Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Casing hanger shoulder ring for lock ring support
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Application No.: US14551263Application Date: 2014-11-24
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Publication No.: US09797214B2Publication Date: 2017-10-24
- Inventor: Aniruddha D. Gadre , Mayur Mansukh , David Lawrence Ford
- 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: E21B33/03
- IPC: E21B33/03 ; E21B33/04 ; E21B33/035 ; E21B33/043

Abstract:
A wellhead assembly has a casing hanger for supporting a string of casing, the casing hanger having an external upward-facing shoulder. A shoulder ring is mounted on the shoulder. A radially movable annular lockdown member is carried on the shoulder ring for movement between a refracted position while the casing hanger is being run and an expanded position for engaging an interior surface of a wellhead housing. A casing hanger seal is carried by the casing hanger above the lockdown member. The casing hanger seal has a nose on a lower end that engages and moves the lockdown member to the expanded position while the casing hanger seal is being lowered into a set position. The shoulder ring is formed of a material of greater yield strength than the shoulder. Flow channels between the shoulder and the shoulder ring assist in flowing debris from above the shoulder to below.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160145960A1 Casing Hanger Shoulder Ring for Lock Ring Support Public/Granted day:2016-05-26
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