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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2002
Applicant:
Jörg Ernst Eckerlin, Rijswijk, NL;
Inventor:
Jörg Ernst Eckerlin, Rijswijk, NL;
Assignee:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 17/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system for lining a section of a wellbore with an expandable tubular element is provided. The system includes an elongate string extending into the wellbore, the string being provided with the tubular element in the unexpanded form thereof whereby the tubular element surrounds a lower portion of the string. The string is further provided with an expander arranged at a lower end part of the tubular element and anchoring means for anchoring an upper end part of the tubular element in the wellbore.