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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2000
Filed:
May. 12, 1998
Egill Abrahamsen, Katy, TX (US);
Stephen L Albright, Houston, TX (US);
Jimmy L Hollingsworth, Jr, Langenhagen, DE;
Jean D Bearb, McAllen, TX (US);
Frederick M Leicht, Cypress, TX (US);
Michael Hayes, Lafayette, LA (US);
John Birdwell, Liberty, TX (US);
Leendert Spreij, Etten-Leur, NL;
Weatherford/Lamb, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A new joint compensator and systems with it and methods of their use have been invented which, in one aspect, includes a compensator system for compensating for the weight of at least one joint, which is a wellbore tubular member, the compensating system for use below a wellbore apparatus, the wellbore apparatus for supporting the at least one joint, the compensation system having a joint compensator suspended below the wellbore apparatus and connected thereto for selectively compensating for the weight of the at least one joint, a lower elevator suspended below and interconnected with the joint compensator for releasably holding the at least one joint, and a wellbore elevator connected to the wellbore apparatus for selectively supporting the joint compensator and the at least one joint.
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