Abstract: A spool adapter includes an annular spool adapter body, a pressure port disposed on an exterior surface of the adapter body, a piston ring disposed within the spool adapter body, adjacent the pressure port, and a retainer ring disposed within the spool adapter body, axially opposite the pressure port from the piston ring. Pressure applied via the pressure port causes the piston ring and the retainer ring to separate from one another.

Abstract: A shoulder includes a shoulder body having a plurality of J-slots disposed circumferentially about the shoulder body at a first axial end of the shoulder body, a retainer ring disposed about the shoulder body having an exterior threaded surface and an annular lip, a load ring having a threaded interior surface configured to interface with the threaded exterior surface of the retainer ring and a tapered bottom surface, and a lock ring having a tapered bottom surface configured to interface with the tapered bottom surface of the load ring such that when the load ring moves axially toward the lock ring, the lock ring radially expands and when the load ring moves axially away from the lock ring, the lock ring radially contracts.

Abstract: A control line assembly for coupling with a tubing or casing hanger of a wellhead assembly includes a support ring configured to couple with the tubing or casing hanger, and a tubular member configured to extend through a first bore disposed in the support ring, wherein a first end of the tubular member is configured to be stabbed into a passage disposed in a wellhead component of the wellhead assembly, and a second end of the tubular member is configured to be stabbed into a first receptacle disposed in the tubing or casing hanger, wherein, when the control line assembly is coupled with the tubing or casing hanger and the wellhead component is landed over the tubing or casing hanger, a passage disposed in the tubular member is configured to provide communication between the passage of the wellhead component and the first receptacle of the tubing or casing hanger.

Abstract: A system in some embodiments includes sealing system including an energizing member that simultaneously seats a plurality of sealing elements about a plurality of control lines, respectively. Further embodiments provide a method including disposing a plurality of sealing elements about a plurality of control lines, respectively, and fastening an energizing member to simultaneously seat each of the sealing elements.

Abstract: An isolation flange assembly including a body including a receptacle disposed therein, and a first seal assembly disposed in the receptacle of the body, wherein the first seal assembly is configured to sealingly engage an inner surface of the receptacle of the body and an outer surface of a tubular member extending into the receptacle of the body, wherein the first seal assembly includes an annular radially outer seal, and an annular radially inner seal in engagement with the outer seal.

Abstract: A system includes a hanger running tool and a pressure port. The hanger running tool includes an upper body, a lower body disposed about the upper body, a first lock ring disposed between the upper body and the lower body, the first lock ring comprising a tapered top surface, a first push ring disposed between the upper body and the lower body, the first push ring comprising a tapered bottom surface that interfaces with the tapered top surface of the first lock ring, an upper piston disposed about the upper body, and a lower piston disposed about the first lock ring, the first push ring, and the lower body, extending axially downward. The pressure port is in fluid communication with a volume between the upper piston and the lower piston.

Abstract: A wellhead is provided. In one embodiment, the wellhead includes a plug for sealing a side passage of the wellhead. The plug may include an outer member, an inner member extending through the outer member and coupled to the outer member with at least one degree of freedom of movement relative to the outer member, and a moveable seal disposed around the outer member. In some embodiments, the moveable seal is configured to seal against the side passage in response to being moved on the outer member by the inner member.

Abstract: A load shoulder assembly is provided to land a component in a bore of a mineral extraction system. The load shoulder assembly includes a housing and a retractable shoulder assembly disposed in the housing. The retractable shoulder assembly is configured to selectively move a load shoulder surface between a retracted position and an extended position relative to the bore.

Abstract: A connector assembly configured to join a first tubular member to a second tubular member of a mineral extraction system includes a first annular body, a second annular body, and at least one fastener extending through the first annular body and threadably coupled to the second annular body. A sealed space is defined between the at least one fastener and the first annular body. The connector assembly also includes a lock ring configured to contact the first annular body and the second annular body. A fluid pressure within the sealed space is configured to drive the first annular body and the second annular body toward one another, thereby driving the lock ring radially inwardly to engage the second tubular member.

Abstract: A system includes a hanger running tool, which has a tool body, a first piston configured to move a first lock member between first locked and unlocked positions between the tool body and a hanger, and a second piston configured to move a second lock member between second locked and unlocked positions between the hanger and a tubing.

