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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2001
David C. Baskett, Houston, TX (US);
Bhailal Parmar, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Kvaerner Oilfield Products, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A tubing hanger to facilitate production tubing annulus access including a tubing hanger body having a central bore, a shuttle valve slidably mounted to the tubing hanger body, and at least one annulus access bore through the tubing hanger permitting fluid communication between the central bore and an annulus defined between a production tubing string and a wellbore or casing via the tubing hanger body and the shuttle valve. The shuttle valve may be slidingly movable between an open and a closed position. The tubing hanger may further include a groove enclosed by a filler, the groove providing communication between a plurality of small annulus access bores and a large annulus access bore.