Apparatus for placing and removing well flow control devices

Patent · Tue Aug 23 04:00:00 EDT 1988

OSTI ID:6804501

Crawford, D W; Crawford, W B; Dinning, R W

This patent describes a side pocket mandrel adapted to be connected in a tubing string, comprising: a body having an open bore aligned with the bore of the tubing and a side pocket laterally offset from the open bore; a cylindrical opening through a wall of the body at the upper end of the pocket, the opening having an axis that is inclined with respect to the longitudinal axis of the open bore; and surface means on the body for orienting a kickover tool in a manner such that a flow control device attached thereto can be positioned for entry into the side pocket and eventual insertion into the opening. A kickover tool apparatus for use in placing and removing flow control devices in and from a side pocket mandrel, comprising: orienting means having upper and lower outwardly projecting dog means that initially have a predetermined angular relationship to one another and means allowing a change in the angular relationship.

• Assignee: NOV; EDB-89-024571; NOV-89-034341
• Patent Number(s): US 4765403
• OSTI ID: 6804501
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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INSTALLATION
MATERIALS HANDLING
MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT
NATURAL GAS WELLS
OIL WELLS
RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS
TOOLS
WELLS