Function spool
View Patent ↗A production assembly and method for controlling production from production tubing supported by a tubing hanger in a well including a wellhead. The assembly includes a function spool engaged with the wellhead and a tree engaged with the function spool. The tubing hanger is landable in the tree bore such that the production tubing is supported in the well by the tree. A function mandrel separate from the tubing hanger is engaged with the production tubing and positionable inside the function spool bore. The function mandrel includes a passage connected to a line extending into the well that is connectable with a port in the function spool such that communication with a downhole component through the line is allowable from outside the function spool.
1. An assembly for a subsea well including a well bore, comprising:
a wellhead assembly including a wellhead bore including a port extending through a sidewall of the wellhead assembly;
a production tree mountable on the wellhead assembly and including a tree bore alignable in line with the wellhead bore;
a tubing hanger to support a production tubing in the well bore; and
a function mandrel positionable inside the wellhead bore and including a passage connectable with the wellhead assembly port to establish a communication path from outside the wellhead assembly.
2. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the wellhead assembly further includes a function spool mountable on a wellhead member, the well assembly port extending through a sidewall of the function spool.
3. The assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a line extending from the function mandrel into the well to establish communication between the mandrel passage and a downhole component.
4. The assembly of claim 2 , wherein the line includes an electrical, optical, or fluid line.
5. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the function mandrel surrounds the production tubing.
6. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the production tree is a horizontal tree.
7. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the function mandrel is separate from and spaced apart from the tubing hanger.
8. The assembly of claim 1 , further including multiple function mandrel passages connectable with multiple wellhead assembly ports.
9. The assembly of claim 8 , wherein the function mandrel may be replaced with a second function mandrel.
10. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the only passage through the tubing hanger is a production fluid passage.
11. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the function mandrel is movable at least one of axially along and rotationally with respect to the production tubing.
12. The assembly of claim 1 , further including a pump locatable downhole in the well bore and wherein the wellhead port and function mandrel passage allow electrical communication to the pump from outside the wellhead assembly.
13. An assembly for a subsea well including a well bore, a wellhead assembly, a production tree, and a tubing hanger to support a production tubing, including:
a function spool mountable to the wellhead assembly and including a spool bore and a port extending through a sidewall of the function spool; and
a function mandrel positionable inside the spool bore and including a passage connectable with the spool port to establish a communication path from outside the function spool.
14. The assembly of claim 13 , further comprising a line extending from the function mandrel into the well to establish communication between the mandrel passage and a downhole component.
15. The assembly of claim 14 , wherein the line includes an electrical, optical, or fluid line.
16. The assembly of claim 13 , wherein the function mandrel surrounds the production tubing.
17. The assembly of claim 13 , wherein the function mandrel is separate from and spaced apart from the tubing hanger.
18. The assembly of claim 13 , further including multiple function mandrel passages connectable with multiple spool ports.
19. The assembly of claim 18 , wherein the function mandrel may be replaced with a second function mandrel.
20. The assembly of claim 13 , wherein the function mandrel is movable at least one of axially along and rotationally with respect to the production tubing.