Breech block hanger support well completion method

Patent · Tue Sep 10 04:00:00 EDT 1985

OSTI ID:5920558

Baugh, B F; Fowler, J H; Henderson, Jr, H O

Method for completing an underwater well includes locating drilling apparatus at the well site, and installing conductor casing in the floor of the body of water with a wellhead, blowout preventer stack, and riser attached thereto at a point near the floor, with the riser extending upwardly to the drilling means. A drill string and standard 17 1/2 inch drill bit is then run through the wellhead and conductor casing, and a hole is drilled for suspending 16 inch casing within the wellhead and conductor casing. A hanger-support member having a casing string attached thereto is lowered into the well until it lands in the wellhead, and it is then rotated less than 360/sup 0/ to connect it within the wellhead. The hanger-support member is then latched within the wellhead. A hole is then drilled for suspending another casing within the wellhead, and a casing hanger with casing string is run through the riser and into the wellhead, and the casing hanger is landed on the hanger-support member.

• Assignee: Smith International, Inc.
• Patent Number(s): US 4540053
• OSTI ID: 5920558
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
020300* -- Petroleum-- Drilling & Production
03 NATURAL GAS
030300 -- Natural Gas-- Drilling
Production
& Processing
BLOWOUT PREVENTERS
DRILL PIPES
DRILLING EQUIPMENT
DRILLS
EQUIPMENT
FABRICATION
FASTENING
INSTALLATION
JOINING
MARINE RISERS
MECHANICAL STRUCTURES
NATURAL GAS WELLS
OFFSHORE PLATFORMS
OIL WELLS
PIPES
SUPPORTS
WELL CASINGS
WELL COMPLETION
WELLHEADS
WELLS