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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2005
Applicants:
David Webster, Monmouth, GB;
Phillip Tarr, Bristol, GB;
Inventors:
David Webster, Monmouth, GB;
Phillip Tarr, Bristol, GB;
Assignee:
Vetco Gray Controls Limited, Nailsea, Bristol, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 33/076 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A running tool for deployment from a base such as a vessel for installing a component at an underwater facility such as a hydrocarbon extraction well includes a carriage which is lowered from the base. The carriage releasably retains the component. A compensator is located between the carriage and the base for compensating for relative motion between the underwater facility and the base.