| US 7,363,984 B2 | ||
| System for radially expanding a tubular member | ||
| David Paul Brisco, Duncan, Okla. (US); and Lev Ring, Houston, Tex. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Enventure Global Technology, LLC, Houston, Tex. (US) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/519,290 PCT Filed May 12, 2003, PCT No. PCT/US03/15020 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Dec. 27, 2004, PCT Pub. No. WO2004/003337, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 08, 2004. |
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| Application 09/852026 is a division of application No. 09/454139, filed on Dec. 03, 1999. | ||
| Application 10/519290 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/418687, filed on Apr. 18, 2003. | ||
| Application 10/418687 is a continuation of application No. 09/852026, filed on May 09, 2001. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/391703, filed on Jun. 26, 2002. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/111293, filed on Dec. 07, 1998. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0102360 A1, May 18, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. E21B 23/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 166—380 [166/207] | 59 Claims |
| 1. A method of radially expanding a tubular member, comprising;
positoning an expansion cone comprising a tapered exterior surface and non-tapered exterior surfaces positioned above and
below the tapered exterior surface within the tubular member;
defining an annulus between the tapered and non-tapered exterior surfaces of the expansion cone and the interior surfaces
of the tubular member;
displacing the expansion cone relative to the tubular member to radially expand and plastically deform the tubular member;
and
during the displacement of the expansion cone relative to the tubular member, injecting fluidic material through the non-tapered
exterior surface of the expansion cone above the tapered exterior surface of the expansion cone into the annulus and conveying
the fluidic material through the remaining length of the annulus.
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