US 12,146,376 B2
Tubing hanger running tool assembly
Brian Sneed, Houston, TX (US); Mark McGilvray, Jr., Houston, TX (US); Mina Hanna, Houston, TX (US); and Eric Calzoncinth, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to INNOVEX DOWNHOLE SOLUTIONS, INC., Houston, TX (US)
Filed by INNOVEX DOWNHOLE SOLUTIONS, INC., Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Oct. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/048,518.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/270,923, filed on Oct. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0127716 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. E21B 33/04 (2006.01); E21B 23/03 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 33/04 (2013.01) [E21B 23/03 (2013.01); E21B 33/0407 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tubing hanger running tool assembly, comprising:
a ring that is configured to extend around a tubing hanger in a wellhead, wherein the ring has a contracted configuration and an expanded configuration, the ring in the expanded configuration being configured to be received into at least one groove in the wellhead;
a sleeve configured to selectively engage the ring so as to actuate the ring between the contracted and expanded configuration;
a bearing plate defining a first bore that is configured to align with a first bore of the tubing hanger and a second bore that is configured to align with a second bore of the tubing hanger; and
a tubing hanger running tool received through the sleeve and comprising a lower end that is configured to be received into the first bore of the tubing hanger, wherein the lower end is configured to form a connection with the first bore of the tubing hanger,
wherein the tubing hanger running tool is configured to transmit an axial force to the sleeve in response to the tubing hanger running tool being received into the tubing hanger, wherein the axial force moves the sleeve axially with respect to the ring, and wherein moving the sleeve axially relative to the ring actuates the ring between the contracted and expanded configurations.