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GB2373468A - Expanding a tubular member - Google Patents

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GB2373468A
GB2373468A GB0216409A GB0216409A GB2373468A GB 2373468 A GB2373468 A GB 2373468A GB 0216409 A GB0216409 A GB 0216409A GB 0216409 A GB0216409 A GB 0216409A GB 2373468 A GB2373468 A GB 2373468A
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Robert Lance Cook
David Paul Brisco
Bruce R Stewart
Lev Ring
Richard Carl Haut
Robert Donald Mack
Alan B Duell
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Shell USA Inc
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Shell Oil Co
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Priority to GB0404839A priority patent/GB2397262B/en
Priority to GB0404842A priority patent/GB2397263B/en
Priority to GB0404845A priority patent/GB2397264B/en
Priority to GB0404837A priority patent/GB2397261B/en
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/02—Subsoil filtering
    • E21B43/10—Setting of casings, screens, liners or the like in wells
    • E21B43/103—Setting of casings, screens, liners or the like in wells of expandable casings, screens, liners, or the like
    • E21B43/105—Expanding tools specially adapted therefor
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D39/00—Application of procedures in order to connect objects or parts, e.g. coating with sheet metal otherwise than by plating; Tube expanders
    • B21D39/04—Application of procedures in order to connect objects or parts, e.g. coating with sheet metal otherwise than by plating; Tube expanders of tubes with tubes; of tubes with rods
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D39/00—Application of procedures in order to connect objects or parts, e.g. coating with sheet metal otherwise than by plating; Tube expanders
    • B21D39/08—Tube expanders
    • B21D39/20—Tube expanders with mandrels, e.g. expandable
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B23/00—Apparatus for displacing, setting, locking, releasing or removing tools, packers or the like in boreholes or wells
    • E21B23/08—Introducing or running tools by fluid pressure, e.g. through-the-flow-line tool systems
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B33/00—Sealing or packing boreholes or wells
    • E21B33/02—Surface sealing or packing
    • E21B33/03—Well heads; Setting-up thereof
    • E21B33/04—Casing heads; Suspending casings or tubings in well heads

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Geology (AREA)
  • Mining & Mineral Resources (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Fluid Mechanics (AREA)
  • Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Earth Drilling (AREA)
  • Shaping By String And By Release Of Stress In Plastics And The Like (AREA)
  • Containers And Packaging Bodies Having A Special Means To Remove Contents (AREA)
  • Body Washing Hand Wipes And Brushes (AREA)
  • Orthopedics, Nursing, And Contraception (AREA)
  • Shaping Of Tube Ends By Bending Or Straightening (AREA)
  • Lining Or Joining Of Plastics Or The Like (AREA)
  • Consolidation Of Soil By Introduction Of Solidifying Substances Into Soil (AREA)

Abstract

A tubular member is expanded by pressurizing an interior region within the tubular member.

Description

all, UK Patent Application,g, GO all, 2 373 4 all, A (43} Date of Printing
by UK Office 25.09.2002 (21) Application No 0216409.3 (51) INTCL7 B21D 39/00, B23P 17/00, E21B 23/00
(22) Date of Filing 14.02.2001 (52) UK CL (Edition T) (30) Priority Data B3J J15 (31) 60183546 (32) 18.02.2000 (33) US
(56) Documents Cited by ISA (86) International Application Data US 6226855 B1 US 5857524 A PCT/US2001/004753 En 14.02.2001 US 5794702 A US 5664327 A US 5332038 A US 4025422 A
(87) International Publication Data US 3887006 A (58) Field of Search by ISA
INT CL7 E21B 19/00 19/16 23/00 23/08 23/10 29/00
(71) Applicant(s) 33/00 Shell Oil COmPanY (Incorporated in USA - Texas) 910 Louisiana Street, Houston, Texas 77252-2463, (72) cant United States of America Robert Donald Mack Alan B Duell (72) Inventor(s) Robert Lance Cook (74) Agent and/or Address for Service David Paul Brisco Haseltine Lake & Co Bruce R Stewart Imperial House, 15-19 Kingsway, LONDON, Lev Ring WC28 BUD, United Kingdom Richard Carl Haut (54) Abstract Title Expanding a tubular member (57) A tubular member is expanded by pressurizing an interior region within the tubular member.
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GB0216409A 2000-02-18 2001-02-14 Expanding a tubular member Expired - Lifetime GB2373468B (en)

Priority Applications (5)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB0404849A GB2397265B (en) 2000-02-18 2001-02-14 Expanding a tubular member
GB0404839A GB2397262B (en) 2000-02-18 2001-02-14 Expanding a tubular member
GB0404842A GB2397263B (en) 2000-02-18 2001-02-14 Expanding a tubular member
GB0404845A GB2397264B (en) 2000-02-18 2001-02-14 Expanding a tubular member
GB0404837A GB2397261B (en) 2000-02-18 2001-02-14 Expanding a tubular member

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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US18354600P 2000-02-18 2000-02-18
PCT/US2001/004753 WO2001060545A1 (en) 2000-02-18 2001-02-14 Expanding a tubular member

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GB0216409D0 GB0216409D0 (en) 2002-08-21
GB2373468A true GB2373468A (en) 2002-09-25
GB2373468B GB2373468B (en) 2004-07-14

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CA (1) CA2397480C (en)
GB (1) GB2373468B (en)
NO (1) NO328521B1 (en)
WO (1) WO2001060545A1 (en)

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GB2373468B (en) 2004-07-14
NO328521B1 (en) 2010-03-08
NO20023885L (en) 2002-08-16
WO2001060545A1 (en) 2001-08-23
AU780123B2 (en) 2005-03-03
NO20023885D0 (en) 2002-08-16
CA2397480C (en) 2010-04-20
GB0216409D0 (en) 2002-08-21
AU3826301A (en) 2001-08-27
CA2397480A1 (en) 2001-08-23

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