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- E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
- E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
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- E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
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- E21B43/10—Setting of casings, screens, liners or the like in wells
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- E21B43/105—Expanding tools specially adapted therefor
Abstract
An apparatus and method for forming or repairing a wellbore casing (210) by radially expanding a tubular liner (125).
Description
LINER HANGER
Background of the Invention This invention relates generally to wellbore casings, and in particular to wellbore casings that are formed using expandable tubing.
Conventionally, when a wellbore is created, a number of casings are installed in the borehole to prevent collapse of the borehole wall and to prevent undesired outflow of drilling fluid into the formation or inflow of fluid from the formation into the borehole. The borehole is drilled in intervals whereby a casing which is to be installed in a lower borehole interval is lowered through a previously installed casing of an upper borehole interval. As a consequence of this procedure the casing of the lower interval is of smaller diameter than the casing of the upper interval.
Thus, the casings are in a nested arrangement with casing diameters decreasing in downward direction.
Cement annuli are provided between the outer surfaces of the casings and the borehole wall to seal the casings from the borehole wall. As a consequence of this nested arrangement a relatively large borehole diameter is required at the upper part of the wellbore. Such a large borehole diameter involves increased costs due to heavy casing handling equipment, large drill bits and increased volumes of drilling fluid and drill cuttings. Moreover, increased drilling rig time is involved due to required cement pumping, cement hardening, required equipment changes due to large variations in hole diameters drilled in the course of the well, and the large volume of cuttings drilled and removed.
The present invention is directed to overcoming one or more of the limitations of the existing procedures for forming wellbores and wellheads.
Summary of the Invention According to one aspect of the present invention, a method of coupling a radially expandable tubular member to a preexisting structure is provided that includes positioning the tubular member within the preexisting structure, injecting fluidic materials into the tubular member, sensing the operating pressure of the fluidic materials, and radially expanding and plastically deforming the tubular member into contact with the preexisting structure when the sensed operating pressure exceeds a predetermined amount.
According to another aspect of the present invention, an apparatus for coupling a radially expandable tubular member to a preexisting structure is provided that includes a tubular support member including a first passage, a tubular expansion cone coupled to the tubular support member defining a second passage and including an internal flange, a tubular shoe movably received within the second passage of the tubular expansion cone defining one or more radial passages and a valveable passage fluidicly coupled to the first passage and including an external flange for engaging the internal flange, one or more pressure relief valves positioned in corresponding ones of the radial passages, and an expandable tubular member movably coupled to the tubular expansion cone.
According to another aspect of the present invention, a system for coupling a radially expandable tubular member to a preexisting structure is provided that includes means for positioning the tubular member within the preexisting structure, means for injecting fluidic materials into the tubular member, means for sensing the operating pressure of the fluidic materials, and means for radially expanding the tubular member into contact with the preexisting structure when the sensed operating pressure exceeds a predetermined amount.
Brief Description of the Drawings Fig. I is a fragmentary cross-sectional illustration of an embodiment of a liner hanger positioned within a wellbore including a preexisting section of wellbore casing.
Fig. 2 is a fragmentary cross-sectional illustration of the injection of a fluidic material into the apparatus of Fig. 2.
Fig. 3 is a fragmentary cross-sectional illustration of the placement of a ball into the valveable passage of the tubular shoe of the apparatus of Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is a fragmentary cross-sectional illustration of the continued injection of the fluidic material into the apparatus of Fig. 3 in order to burst the burst discs.
Fig. 5 is a fragmentary cross-sectional illustration of the continued injection of the fluidic material into the apparatus of Fig. 4 in order to plastically deform and radially expand the expandable tubular member.
Fig. 6 is a fragmentary cross-sectional illustration of the completion of the radial expansion and plastic deformation of the expandable tubular member of the apparatus of Fig. 5.
Detailed Description of the Illustrative Embodiments An apparatus and method for plastically deforming a tubular liner within a wellbore within a subterranean formation is provided. The apparatus and method thereby provides a system for coupling a radially expandable tubular liner to an open hole or cased section of a wellbore within a subterranean formation. Furthermore, in this manner, a wellbore casing, a pipeline, or a structural support may be formed or repaired using the present illustrative embodiments.
