Wells – Above ground apparatus – With means facilitating connecting or disconnecting...
Patent
1997-04-21
1999-07-27
Schoeppel, Roger
Wells
Above ground apparatus
With means facilitating connecting or disconnecting...
166 845, 166 853, 166 901, E21B 33068
Patent
active
059274034
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for increasing the transfer rate of production stimulation fluids through a wellhead of a hydrocarbon well is disclosed. The apparatus includes a mandrel for a wellhead isolation tool and a tubing hanger for use in conjunction with the mandrel. The mandrel includes a bottom end to which an annular seal is bonded. The annular seal cooperates with a sealing surface in a top end of the tubing hanger to isolate the wellhead equipment from the high pressures and corrosive and/or abrasive materials pumped into the well during a production stimulation treatment. The novel construction for the mandrel and the tubing hanger eliminates the requirement for a packoff assembly attached to a bottom of the mandrel and thereby permits the mandrel to have a larger internal diameter for increasing the transfer rate of production stimulation fluids through the wellhead. The advantages include a mandrel which accommodates faster transfer rates, is less prone to catch on constrictions as the mandrel is stroked through the wellhead and requires no packoff assembly for sealing within the production tubing. A further advantage is the provision of a mandrel for a wellhead isolation tool that eliminates all joints between the high pressure tubing connector and the production tubing to minimize washout during production stimulation using abrasive proppants.
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