Wells – Processes – Placing or shifting well part
Reexamination Certificate
2006-01-31
2008-10-28
Dang, Hoang (Department: 3672)
Wells
Processes
Placing or shifting well part
C166S207000, C166S208000, C166S387000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07441606
ABSTRACT:
Methods and apparatus create an attachment and a seal between two tubular members in a wellbore. An expandable assembly includes a packer and liner hanger to be expanded into a surrounding tubular. The packer can be a longitudinally corrugated packer and can have a sealing element disposed on an outer surface thereof. The liner hanger can include a plurality of formations extending outward along an outer surface of the liner hanger to form interspaces for longitudinal fluid flow between the formations. In operation, an expansion tool moves axially through an inner diameter of the expandable assembly to expand the liner hanger with a fluted expander and subsequently the packer with a substantially uniform outer diameter cone.
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Dang Hoang
Patterson & Sheridan L.L.P.
Weatherford / Lamb, Inc.
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