Referring initially to Fig. 1, an embodiment of an apparatus 100 for radially expanding and plastically deforming a tubular liner includes a tubular support member 105 that defines a passage 10Sa that is coupled to a tubular expansion cone 110 that defines a passage 11 Oa and includes a recess 11 Ob for mating with and receiving the tubular support member 105, a recess 11 Oc, and an internal flange I IOd. The tubular expansion cone 110 further includes a first section I I Oe having a substantially cylindrical outer surface, a second section 110f having a substantially tapered conical outer surface, and a third section 11 Og having a substantially cylindrical outer surface. In an exemplary embodiment, the outside diameter of the first section I lOe is greater than the outside diameter of the third section I I Og. In an exemplary embodiment, the recess 1 I Ob includes internal threads and the end of the tubular support member 105 that is received within the recess I IOb includes external threads for engaging the internal threads.
An end of a tubular shoe 115 mates with and is movably received within the recess I I Oc of the tubular expansion cone 110 that defines a passage I15a and a valveable passage 115b and includes an external flange 11 Sc, and an external flange 115d including a recessed portion 115da. The tubular shoe 115 further includes radial passages 115e and 115f for receiving corresponding burst discs, l 15ea and l 15fa. An end of a tubular support member 120 that defines a passage 120a mates with and is movably received within the recess 115da of the external flange 115d of the tubular shoe 115 and includes an external flange 120b having a substantially conical outer surface.
An end of an expandable tubular member 125 mates with and is coupled to the tubular support member 120 that defines a passage 125a for receiving the tubular support member 105, the tubular expansion cone 110, and the tubular shoe 115. In an exemplary embodiment, the end of the expandable tubular member 125 is coupled to the tubular support member 120 by a conventional threaded connection. In an exemplary embodiment, the expandable tubular member 125 includes a first section 125b having a substantially cylindrical outer surface, a second section 125c having a substantially conical outer surface, and a third section 125d having a substantially cylindrical outer surface. In an exemplary embodiment, the outside diameter of the first section 125b is less than the outside diameter of the third section 125d. a plurality of tubular sealing members, 130a,,130b, and 130c, are coupled to the external surface of the first section 125b of the expandable tubular member 125.
An end of a tubular member 140 that defines a passage 140a is coupled to an end of the tubular support member 120. In an exemplary embodiment, the connection between the tubular member 140 and the tubular support member 120 is a conventional threaded connection.
In an exemplary embodiment, as illustrated in Fig. 1, the apparatus 100 may be positioned within a wellbore 200 within a subterranean formation 205 that includes a preexisting section of wellbore casing 210. The wellbore 200 may be vertical, horizontal, or an intermediate orientation.
As illustrated in Fig. 2, a fluidic material 215 may then be injected into the apparatus 100 through the passages 105a, 11 Oa, I 1 Sa, 115b, and 140a in order to ensure the proper operation of the passages. In an alternative embodiment, before or after the injection of the fluidic material 215, a hardenable fluidic sealing material such as, for example, cement, may be injected into the apparatus 100, through the passages 105a, 110a, 115a, 11 5b, and 140a, in order to form an annular body of a fluidic sealing material between the tubular member. 125 and the wellbore 200.
As illustrated in Fig. 3, a ball 220 may then be placed into the valveable passage I 15b of the tubular shoe 115 by introducing the ball into the injected fluidic material 215. In this manner, the valveable passage 115b of the tubular shoe 115 may be sealed off thereby permitting the passage 115a to be pressurized by the continued injection of the fluidic material 215.
As illustrated in Fig. 4, the continued injection of the fluidic material 215 will burst the burst discs I15ea and I15fa thereby permitting the injected fluidic material to pass through the radial passages 115e and II5f into the annular region between the tubular shoe 115 and the expandable tubular member 125 below the tubular expansion cone 110 above the external flange 115d of the tubular shoe.
