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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2024
Eog Resources, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
George Wyatt Tubb, Bulverde, TX (US);
Christopher Hayden Palmer, San Antonio, TX (US);
Davis Lunsford, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Tyler Newman Denham, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Jeremy Thomas, Weatherford, TX (US);
Robert Lou Brown, IV, Cibolo, TX (US);
Derek Spencer Duckworth, San Antonio, TX (US);
EOG Resources, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A thief hatch for a pressure vessel system including an annular seal flange attachable to an opening of a pressure vessel of the pressure vessel system, a piston coupled to the seal flange, an annular seal assembly located between an outer surface of the piston and an inner surface of the seal flange, and a biasing element coupled to the piston and configured to apply a biasing force against the piston to bias the piston towards a first position corresponding to a closed configuration of the thief hatch.