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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
May. 12, 2015
Weatherford Technology Holdings, Llc, Houston, TX (US);
Ivan Andre Barannikow, Houma, LA (US);
Douglas Brian Farley, Missouri City, TX (US);
Egor Dudochkin, Conroe, TX (US);
Steven Michael Rosenberg, Cypress, TX (US);
Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A swivel configured to rotationally decouple an upper section of a work string from a lower section of the work string. The swivel includes an upper body coupled to a lower body by a ring member and a plurality of shearable members. The lower body has a plurality of teeth members that engage a plurality of teeth members of the ring member. Rotation of the upper body is transmitted to the lower body by the ring member. The upper body is rotatable relative to the lower body when the shearable members are sheared.