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Tubing saver rotator and method for using same

  • US 20030192688A1
  • Filed: 02/03/2003
  • Published: 10/16/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2002
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A rotator assembly in a casing head, wellhead or tubing head (hereinafter said casing head, wellhead or tubing head referred to as “

  • casing head”

    ) for rotatably suspending a tubing string in an oil well, said rotator assembly comprising;

    a mandrel bowl in communication with the casing head, said mandrel bowl having a ledge support, said ledge support having a rotation surface, a tubing mandrel rotatably mounted to the mandrel bowl, said tubing mandrel having an upper end, a lower end, and a mandrel ledge, wherein the rotation surface is disposed between said ledge support and the mandrel ledge of the tubing mandrel, wherein the mandrel ledge engages and rotatably rides the rotation surface, a bowl plate positioned between the casing head and the tubing mandrel, and a rotation means, wherein the tubing mandrel is rotatably supported on the rotation surface, wherein the lower end of the tubing mandrel is attached to the tubing string.

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