US 12,331,606 B2
Apparatus including slip cartridge and associated methods for tubular string
Tyler Blankemeyer, Oklahoma City, OK (US); Matthew Melton, Norman, OK (US); Arturo Trejo, Houston, TX (US); and Tim Marvel, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to Downing Wellhead Equipment, LLC, Oklahoma City, OK (US)
Filed by Downing Wellhead Equipment, LLC, Oklahoma City, OK (US)
Filed on Jul. 18, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/776,595.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/514,255, filed on Jul. 18, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0027376 A1, Jan. 23, 2025
Int. Cl. E21B 23/03 (2006.01); E21B 33/068 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 23/03 (2013.01) [E21B 33/068 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
installing a slip cartridge on a tubular string by securing a running collar to which the slip cartridge is detachably coupled to a first segment of the tubular string;
landing the slip cartridge in a wellhead by conveying the tubular string on which the slip cartridge is installed through the wellhead and into a wellbore;
leaving behind the slip cartridge landed in the wellhead by detaching and removing the running collar from the slip cartridge;
setting the slip cartridge in the wellhead by securing a plurality of slips of the slip cartridge to a second segment of the tubular string; and
after setting the slip cartridge in the wellhead:
leaving behind a remainder of the tubular string extending from the wellhead into the wellbore by cutting off and removing a portion of the tubular string above the second segment;
leaving behind a remainder of the slip cartridge, including at least the plurality of slips and a slip bowl of the slip cartridge, by:
detaching and removing one or more body portions of the slip cartridge from the slip bowl, wherein the slip bowl supports the plurality of slips secured to the second segment of the tubular string; and
detaching and removing a setting ring of the slip cartridge from the plurality of slips, wherein securing the plurality of slips of the slip cartridge to the second segment of the tubular string comprises effecting relative movement of the setting ring and the plurality of slips together relative to the slip bowl;
wherein installing the slip cartridge on the tubular string further comprises securing a locking collar to which the slip cartridge is detachably coupled to a third segment of the tubular string; and
wherein the method further comprises locking the slip cartridge in the wellhead by effecting relative movement of the tubular string, the locking collar, and a locking sleeve of the slip cartridge together relative to one or more body portions of the slip cartridge.