Abstract: A system including a connector system configured to couple a first tubular to a second tubular comprising a sleeve configured to couple to the first tubular, wherein an inner diameter of the sleeve comprises a coupling feature, a lock ring configured to couple to an exterior surface of the second tubular and radially engage with the coupling feature of the sleeve, a piston ring configured to energize the lock ring into engagement with the sleeve, a first pressure ring configured to couple to the second tubular, wherein the first pressure ring is axially beneath the piston ring, and a second pressure ring disposed about the piston ring and configured to couple to the second tubular.

Abstract: A system includes a hanger running tool that has a tool body configured to couple to a hanger via a first set of threads, a first sleeve coupled to configured to couple to the tool body via a second set of threads, where the first set of threads and the second set of threads are oriented in opposite directions, such that the first sleeve rotates in a first circumferential direction when the tool body rotates in a second circumferential direction, opposite the first circumferential direction, and a second sleeve coupled to the first sleeve, wherein the second sleeve is configured to engage a push ring of the hanger to drive a lock ring of the hanger into a recess of a casing spool.

Abstract: A system includes a hanger running tool that has a tool body, a first sleeve coupled to an external surface of the tool body, a second sleeve coupled to the first sleeve, where the second sleeve is configured to engage a push ring of a hanger to drive a lock ring of the hanger into a recess of a casing spool, and a pin disposed in the tool body and the first sleeve, where the pin is configured to enable rotation of the tool body independent of the first sleeve in a first circumferential direction, and where the pin is configured to block rotation of the tool body independent of the first sleeve in a second circumferential direction, opposite the first circumferential direction.

Abstract: A slip lock connector system with a slip lock connector that couples a first annular body to a second annular body. The slip lock connector includes a first tapered surface and a second tapered surface. The first tapered surface and the second tapered surface slide over each other to drive the first and second tapered surfaces in radially opposite directions. The movement of the first and second tapered surfaces in radially opposite directions couples the slip lock connector to the second annular body.

Abstract: A system including a connector system configured to couple a first tubular to a second tubular, including a sleeve configured to couple to an exterior surface of the first tubular, wherein the sleeve comprises a coupling feature, a lock ring configured to couple to the exterior surface of the second tubular and radially engage the coupling feature on the sleeve, and a support ring configured to energize the lock ring into engagement with the sleeve.

Abstract: A fluid-driven adapter for a mineral extraction system is provided. The adapter includes a sleeve (e.g., annular piston) that engages a mandrel disposed in a wellhead component and moves in an axial direction in response to fluid pressure. The adapter moves the mandrel between a first position and a second position to open or close passages in the wellhead component. The adapter includes a lock ring that moves in response to fluid pressure and that locks the adapter to a wellhead assembly to prevent axial movement of the adapter. Methods of operation are also provided.

Abstract: A system including a backpressure valve (BPV) system configured to mount in a hydrocarbon extraction system, wherein the BPV system includes a body comprising a vent port and a test passage, and a plunger configured to form a seal with the body around the vent port wherein the BPV system is configured to test the seal by pumping a fluid into the body through the test passage.

Abstract: A system includes a back pressure valve configured to mount in a mineral extraction system. The back pressure valve comprises a cylindrical body comprising a venting port coaxial with a longitudinal axis of the cylindrical body and a plunger disposed in the venting port, wherein the plunger comprises a stem that extends from the venting port into an adjacent cavity of the cylindrical body. A method of operating a valve, includes biasing a plunger to an open position, biasing a valve locking mechanism to a locked position in relation to a bore of a mineral extraction system, and biasing a plunger to a closed position.

Abstract: A system includes a wear bushing retrieval tool. The wear bushing retrieval tool includes a main body, a plurality of apertures extending from an inner diameter of the annular main body to an outer diameter of the annular main body, a plurality of fasteners, wherein each of the plurality of fasteners is disposed within a respective one of the plurality of apertures, and a plurality of pins extending from the outer diameter of the annular main body, wherein the annular main body is configured to be disposed about a tubular string being run into a wellhead, and wherein the plurality of pins is configured to engage with a wear bushing disposed within the wellhead.

Abstract: A system including a hanger lock system, including a positive lock system, including a load ring configured to engage a first tubular, and a lock ring configured to energize the load ring, a tool including a first piston configured to couple to a second tubular, a second piston configured to couple to the lock ring to energize the load ring.