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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2018
Hydril Company, Houston, TX (US);
David Mutis Rueda, Houston, TX (US);
Jonathan Breen, Houston, TX (US);
Andrew Tate, Houston, TX (US);
Hydril Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A threaded tubular connection for drilling or operating hydrocarbon wells comprising a longitudinal axis, a metal pin member having a tapered two-step wedge pin thread with dovetail wedge threads and a pin sealing surface located between the small and large diameter pin thread steps, and a metal box member having a tapered two-step wedge box thread with dovetail wedge threads and a box sealing surface located between the small and large diameter box thread steps, wherein the tubular connection is free from any final make-up stop shoulder defining a final make-up position for the pin member relative to the box member, the small diameter wedge thread set and the large diameter wedge thread set are dimensioned to have a first axial clearance and a second axial clearance.