Patent ID: 7314086

Claim:
An apparatus supporting a tubing hanger and tubing from a wellhead, the tubing hanger having a lateral production port and the tubing having a tubing flowbore and forming a tubing annulus, the apparatus comprising: a production mandrel adapted to be fixed and sealed to the upper end of the wellhead, said production mandrel having a mandrel bore therethrough and a support to receive and support the tubing hanger and tubing and a lateral production bore for communication with the tubing hanger lateral production port, said production mandrel forming a wall; seals disposed between said wall and the tubing hanger for sealing around said mandrel lateral production bore and the tubing hanger lateral production port; a fluid passageway extending from an opening in said mandrel wall below said seals to an opening in the mandrel wall above said seals, said fluid passageway being exterior of said lateral production port; and a fluid circulation path formed between the tubing hanger flowbore, tubing annulus and fluid passageway to selectively circulate fluids.