Wellhead adaptor for dual concentric tubing for well operations
A wellhead adaptor for fluidly connecting to a well tubing system, the wellhead adaptor including an outer body having a bore; and an inner body located inside the bore and having an annulus A. The inner body and the outer body define an annulus B, which is concentric to annulus A.
1. A well system comprising:
a wellhead comprising an inclined upper face;
a wellhead adaptor comprising:
an inclined lower face configured to engage with the inclined upper face of the wellhead;
a first downstream end comprising a first set of threads;
an inner body comprising a first bore and a central longitudinal axis;
a second downstream end comprising a second set of threads; and
an outer body comprising a second bore with a central longitudinal axis that is substantially coaxial with the central longitudinal axis of the first bore, such that an annular space is formed between the inner body and the outer body.
2. The well system of claim 1 , further comprising an inner pipe and outer pipe of a joint pipe element.
3. The well system of claim 2 , wherein the inner pipe comprises an upstream end comprising a third set of threads and the outer pipe comprises an upstream end comprising a fourth set of threads.
4. The well system of claim 3 , wherein the first set of threads, second set of threads, third set of threads, and fourth set of threads are configured such that the upstream end of the outer pipe and upstream end of the inner pipe may be threaded onto the downstream ends of the wellhead adaptor using a single rotational movement of the joint pipe element about the central longitudinal axis.
5. The well system of claim 4 , further comprising a plurality of joint pipe elements, each joint pipe element having concentric inner and outer pipes configured to engage with each other.
6. A method for deploying a well system comprising:
seating on an inclined upper face of a wellhead a wellhead adaptor comprising:
an inclined lower face;
a first downstream end comprising a first set of threads;
an inner body comprising a first bore and a central longitudinal axis;
a second downstream end comprising a second set of threads; and
an outer body comprising a second bore with a central longitudinal axis that is substantially coaxial with the central longitudinal axis of the first bore, such that an annular space is formed between the inner body and the outer body; and
connecting the wellhead adaptor with a single rotational motion to a tubing system that includes an inner tubing string and an outer tubing string, the inner tubing string being provided within a bore of the outer tubing string.
7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
attaching valves in fluid communication with the wellhead adaptor; and
fluidly connecting the valves to a compressor.