US 12,264,545 B2
Running tool system for a hanger
Haw Keat Lim, Singapore (SG); Choon Keat Lai, Singapore (SG); Yoon Keat Yong, Singapore (SG); Boon Hao Hee, Singapore (SG); and Ping Cheng Lai, Singapore (SG)
Assigned to CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Cameron International Corporation, Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Aug. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/455,800.
Application 18/455,800 is a continuation of application No. 17/279,987, granted, now 11,773,668, previously published as PCT/US2019/052940, filed on Sep. 25, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/735,929, filed on Sep. 25, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0399904 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. E21B 23/01 (2006.01); E21B 33/04 (2006.01); E21B 43/10 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 23/01 (2013.01) [E21B 33/04 (2013.01); E21B 43/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
17. A method, comprising:
coupling a running tool to a hanger;
using the running tool to move the hanger in an axial direction down into a wellhead;
temporarily gripping the hanger in the wellhead via a hanger suspension system comprising one or more slips coupled to one or more pistons, wherein temporarily gripping comprises actuating the one or more pistons to drive the one or more slips against the hanger; and
rotating a second sleeve relative to a first sleeve of the running tool to rotate an adjustable landing ring to drive a load ring in a radial direction to lock the hanger in place in the wellhead, wherein the one or more slips of the hanger suspension system are separate from the load ring.