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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2010
Applicants:
Neil Thomson, Aberdeen, GB;
Peter Wood, Aberdeen, GB;
Andrew Gorrara, Stonehaven, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Meta Downhole Limited, Aberdeen, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 23/04 (2006.01); E21B 43/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/108 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of connecting a first tubular member to a second tubular member located in a wellbore, the second tubular member including an upper end portion which has a greater diameter than the diameter of the first tubular member, the method comprising: lowering the first tubular member into the wellbore until the first tubular member is located at least within the bore of the upper end portion of the second tubular member; and expanding the first tubular member until the first tubular member is sealingly connected to the second tubular member.