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Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020

Filed:

Jun. 29, 2016
Applicant:

Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Daniele Di Crescenzo, New Orleans, LA (US);

Serge Methieu Roggeband, Assen, NL;

Assignee:

SHELL OIL COMPANY, Houston, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/10 (2006.01); E21B 17/042 (2006.01); E21B 17/02 (2006.01); E21B 17/10 (2006.01); F16L 15/04 (2006.01); F16L 15/08 (2006.01); F16L 13/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/108 (2013.01); E21B 17/02 (2013.01); E21B 17/042 (2013.01); E21B 17/1042 (2013.01); E21B 43/103 (2013.01); E21B 43/106 (2013.01); F16L 15/04 (2013.01); F16L 15/08 (2013.01); F16L 13/147 (2013.01);
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 ().


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