US Patent Issued to Innovex International on March 17 for "Tubing hanger alignment device and space-out mechanism" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,846, issued on March 17, was assigned to Innovex International Inc. (Houston).

"Tubing hanger alignment device and space-out mechanism" was invented by Blake T. DeBerry (Houston), Morris B. Wade (Houston), Flavio Santos (Houston), Gregory Norwood (Boerne, Texas), Robert Buxton (Cypress, Texas), Justin Rye (Houston), Todd L. Scaggs (Houston) and Andrew B. Mitchell (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for landing a tubing hanger in a wellhead and then orienting a tree (or spool, or flowline connection body) relative to the tubing hanger while landing the tree on the wellhead are provided. This alignment is accom...