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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 03, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael Graham Morgan, Fife, GB;
Assignee:
FMC Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
166 861 ; 166 884 ; 166 7514 ;
Abstract
A tubing hanger is provided with a production bore and an annulus bore spaced radially outwardly of the production bore. The annulus bore is closed by a valve member in the form of an annular disc that is rotatable by a piston provided in the tubing hanger to move between a position in which the aperture in the valve member is aligned with the annulus bore and a position in which spaced parallel upper and lower surfaces of the valve member close the annulus bore.