Abstract: A tubing string (86) is connected at its upper end to a hanger (42) and has its lower end anchored within an outer casing. The hanger and tubing string are lifted from a position below the wellhead assembly to tension the tubing string a desired amount. The hanger has a plurality of guide pins (90) extending from and spaced about the outer periphery of the hanger. Upon lifting of the hanger and suspended tubing string, the guide pins enter inverted J-slots (62) in the hanger bowl (30) which receive and guide the pins to a seated position on the bowl.

Abstract: A pipe anchoring device including an annular segmented support mounted in the bowl of a wellhead assembly. Each of the segments has a generally cylindrically shaped front face with a plurality of upwardly extending teeth thereon to engage a pipe, and a frustoconically shaped back face with a smooth surface load bearing lower portion and a plurality of sharp downwardly extending teeth adjacent the load bearing smooth lower portion with the teeth extending to the conical plane defined by the surface forming the lower portion. The outer smooth surface portion of the back face is in slidable load bearing contact with the adjacent support structure under initial loading as teeth on the front face engage the pipe, and under higher loading conditions the teeth on the back face bite into the adjacent support structure. One embodiment of the segments has a load bearing smooth upper portion on its back face adjacent the teeth and in slidable contact with the support structure.

Abstract: A packing for a wellhead assembly to seal between a casing and a bore within the wellhead as the casing moves longitudinally in the wellhead in response to thermal conditions. The packing is mounted on the exterior free upper end portion of the casing inside the wellhead bore.