US 12,234,691 B2
Tapered wellhead spacer spool for wellbore operations
Ali Jasim Al-Jasim, Al-Hofuf (SA); Ahmed Alabdulmohsen, Al-Hofuf (SA); Ibrahim M. Najie, Al-Hofuf (SA); Mohammad Abdurahman Nuaim, Al-Hofuf (SA); and Sultan Abdulwahab AlShehri, Jedda (SA)
Assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran (SA)
Filed by Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran (SA)
Filed on Aug. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/895,646.
Prior Publication US 2024/0068304 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. E21B 33/03 (2006.01); E21B 3/04 (2006.01); E21B 17/10 (2006.01); E21B 17/20 (2006.01); E21B 33/04 (2006.01); E21B 33/068 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 17/10 (2013.01) [E21B 17/20 (2013.01); E21B 33/03 (2013.01); E21B 33/04 (2013.01); E21B 33/068 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
8. A method comprising:
forming a wellbore tool comprising:
a wellhead configured to be installed at an entrance to a wellbore formed through a subterranean zone, the wellhead comprising an uphole wellhead end configured to extend upward from the entrance and a downhole wellhead end configured to extend downhole into the wellbore, the wellhead defining an opening extending from the uphole wellhead end to the downhole wellhead end,
a spacer tool attached to the downhole wellhead end, the spacer tool comprising an uphole spacer tool end attached to the downhole wellhead end of the wellhead and a downhole spacer tool end extending downhole into the wellbore, the spacer tool defining a tapered opening tapering from the uphole spacer tool end toward the downhole spacer tool end, and
a master valve attached to the downhole spacer tool end of the spacer tool, the master valve defining a flow pathway fluidically coupled to the opening defined by the wellhead and the tapered opening defined by the spacer tool; and
installing the wellbore tool within the wellbore.