As illustrated in Fig. 5, the continued injection of the fluidic material 215 will continue to pressurize the annular region, between the tubular shoe 115 and the expandable tubular member 125 below the tubular expansion cone 110 above the external flange 115d of the tubular shoe, and thereby extrude the expandable tubular member 125 off of the tubular expansion cone 110 by plastically deforming and radially expanding the expandable tubular member.
During the continued radial expansion of the expandable tubular member 125, the tubular support member 105 and the tubular expansion cone 110 may be raised out of the wellbore 200. Because the tubular expansion cone 110 and the tubular shoe 115 are movably coupled, the axial displacement of the tubular expansion cone 110 during the radial expansion of the tubular member 125 does not displace the tubular shoe in the axial direction.
In an exemplary embodiment, during the radial expansion and plastic deformation of the expandable tubular member 125, the tubular shoe 115 is supported by the tubular support member 120 in the axial direction.
In an exemplary embodiment, the radial expansion of the expandable tubular member 125 further causes the sealing members, 130a, 130b, and 130c, to engage the preexisting wellbore casing 210. In this manner, the radially expanded tubular member 125, the tubular support member 120, and the tubular member 140 are coupled to the preexisting wellbore casing. Furthermore, in this manner, a fluidic seal is provided between the radially expanded tubular member 125 and the preexisting wellbore casing 210.
As illustrated in Fig. 6, once the radial expansion of the expandable tubular member 125 has been completed, the tubular support member 105, the tubular expansion cone 110, and the tubular shoe 115 are removed from the wellbore 200. In particular, the external flange 115c of the tubular shoe 115 engages the internal flange 11 Od of the tubular expansion cone 110 thereby permitting the tubular shoe to be removed from the wellbore 200.
In a preferred embodiment, the apparatus 100, and method of operating the apparatus, is provided substantially as disclosed in one or more of the following: U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 09/454,139 issued to U.S. Patent No. 6,497,289, U.S.
Patent Application Serial No. 09/502,350 issued to U.S. Patent No. 6,823,937, U.S.
Patent Application Serial No. 09/440,338 issued to U.S. Patent No. 6,328,113, U.S.
Patent Application Serial No. 09/512,895 issued to U.S. Patent No. 6,568,471; U.S.
Patent Application Serial No. 09/511,941 issued to U.S. Patent No. 6,575,240, U.S.
Patent Application Serial No. 09/588,946 issued to U.S. Patent No. 6,557,640, U.S.
Patent Application Serial No. 09/559,122 issued to U.S. Patent No. 6,604,763, U.S.
Patent Application Serial No. 09/969,922 issued to U.S. Patent No. 6,634,431, and PCT
Patent Application Serial No. PCT/US00/18635 published as International Publication No.
WO-01/04535.
It is understood that variations may be made in the foregoing without departing from the scope of the invention. For example, the apparatus 100 may be used to form and/or repair, for example, a wellbore casing, a pipeline, or a structural support.
Furthermore, the burst discs 115ea and 115 fa maybe replaced with conventional pressure relief valves.
Although illustrative embodiments of the invention have been shown and described, a wide range of modification, changes and substitution is contemplated in the foregoing disclosure. In some instances, some features of the present invention may be employed without a corresponding use of the other features. Accordingly, it is appropriate that the appended claims be construed broadly and in a manner consistent with the scope of the invention.
Background of the Invention This invention relates generally to wellbore casings, and in particular to wellbore casings that are formed using expandable tubing.
Conventionally, when a wellbore is created, a number of casings are installed in the borehole to prevent collapse of the borehole wall and to prevent undesired outflow of drilling fluid into the formation or inflow of fluid from the formation into the borehole. The borehole is drilled in intervals whereby a casing which is to be installed in a lower borehole interval is lowered through a previously installed casing of an upper borehole interval. As a consequence of this procedure the casing of the lower interval is of smaller diameter than the casing of the upper interval.
Thus, the casings are in a nested arrangement with casing diameters decreasing in downward direction.
