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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2010
Applicants:
Marcus Oesterberg, Kingwood, TX (US);
Roger W. Fincher, Conroe, TX (US);
Inventors:
Marcus Oesterberg, Kingwood, TX (US);
Roger W. Fincher, Conroe, TX (US);
Assignee:
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 33/035 (2006.01); E21B 43/013 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A containment vessel is moved proximate to and preferably surrounding the wellhead, such that leaking oil enters an interior chamber of the vessel. A fluid pump of the containment system is actuated to flow leaking hydrocarbon fluid through a conduit toward a collection sump. A controller controls the speed or volume of a fluid pump to maintain suction force within the interior chamber, or the pressure at wellhead annulus site (PWAS) at a set point that is based on seabed pressure.