruddha D. Gadre , David Lawrence Ford , Baozhi Zhu , Robert Du
- 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 ; E21B33/128 ; E21B33/03

Abstract:
A wellbore system includes a sealing assembly for creating an annular seal between wellbore members. The sealing assembly includes a wicker profile defined a first sealing surface for engaging and embedding into a radially adjacent, second sealing surface. The wicker profile includes a first section having a first hardness and a second section adjacent to the first section and having a second hardness greater than the first hardness. Both the first and second sections of wickers are embedded into the second sealing surface, and can thus provide a high degree of both sealing and lockdown performance.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160090811A1 Wellbore Sealing With Hybrid Wicker System Public/Granted day:2016-03-31
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