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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2010
Brock W. Watson, Carrollton, TX (US);
Daniel K. Moeller, Wassenaar, NL;
Brock W. Watson, Carrollton, TX (US);
Daniel K. Moeller, Wassenaar, NL;
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method of forming an entry guide at an end of a tubular string in a wellbore can include conveying a forming device into the wellbore, and deforming the end of the tubular string from a cylindrical shape to an outwardly widening shape with the forming device. A method of forming an entry guide at an end of an expanded liner hanger in a wellbore can include outwardly expanding the liner hanger, thereby sealingly securing a tubular string in the wellbore, and deforming the end of the liner hanger from a cylindrical shape to an outwardly widening shape with a forming device.