Cement annuli are provided between the outer surfaces of the casings and the borehole wall to seal the casings from the borehole wall. As a consequence of this nested arrangement a relatively large borehole diameter is required at the upper part of the wellbore. Such a large borehole diameter involves increased costs due to heavy casing handling equipment, large drill bits and increased volumes of drilling fluid and drill cuttings. Moreover, increased drilling rig time is involved due to required cement pumping, cement hardening, required equipment changes due to large variations in hole diameters drilled in the course of the well, and the large volume of cuttings drilled and removed.
The present invention is directed to overcoming one or more of the limitations of the existing procedures for forming wellbores and wellheads.
Summary of the Invention According to one aspect of the present invention, a method of coupling a radially expandable tubular member to a preexisting structure is provided that includes positioning the tubular member within the preexisting structure, injecting fluidic materials into the tubular member, sensing the operating pressure of the fluidic materials, and radially expanding and plastically deforming the tubular member into contact with the preexisting structure when the sensed operating pressure exceeds a predetermined amount.
According to another aspect of the present invention, an apparatus for coupling a radially expandable tubular member to a preexisting structure is provided that includes a tubular support member including a first passage, a tubular expansion cone coupled to the tubular support member defining a second passage and including an internal flange, a tubular shoe movably received within the second passage of the tubular expansion cone defining one or more radial passages and a valveable passage fluidicly coupled to the first passage and including an external flange for engaging the internal flange, one or more pressure relief valves positioned in corresponding ones of the radial passages, and an expandable tubular member movably coupled to the tubular expansion cone.
According to another aspect of the present invention, a system for coupling a radially expandable tubular member to a preexisting structure is provided that includes means for positioning the tubular member within the preexisting structure, means for injecting fluidic materials into the tubular member, means for sensing the operating pressure of the fluidic materials, and means for radially expanding the tubular member into contact with the preexisting structure when the sensed operating pressure exceeds a predetermined amount.
Brief Description of the Drawings Fig. I is a fragmentary cross-sectional illustration of an embodiment of a liner hanger positioned within a wellbore including a preexisting section of wellbore casing.
Fig. 2 is a fragmentary cross-sectional illustration of the injection of a fluidic material into the apparatus of Fig. 2.
Fig. 3 is a fragmentary cross-sectional illustration of the placement of a ball into the valveable passage of the tubular shoe of the apparatus of Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is a fragmentary cross-sectional illustration of the continued injection of the fluidic material into the apparatus of Fig. 3 in order to burst the burst discs.
Fig. 5 is a fragmentary cross-sectional illustration of the continued injection of the fluidic material into the apparatus of Fig. 4 in order to plastically deform and radially expand the expandable tubular member.
Fig. 6 is a fragmentary cross-sectional illustration of the completion of the radial expansion and plastic deformation of the expandable tubular member of the apparatus of Fig. 5.
Detailed Description of the Illustrative Embodiments An apparatus and method for plastically deforming a tubular liner within a wellbore within a subterranean formation is provided. The apparatus and method thereby provides a system for coupling a radially expandable tubular liner to an open hole or cased section of a wellbore within a subterranean formation. Furthermore, in this manner, a wellbore casing, a pipeline, or a structural support may be formed or repaired using the present illustrative embodiments.
Referring initially to Fig. 1, an embodiment of an apparatus 100 for radially expanding and plastically deforming a tubular liner includes a tubular support member 105 that defines a passage 10Sa that is coupled to a tubular expansion cone 110 that defines a passage 11 Oa and includes a recess 11 Ob for mating with and receiving the tubular support member 105, a recess 11 Oc, and an internal flange I IOd. The tubular expansion cone 110 further includes a first section I I Oe having a substantially cylindrical outer surface, a second section 110f having a substantially tapered conical outer surface, and a third section 11 Og having a substantially cylindrical outer surface. In an exemplary embodiment, the outside diameter of the first section I lOe is greater than the outside diameter of the third section I I Og. In an exemplary embodiment, the recess 1 I Ob includes internal threads and the end of the tubular support member 105 that is received within the recess I IOb includes external threads for engaging the internal threads.
