Remote operation of a rotating control device bearing clamp

US8739863B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Leonard C. Linde · Casper, US
• Fredrick D. Curtis · Houston, US
• Derrick W. Lewis · Conroe, US
• Joseph Michael Karigan · Carrollton, US
• Mike Harvey · Granite Shoals, US
• Neal G. Skinner · Lewisville, US
• Matthew Wiggins · Mayfield Heights, US
• Patrick Looper · Odessa, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 18, 2011
• Grant date: Jun 3, 2014
• Expiry date: Jan 1, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16B2200/509
• WIPO field: Civil engineering
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

An RCD can include a housing assembly containing a bearing assembly and a rotating seal which seals an annulus between a tubular string and a body of the RCD, and a remotely operable clamp device which selectively permits and prevents displacement of the housing assembly relative to the body. A method of remotely operating a clamp device can include rotating a threaded member which is secured relative to an RCD body, and displacing a clamp section in response to the threaded member rotation, thereby selectively securing and releasing a bearing assembly and an annular seal relative to the body. Another RCD can include a rotating seal which seals an annulus between a tubular string and a body of the RCD, and a remotely operable clamp device which selectively permits and prevents access to an interior of the body, the clamp device including a motor which rotates a threaded member.