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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2005
Robert Lance Cook, Katy, TX (US);
David Paul Brisco, Duncan, OK (US);
R. Bruce Stewart, The Hague, NL;
Lev Ring, Houston, TX (US);
Richard Carl Haut, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Robert Donald Mack, Katy, TX (US);
Alan B. Duell, Duncan, OK (US);
Robert Lance Cook, Katy, TX (US);
David Paul Brisco, Duncan, OK (US);
R. Bruce Stewart, The Hague, NL;
Lev Ring, Houston, TX (US);
Richard Carl Haut, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Robert Donald Mack, Katy, TX (US);
Alan B. Duell, Duncan, OK (US);
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for radially expanding and plastically deforming a tubular member including a support member comprising a fluid passage, an expansion device for radially expanding and plastically deforming the tubular member movably coupled to the support member for longitudinal displacement relative to the support member, at least one pressure chamber defined by and positioned between the support member and expansion device fluidicly coupled to the first fluid passage, and releasable supports coupled to the support member adapted to support the tubular member, wherein the releasable supports are positioned above and below the expansion device.