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Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012

Filed:

Dec. 21, 2009
Applicants:

Thomas F. Bailey, Houston, TX (US);

Danny W. Wagoner, Cypress, TX (US);

Waybourn J. Anderson, Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Thomas F. Bailey, Houston, TX (US);

Danny W. Wagoner, Cypress, TX (US);

Waybourn J. Anderson, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:

Weatherford/Lamb, Inc., Houston, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 23/00 (2006.01); E21B 33/035 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An RCD is used to provide a system and method for sealing a marine riser having a rotatable tubular. A bypass internal channel or external line may be used to allow fluid to bypass the RCD seal. An RCD seal assembly seal could be a mechanically extrudable seal or a hydraulically expanded seal to seal the RCD with the riser.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Bailey, Thomas. (2012). Subsea internal riser rotating control device system and method (U.S. Patent No. 8322432). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8322432

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