US Patent Issued to Baker Hughes Energy Technology UK on June 17 for "Tubing head spools with orientation feature" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,610, issued on June 17, was assigned to Baker Hughes Energy Technology UK Ltd. (Bristol, Great Britain).

"Tubing head spools with orientation feature" was invented by David John Robert Walker (Ellon, Great Britain), Scott Macdonald (Kirkcaldy, Great Britain) and Darren Hatton (Aberdeen, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system to be used with a subsea well or completion installation can include a non-oriented tubing hanger adapter bushing (THAB) to be associated with a sleeve and a full-bore tubing head spool (FBTHS) of the subsea well or completion installation. An externally activated key of the FBTHS can engage with a...