US 11,834,918 B2
Tubing hanger orientation spool adaptor
Daniel J. McLaughlin, Katy, TX (US); Gregory D. Williams, Houston, TX (US); Eleazar Herrera, Houston, TX (US); Morris B. Wade, Houston, TX (US); and Todd Scaggs, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to Dril-Quip, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Appl. No. 17/050,715
Filed by Dril-Quip, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 22, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/028483
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 26, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/209698, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 31, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/663,459, filed on Apr. 27, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0238937 A1, Aug. 5, 2021
Int. Cl. E21B 19/24 (2006.01); E21B 19/00 (2006.01); E21B 43/013 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 19/24 (2013.01) [E21B 19/00 (2013.01); E21B 43/013 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for aligning one or more connections between a tubing hanger and a subsea assembly, comprising:
(a) an orientation spool adaptor having one or more position sensors, which generate at least one signal;
(b) an orientation helix disposed inside an inner circumferential surface of the orientation spool adapter, wherein the one or more position sensors are disposed at or immediately adjacent an inner diameter of the orientation helix;
(c) an orientation key disposed on a tubing hanger running tool and adapted to couple the orientation helix to the tubing hanger; and
(d) a controller in communication with the one or more position sensors;
wherein the one or more position sensors are configured to detect information indicative of a rotational orientation and/or a speed of the tubing hanger during rotation of the tubing hanger with respect to the orientation spool.