Dril-quip, Inc.

Innovex International, Inc.

Todd L Scaggs

Morris B Wade

Blake T DeBerry

Gregory K Norwood

Justin Rye

Flavio Santos

Robert Buxton

Andrew B Mitchell

Matthew Crotwell

David A Scantlebury

John Stepchinsky

Gregory Dale Williams

Daniel J McLaughlin

David Scantlebury

John Trahan

Eleazar Herrera

Armando Medina, Jr

A system includes a seal assembly configured to retain a casing hanger within a wellhead. The seal assembly includes a main body; a lock ring coupled to the main body and configured to expand radially outward into a profile on an inner diameter of the wellhead; and an actuator, wherein the actuator is capable of transferring an axial force from the actuator into outward radial expansion of the lock ring until a tapered portion of the lock ring directly contacts a corresponding tapered portion of the profile, regardless of an initial distance from the lock ring to the profile prior to actuation of the lock ring.

Seal assembly with self-adjusting actuator

Systems and methods for coupling subsea tubular members together are provided. An apparatus may be used to properly orient and/or provide communication between a first subsea tubular member that is being landed on a second subsea tubular member. An apparatus for coupling subsea tubular members may include an alignment sub and a corresponding alignment member. The alignment sub includes: a generally cylindrical body having one or more fluid, electric, or fiber optic lines extending therethrough, one or more couplings coupled to at least one end of the alignment sub, and an orientation profile disposed on a surface of the alignment sub. The alignment member has a profile designed to interface with the orientation profile of the alignment sub. One of the alignment sub and the alignment member remains stationary while the other rotates relative to the stationary structure.

Subsea equipment alignment device

Systems and methods for landing a tubing hanger in a wellhead and then orienting a tree (or spool, or flowline connection body) relative to the tubing hanger while landing the tree on the wellhead are provided. This alignment is accomplished without the use of either a tubing spool or a BOP stack with an orientation pin. The tubing hanger alignment devices may be used to orientate the tree as the tree is landed so that the couplings and stabs between the tree and the tubing hanger line up with each other just at the moment of landing.

Tubing hanger alignment device

A wear bushing includes: a wear bushing body having one or more cavities formed therein; and one or more lug cartridges each disposed within a corresponding one of the cavities in the wear bushing body. Each lug cartridge includes: a biased lug configured to be transitioned between a first position in which the lug protrudes in a radially inward direction from an inner diameter of the wear bushing body and a second position in which the lug is retracted into the corresponding cavity of the wear bushing body; and a retainer configured to retain the biased lug in the second position.

Biased lug cartridge, wear bushing with biased lug cartridge, and system and method using the same

Tubing hanger alignment device with plug-based alignment mechanism

Systems and methods for proper orientation of the connections of a tubing hanger and a subsea assembly in a wellhead or tree are provided. The alignment is accomplished with the use of an orientation spool adaptor equipped with positional sensors and an orientation helix. Calibration of the positional sensors at the surface allows for orientation with simple vertical deployment. Positional sensors may provide real time data such as location, speed of installation and orientation back to the surface.

Tubing hanger orientation spool adaptor

Tubing hanger alignment device with helical slot alignment mechanism

Tubing hanger alignment device with torsional spring alignment mechanism

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Houston, TX, United States of America

Todd L Scaggs