Patent ID: 9598924
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: E21B

Claim:
1. A method comprising: attaching a spacer to a wellhead hanger; threading a running tool onto the wellhead hanger by rotating the running tool in a first direction with respect to the wellhead hanger to thread the running tool onto the wellhead hanger; and drawing the running tool and the spacer into engagement along the wellhead hanger; wherein attaching the spacer to the wellhead hanger includes threading the spacer onto the wellhead hanger by rotating the spacer with respect to the wellhead hanger in a second direction, opposite the first direction, to thread the spacer onto the wellhead hanger, and wherein drawing the running tool and the spacer into engagement along the wellhead hanger includes rotating one of the running tool or the spacer in the first direction until such rotation is prevented by the other of the running tool or the spacer.