Side pocket mandrel

Patent · Tue Jun 16 04:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:6183638

Merritt, D T

A side pocket mandrel is described, comprising: (a) an elongate body connectable in a string of well tubing and having a main bore therethrough and an offset belly portion intermediate its ends; (b) receptacle means providing a receptacle bore in the elongate body opening upwardly into the belly portion, the receptacle being adapted to receive a flow control device therein in locking and sealing engagement therewith; and (c) the body being formed with a pair of indentations in the external surface of belly portion of the body providing a corresponding pair of internal deflectors extending upwardly from a point near the upper end of the receptacle bore, spaced apart to form a keyway-like channel in alignment with the receptacle bore. It is at least as wide as the receptacle bore but narrower than the main bore.

• Assignee: Otis Engineering Corp., Dallas, TX
• Patent Number(s): US 4673036
• OSTI ID: 6183638
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
020300* -- Petroleum-- Drilling & Production
03 NATURAL GAS
030300 -- Natural Gas-- Drilling
Production
& Processing
ALIGNMENT
CONDUCTOR DEVICES
CONNECTORS
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
DRILL BITS
DRILL PIPES
DRILLING EQUIPMENT
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
FASTENERS
FLOW REGULATORS
NATURAL GAS WELLS
OIL WELLS
PIPES
SEALS
TUBES
WELLS