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Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2010

Filed:

Nov. 07, 2006
Applicants:

Martin Gerard Rene Bosma, Rijswijk, NL;

Erik Kerst Cornelissen, Rijswijk, NL;

Klisthenis Dimitriadis, Rijswijk, NL;

Mike Peters, Rijswijk, NL;

Robert Nicholas Worrall, Rijswijk, NL;

Inventors:

Martin Gerard Rene Bosma, Rijswijk, NL;

Erik Kerst Cornelissen, Rijswijk, NL;

Klisthenis Dimitriadis, Rijswijk, NL;

Mike Peters, Rijswijk, NL;

Robert Nicholas Worrall, Rijswijk, NL;

Assignee:

Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22D 19/04 (2006.01); B22D 23/06 (2006.01); E21B 33/13 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method is provided of in-situ casting well equipment wherein a metal is used which expands upon solidification. A body of such metal is placed in a cavity in a well. Before or after placing the metal in the cavity in the well, the body is brought at a temperature above the melting point of the metal. The metal of the body in the cavity is solidified by cooling it down to below the melting point of the metal.


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