APPARATUS FOR TENSIONING TUBING STRINGS IN WELL BORES

摘要

An apparatus or tool for applying tension to a tubing string. The tool comprises a housing and a sleeve within the housing. One end of the housing is attached to the tubing string and the opposite end of the sleeve is attached to the tubing string. Hydraulic fluid pressure acts upon a piston carried by the sleeve to contract the sleeve relative to the housing and apply tension to the tubing string. The hydraulic tubing tensioner can be used to apply tension to tubing between two packers or to apply tension to a tubing string extending from a downhole packer to the well surface.