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Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026

Filed:

Jan. 18, 2024
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Neil Hepburn, Stavanger, NO;

Mark Christopher Glaser, Spring, TX (US);

Justin Roberts, Calgary, CA;

David Joe Steele, Carrollton, TX (US);

Eulalio De Jesus Rosas Fermin, Spring, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 41/00 (2006.01); E21B 33/128 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 41/0042 (2013.01); E21B 33/128 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided is a multilateral junction, a well system, and a method. The multilateral junction, in one aspect, includes a lateral branch template having a lateral window for positioning proximate a junction between a lateral wellbore and a main wellbore, and a lateral branch connector adapted to be sealably engaged to the lateral branch template, a portion of the lateral branch connector extending through the lateral window. The multilateral junction, according to this aspect, further includes one or more sealing elements configured to expand in volume located proximate a joint between the lateral branch template and the lateral branch connector.


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