Patent ID: 8272434

Claim:
An apparatus for supporting a rotatable tubing string in a well and tensioning the tubing string, comprising: a tubing head positioned at the surface of the well, the tubing head having at least one side port therein; an inner mandrel positioned at least partially within the tubing head and supporting the tubing string; a bushing supported on the tubing head and engaging the mandrel, the bushing and the inner mandrel being rotatable together relative to the tubing head; a tubing rotator for rotating the bushing, the tubing rotator having a rotator mandrel rotatably connected to the bushing, and the tubing rotator being removable from the bushing and the tubing head while the bushing supports the tubing string; and a plurality of circumferentially spaced pin-slot mechanisms acting between the bushing and the inner mandrel for maintaining tension in the tubing string.