Halliburton Company

Bruce J Frazier

William Donald Kendrick

A swivel joint and connection for abutting high pressure hydraulic manifolding, the joint comprising two flanged non-rotating swivel bodies with one of the non-rotating swivel bodies having a rotating swivel body journaled therein. A flanged tubular sleeve is secured between the adjacent end faces of the two non-rotating swivel bodies with the opposite ends of the tubular sleeve received respectively in counterbores formed in one non-rotating swivel body and in the rotating swivel body, respectively. A static annular seal is disposed between the first end of the tubular sleeve and the counterbore in the non-rotating swivel body and a dynamic annular seal is disposed between the end face of the opposite end of the tubular sleeve and the counterbore in the rotating swivel body. Improved composite elastomeric and metallic annular dynamic seals are also disclosed.

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Coffeyville, KS, United States of America

Bruce J Frazier