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Launching objects into a wellbore

US11242724B2 · kind B2 · utility

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32Claims

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Assignee

Downing Wellhead Equipment, LLC · US

Inventors

Joel H. Young · Norman, US
Ronnie B. Beason · Lexington, US
Nicholas J. Cannon · Bartlesville, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 27, 2020
Grant date	Feb 8, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 27, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
CPC primaryE21B33/068
WIPO fieldCivil engineering
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Apparatus, systems, and methods according to which a launcher defines a central passageway and is adapted to launch an object into the central passageway so that the object enters an oil and gas wellbore. The launcher includes a cylinder rotatable about an axis between first and second angular positions, the cylinder defining a chamber into which the object is loadable when the cylinder is in the first angular position, and from which the loaded object is launchable when the cylinder is in the second angular position. A lubricator is extendable through, and retractable from, the central passageway of the launcher.

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