Abstract: A protective device for a male end of a component of a threaded tubular connection for drilling and working hydrocarbon wells is externally provided with at least one threading and includes a free terminal portion. The device includes i) a protector body produced in the form of a first sleeve and arranged to protect at least a portion of the external threading and the free terminal portion, ii) a sealing element for positioning in contact firstly with the component, at least at a portion located downstream of the external threading of the male end, and secondly with the protector body to provide a first seal downstream of the external threading, and iii) a fixing mechanism displacing the sealing element and/or protector body radially towards the component, defining open and closed positions of the device in which the sealing element and/or the protector body are respectively not in contact and in tight contact with the component. Further, the first seal is obtained in the closed position of the device.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 14, 2007
Date of Patent:
February 19, 2013
Assignees:
Vallourec & Mannesmann Oil & Gas France, Vam Mexico SA de CV
Abstract: A device configured to protect a female end of a component of a threaded tubular connection for drilling and working a hydrocarbon well, including an internal threading, annular end, and internal surfaces respectively upstream and downstream of the internal threading and respectively having first and second selected orientations. The device includes a body including an external threading to cooperate with the internal threading and first and second flexible annular type sealing elements respectively upstream and downstream of the external threading to provide first and second seals respectively at the internal and end annular surfaces.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 14, 2008
Publication date:
June 23, 2011
Applicants:
VALLOUREC MANNESMANN OIL & GAS FRANCE, VAM MEXICO SA DE CV
Inventors:
Sebastien Courtois, Pineda Roque Velazquez, Erwan Cadiou, Eric De Maigret
Abstract: A protective device for a male end of a component of a threaded tubular connection for drilling and working hydrocarbon wells is externally provided with at least one threading and includes a free terminal portion. The device includes i) a protector body produced in the form of a first sleeve and arranged to protect at least a portion of the external threading and the free terminal portion, ii) a sealing element for positioning in contact firstly with the component, at least at a portion located downstream of the external threading of the male end, and secondly with the protector body to provide a first seal downstream of the external threading, and iii) a fixing mechanism displacing the sealing element and/or protector body radially towards the component, defining open and closed positions of the device in which the sealing element and/or the protector body are respectively not in contact and in tight contact with the component. Further, the first seal is obtained in the closed position of the device.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 14, 2007
Publication date:
April 15, 2010
Applicants:
Vallourec Mannesmann Oil & Gas France, Vam Mexico SA DE CV Av. Framboyanes-Lote 6 Manzana 5 Cd.