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Richard Meronek

Douglas Caraway

Thiago Bigarella

Laura Small

A subsea well equipment landing body () includes an indicator assembly to indicate landing of the landing body or to indicate locking of the landing body. The indicator assembly has a stem bore (), a sliding stem () within the stem bore that has a stem head () protruding beyond an external face of the landing body. A stem channel () in the sliding stem extends between the stem head and a stem channel mouth (), and is in fluid communication with the outside of the landing body. A hydraulic channel () in the landing body is in fluid communication with the stem bore. The stem channel mouth is positionable in a communicating position, in which there is fluid communication between the hydraulic channel and the stem channel, and a non-communicating position, without fluid communication between the hydraulic channel and the stem channel.

Subsea well equipment landing indicator and locking indicator

A subsea well equipment landing body () comprising an indicator assembly to indicate landing of the landing body or to indicate locking of the landing body. The indicator assembly has a stem bore (), a sliding stem () within the stem bore that has a stem head () protruding beyond an external face of the landing body. A stem channel () in the sliding stem extends between the stem head and a stem channel mouth (), and is in fluid communication with the outside of the landing body. A hydraulic channel () in the landing body is in fluid communication with the stem bore. The stem channel mouth is positionable in a communicating position, in which there is fluid communication between the hydraulic channel and the stem channel, and a non-communicating position, without fluid communication between the hydraulic channel and the stem channel.

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Richard Meronek