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Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2023

Filed:

Dec. 30, 2020
Applicant:

Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Pranay Asthana, Carrollton, TX (US);

Christian Alexander Jelly, Carrollton, TX (US);

David Joe Steele, Carrollton, TX (US);

Michael Linley Fripp, Carrollton, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 41/00 (2006.01); E21B 17/18 (2006.01); E21B 33/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 41/0042 (2013.01); E21B 17/18 (2013.01); E21B 33/1212 (2013.01); E21B 41/0035 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided is a multilateral junction. The multilateral junction, in one aspect, includes a y-block. The multilateral junction additionally includes a mainbore leg coupled to the y-block, the mainbore leg defining a second overlapping space, and a lateral bore leg coupled to the y-block, the lateral bore leg defining a third overlapping space. The multilateral junction, in this aspect, additionally includes an expanded metal joint located in at least a portion of the second overlapping space or the third overlapping space, the expanded metal joint comprising a metal that has expanded in response to hydrolysis.


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