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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2016
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Daniele Di Crescenzo, New Orleans, LA (US);
Serge Methieu Roggeband, Assen, NL;
SHELL OIL COMPANY, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A pin-box well tubular connector assembly having pin and box connector members () with intermeshing external and internal screw thread profiles is optimized for expansion downhole in a wellbore by: A) configuring the box connector member () such that it has at least one thread () that does not engage a thread on the pin member (); and optionally: B) configuring the pin and box connectors () such that in axial direction a gap of at least 0.2 mm is present between the external and internal screw thread profiles; and/or C) inserting a swellable dope in the gap between the pin and box connector members ().