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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2001
Applicant:
Philippe Nobileau, Villefranche sur Mer, FR;
Inventor:
Philippe Nobileau, Villefranche sur Mer, FR;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 23/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method to install a cylindrical pipe in a wellbore through a previously installed casing forming a reduced opening by running a pipe within the casing, the pipe having a first shape having dimensions smaller than the dimensions of the reduced opening; then deforming the pipe to convert the pipe from the first shape to a substantially cylindrical second shape in a cavity having larger dimensions than both the reduced opening and the second shape, and last displacing an expansion mandrel having a circular section to expand, in the plastic range, the pipe having a substantially cylindrical second shape to a cylindrical third shape.