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Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016

Filed:

Nov. 20, 2013
Applicant:

GE Oil & Gas Pressure Control Lp, Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Sheila Adkinson, Houston, TX (US);

Saurabh Kajaria, Houston, TX (US);

Khang Nguyen, Houston, TX (US);

Knox Wright, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 33/03 (2006.01); E21B 33/04 (2006.01); E21B 33/068 (2006.01); E21B 43/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 33/03 (2013.01); E21B 33/04 (2013.01); E21B 33/068 (2013.01); E21B 43/26 (2013.01);
Abstract

A wellhead assembly includes a casing head, tubing head, and a production tree mounted on the tubing head. An isolation sleeve is set in a main bore of the wellhead assembly that extends across an interface between the casing and tubing heads so that a portion resides in each. The isolation sleeve is configured so that a fracturing string, and its associated hanger, can be retrieved through the isolation sleeve; which significantly reduces the time and steps required to conduct a fracturing operation in a well. Moreover, the present isolation sleeve can be used without changes to existing casing or tubing heads.


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