GB2463588B - Methods and apparatus for expanding tubular strings and isolating subterranean zones - Google Patents

Methods and apparatus for expanding tubular strings and isolating subterranean zones

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GB2463588B
GB2463588B GB0921147A GB0921147A GB2463588B GB 2463588 B GB2463588 B GB 2463588B GB 0921147 A GB0921147 A GB 0921147A GB 0921147 A GB0921147 A GB 0921147A GB 2463588 B GB2463588 B GB 2463588B
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methods
subterranean zones
tubular strings
expanding tubular
isolating subterranean
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Annabel Green
Lev Ring
Colin Mchardy
Simon John Harrall
Gary Johnston
Neil Andrew Abercrombie Simpson
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Weatherford Lamb Inc
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Weatherford Lamb Inc
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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
    • E21B33/00—Sealing or packing boreholes or wells
    • E21B33/10—Sealing or packing boreholes or wells in the borehole
    • E21B33/13—Methods or devices for cementing, for plugging holes, crevices or the like
    • E21B33/134—Bridging plugs
    • 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
    • E21B43/08—Screens or liners
    • 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
    • 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
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01V—GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS; TAGS
    • G01V15/00—Tags attached to, or associated with, an object, in order to enable detection of the object

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  • Mining & Mineral Resources (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
  • Fluid Mechanics (AREA)
  • Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Geophysics (AREA)
  • Earth Drilling (AREA)
GB0921147A 2004-09-30 2005-09-21 Methods and apparatus for expanding tubular strings and isolating subterranean zones Active GB2463588B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US10/954,866 US7275602B2 (en) 1999-12-22 2004-09-30 Methods for expanding tubular strings and isolating subterranean zones
GB0519312A GB2418683B (en) 2004-09-30 2005-09-21 Methods for expanding tubular strings and isolating subterranean zones

Publications (3)

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GB0921147D0 GB0921147D0 (en) 2010-01-20
GB2463588A GB2463588A (en) 2010-03-24
GB2463588B true GB2463588B (en) 2010-05-05

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Families Citing this family (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB0525410D0 (en) * 2005-12-14 2006-01-25 Weatherford Lamb Expanding Multiple Tubular Portions
US9068444B2 (en) 2012-02-08 2015-06-30 Weatherford Technology Holdings, Llc Gas lift system having expandable velocity string
US11029444B2 (en) * 2015-03-30 2021-06-08 Schlumberger Technology Corporation Pipe tracking system for drilling rigs
EP3495602A1 (en) * 2017-12-07 2019-06-12 Welltec Oilfield Solutions AG Downhole repairing system
EP3546696A1 (en) * 2018-03-26 2019-10-02 Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij B.V. String of expandable slotted tubulars and method of expanding a string of slotted tubulars

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GB2463400A (en) 2010-03-17

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