Patent ID: 8118106

Claim:
A flowback tool for running a tubular string into a wellbore, comprising: a tubular housing having a bore therethrough and a coupling for connection with a quill of a top drive; a tubular mandrel: having a bore therethrough in communication with the housing bore, longitudinally movable relative to the housing, torsionally coupled to the housing, and having a threaded coupling for being made up with a threaded coupling of the tubular string, thereby forming a threaded connection therewith; a nose: longitudinally coupled to the mandrel, operable to receive an end of the tubular string, and comprising a seal operable to engage a surface of the tubular string, thereby providing fluid communication between a bore of the tubular string and the mandrel bore; and an actuator operable to move the mandrel and the nose longitudinally relative to the housing for engaging and disengaging the tubular string.