Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC

Kevin E O'Dell

Joseph W Pallini

Keith McKinley Adams

Samuel H Cheng

Baozhi Zhu

Gregory M Dunn

Wei He

Eugene Borak

Luke McElmurry

A wedge to be used with a lockdown ring is disclosed. The lockdown ring is to be used with a wellhead. The wedge is enabled to engage a separation in the lockdown ring. The wedge includes a stopping feature to enable the wedge to be in one of a plurality of positions within the separation in the lockdown ring.

Lockdown ring using a self-locking wedge

A system for forming a seal between wellbore components includes an annular seal arranged between a first wellbore component and a second wellbore component, the seal comprising a first leg and a second leg, wherein upon activation of the seal, the first leg engages the first wellbore component and the second leg engages the second wellbore component. The system also includes an energizing ring adapted to activate the seal. The first wellbore component includes a groove profile, the groove profile having a plurality of grooves including respective first surfaces and second surfaces, the respective first surfaces arranged at respective first angles and the respective second surfaces arranged at respective second angles, the respective first and second angles being different to form respective asymmetrical grooves.

Pressure energized seal with groove profile

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Kevin E O'Dell