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Device to relieve sucker rod torque below ground level in a petroleum well

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5464146
An apparatus is described for use in a sucker rod string having a polished rod for relieving torque below the polished rod and inside of a well while the sucker rod string is moving up and down inside of the well, comprising: a body, the body that is suitably fastened to the lower end of the polished rod; at least one set of rollers that are suitably mounted within the body by axles, the rollers with a diameter greater than the width of the body; a lower swivel, and a guide. The guide is a tube that is square in section and is set vertically within the well.
Assignee:
NOV; NOV-88-001132; EDB-88-071635
Patent Number(s):
US 4714110
OSTI ID:
5464146
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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