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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2017
Applicant:
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Inventors:
Monty B. Gilleland, Dhahran, SA;
Michael Affleck, Aberdeen, GB;
Assignee:
SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran, SA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 33/04 (2006.01); E21B 47/09 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/0905 (2013.01); E21B 33/04 (2013.01); E21B 47/091 (2013.01);
Abstract
An example system includes: a wellhead having a wellhead load shoulder to support, within a wellbore, a tubular hanger connected to a tubular string, where the tubular hanger has a tubular hanger contact shoulder; and one or more sensors to generate one or more signals that are based on at least one of a proximity of the tubular hanger contact shoulder to the wellhead load shoulder or a contact between the tubular hanger contact shoulder and the wellhead load shoulder.