Vetco Gray Inc.

Abb Vetco Gray Incorporated

Iain MacPherson Oswald

Stanley Hosie

Calum J Dinnes

Trevor W Park

In this invention, a wear bushing has a lower tubular portion and an upper tubular portion. The lower portion has fingers on its upper end. The upper portion has a conical lower end that slides within the inner sides of the fingers. For running-in, the upper portion engages and mechanically locks with the lower portion with the fingers in an undeflected position. The lower portion will land on a stop in the bore. The upper portion continues downward, deflecting the fingers outward into a recess in the bore thereby preventing the upward movement of the wear bushing.

Wear bushing lockdown and method of inserting

A casing tensioning system applies tension to a string of casing between a subsea wellhead and a surface wellhead. The tensioning system has an outer hanger with a load ring and a ratchet ring that engage a mandrel. The mandrel is connected into the string of casing. The outer hanger has a disengaged position and an engaged position. When running, the outer hanger lands on a load shoulder in the surface wellhead while the casing hanger is in the disengaged position. The operator subsequently lowers the casing and latches the casing to the subsea wellhead. The operator then removes the casing running tool. The operator sets an annulus seal using a seal running tool. The annulus seal actuates a release member to cause the ratchet ring to move to the collapsed engaged position. After the seal is set the operator pulls tension on the casing.

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Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Iain MacPherson Oswald