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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2006
Filed:
May. 01, 2003
Patrick G. Maguire, Cypress, TX (US);
Patrick G. Maguire, Cypress, TX (US);
Weatherford/Lamb, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for forming an expanded connection in a wellbore, whereby the apparatus includes a first tubular being radially expandable outward into contact with an inner wall of a second tubular upon the application of an outwardly directed force supplied to an inner surface of the first tubular. The apparatus further includes a plurality of formations formed on an outer surface of the first tubular, the formations constructed and arranged to provide a frictional relationship between the first tubular and the second tubular while leaving a fluid path when the first tubular is expanded to engage the inner wall of the second tubular.