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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:
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.