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US 7,063,160 B2Granted
Non-orienting tubing hanger system with a flow cage
AssigneeVetco Gray Inc.
InventorsStephen Paul Fenton, Robert N. Rogers, Jon E. Hed
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Abstract
In a subsea wellhead assembly, a tubing hanger in communication with the subsea well has a hanger port extending through its side. A diverter surrounds the tubing hanger and diverts well fluid transmitted from the hanger port around a portion of the tubing hanger. The diverter transmits the well fluid to the inner surface of a wellhead member. A production port extending through a side of the wellhead member transmits the well fluid from the tubing hanger and diverter to an exterior of the wellhead member.
Claims19
A subsea wellhead assembly, comprising:
- a tubular wellhead member;
- a production port extending through a side of the wellhead member for transmitting production fluid from the subsea well;
- a tubing hanger, having a string of tubing extending to a production depth within the subsea well, that lands in a bore of the wellhead member and has an inner bore in fluid communication with the string of tubing;
- at least one hanger port extending through a side of the tubing hanger for transmitting the production fluid from the bore of the tubing hanger to the production port;
- a diverter positioned adjacent the tubing hanger for diverting the flow of production fluid from the hanger port around a portion of the tubing hanger to the production port, the diverter having a tubular cross-section and surrounding a portion of the outer surface of the tubing hanger;
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- a diverter port that is located at a substantially opposite circumferential position from the hanger port.
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A subsea wellhead assembly, comprising:
- a tubular wellhead member;
- a production port extending through a side of the wellhead member for transmitting production fluid from the subsea well;
- a tubing hanger, having a string of tubing extending to a production depth within the subsea well, that lands in a bore of the wellhead member and has an inner bore in fluid communication with the string of tubing;
- at least one hanger port extending through a side of the tubing hanger for transmitting production fluid from the bore of the tubing hanger to the production port;
- a diverter positioned adjacent the hanger port for diverting the flow of production fluid from the hanger port;
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- at least one diverter port spaced circumferentially from the hanger port for transmitting the production fluid from the hanger port to an outer surface of the diverter, the diverter port being spaced radially outward from the hanger port and radially inward from the production port wherein flow of production fluid is diverted circumferentially around at least a portion of the tubing hanger to the at least one diverter port.
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A tubing hanger and production tubing assembly for a subsea well, comprising:
- a tubing hanger member adapted to land in a bore of a wellhead housing of a subsea well;
- a string of production tubing that hangs from the tubing hanger so that an interior of the tubing hanger is in fluid communication with a bore of the tubing hanger, the string of production tubing being adapted to extend to a production depth within the subsea well when the tubing hanger lands in the wellhead housing;
- at least one hanger port extending through a side of the tubing hanger member for transmitting production fluid from the bore of the tubing hanger member to an outer surface of the tubing hanger member;
- a diverter cage positioned around the tubing hanger at the hanger port, the diverter cage having an inner diameter greater than an outer diameter of the tubing hanger at the hanger port, defining an annular chamber, causing well fluid to flow into the annular chamber;
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- at least one diverter port spaced circumferentially from the hanger port for transmitting the production fluid from the annular chamber to an outer surface of the diverter wherein flow of production fluid flows through the annular chamber around at least a portion of the tubing hanger to the at least one diverter port.
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A method for conveying production fluid from a subsea well, comprising:
- landing a tubing hanger member, with a string of tubing extending therefrom, within a bore of a wellhead member of a subsea wellhead, and providing the tubing hanger member with a hanger port extending through its side and with a diverter located adjacent the port and surrounding a portion of the outer surface of the tubing hanger member, the diverter having a diverter port spaced circumferentially from the hanger port;
- transmitting a production fluid from the subsea well from the bore of the tubing hanger member through the hanger port to the outer surface of the tubing hanger member;
- with the diverter, diverting the production fluid around the portion of the outer surface of the tubing hanger member;
- and then
- transmitting the production fluid through the diverter port to the interior surface of the welihead member for conveyance from the wellhead member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.