| US 7,357,188 B1 | ||
| Mono-diameter wellbore casing | ||
| Robert Lance Cook, Katy, Tex. (US); David Paul Brisco, Duncan, Okla. (US); R. Bruce Stewart, The Hague (Netherlands); Lev Ring, Houston, Tex. (US); Richard Carl Haut, Sugar Land, Tex. (US); Robert Donald Mack, Katy, Tex. (US); and Alan B. Duell, Duncan, Okla. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Shell Oil Company, Houston, Tex. (US) | ||
| Filed on Feb. 23, 2000, as Appl. No. 9/510,913. | ||
| Application 09/510913 is a continuation in part of application No. 09/502350, filed on Feb. 10, 2000, granted, now 6,823,937. | ||
| Application 09/502350 is a continuation in part of application No. 09/454139, filed on Dec. 03, 1999, granted, now 6,497,289. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/121702, filed on Feb. 25, 1999. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/119611, filed on Feb. 11, 1999. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/111293, filed on Dec. 07, 1998. | ||
| Int. Cl. E21B 43/10 (2006.01); E21B 29/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 166—380 [166/207; 285/382; 285/258] | 42 Claims |
| 32. A method of forming a wellbore casing, comprising:
forming a first tubular casing member having a first portion comprising a first inside diameter and a second portion comprising
a second inside diameter, wherein the second inside diameter is greater the first inside diameter;
positioning a second tubular casing member within and in overlapping relation to the second portion, of the first tubular
casing member; and
radially expanding and plastically deforming the overlapping portion of the second tubular casing member into engagement with
the second portion of the first tubular casing member.
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