An end of a tubular shoe 115 mates with and is movably received within the recess I I Oc of the tubular expansion cone 110 that defines a passage I15a and a valveable passage 115b and includes an external flange 11 Sc, and an external flange 115d including a recessed portion 115da. The tubular shoe 115 further includes radial passages 115e and 115f for receiving corresponding burst discs, l 15ea and l 15fa. An end of a tubular support member 120 that defines a passage 120a mates with and is movably received within the recess 115da of the external flange 115d of the tubular shoe 115 and includes an external flange 120b having a substantially conical outer surface.
An end of an expandable tubular member 125 mates with and is coupled to the tubular support member 120 that defines a passage 125a for receiving the tubular support member 105, the tubular expansion cone 110, and the tubular shoe 115. In an exemplary embodiment, the end of the expandable tubular member 125 is coupled to the tubular support member 120 by a conventional threaded connection. In an exemplary embodiment, the expandable tubular member 125 includes a first section 125b having a substantially cylindrical outer surface, a second section 125c having a substantially conical outer surface, and a third section 125d having a substantially cylindrical outer surface. In an exemplary embodiment, the outside diameter of the first section 125b is less than the outside diameter of the third section 125d. a plurality of tubular sealing members, 130a,,130b, and 130c, are coupled to the external surface of the first section 125b of the expandable tubular member 125.
An end of a tubular member 140 that defines a passage 140a is coupled to an end of the tubular support member 120. In an exemplary embodiment, the connection between the tubular member 140 and the tubular support member 120 is a conventional threaded connection.
In an exemplary embodiment, as illustrated in Fig. 1, the apparatus 100 may be positioned within a wellbore 200 within a subterranean formation 205 that includes a preexisting section of wellbore casing 210. The wellbore 200 may be vertical, horizontal, or an intermediate orientation.
As illustrated in Fig. 2, a fluidic material 215 may then be injected into the apparatus 100 through the passages 105a, 11 Oa, I 1 Sa, 115b, and 140a in order to ensure the proper operation of the passages. In an alternative embodiment, before or after the injection of the fluidic material 215, a hardenable fluidic sealing material such as, for example, cement, may be injected into the apparatus 100, through the passages 105a, 110a, 115a, 11 5b, and 140a, in order to form an annular body of a fluidic sealing material between the tubular member. 125 and the wellbore 200.
As illustrated in Fig. 3, a ball 220 may then be placed into the valveable passage I 15b of the tubular shoe 115 by introducing the ball into the injected fluidic material 215. In this manner, the valveable passage 115b of the tubular shoe 115 may be sealed off thereby permitting the passage 115a to be pressurized by the continued injection of the fluidic material 215.
As illustrated in Fig. 4, the continued injection of the fluidic material 215 will burst the burst discs I15ea and I15fa thereby permitting the injected fluidic material to pass through the radial passages 115e and II5f into the annular region between the tubular shoe 115 and the expandable tubular member 125 below the tubular expansion cone 110 above the external flange 115d of the tubular shoe.
As illustrated in Fig. 5, the continued injection of the fluidic material 215 will continue to pressurize the annular region, between the tubular shoe 115 and the expandable tubular member 125 below the tubular expansion cone 110 above the external flange 115d of the tubular shoe, and thereby extrude the expandable tubular member 125 off of the tubular expansion cone 110 by plastically deforming and radially expanding the expandable tubular member.
During the continued radial expansion of the expandable tubular member 125, the tubular support member 105 and the tubular expansion cone 110 may be raised out of the wellbore 200. Because the tubular expansion cone 110 and the tubular shoe 115 are movably coupled, the axial displacement of the tubular expansion cone 110 during the radial expansion of the tubular member 125 does not displace the tubular shoe in the axial direction.
In an exemplary embodiment, during the radial expansion and plastic deformation of the expandable tubular member 125, the tubular shoe 115 is supported by the tubular support member 120 in the axial direction.
In an exemplary embodiment, the radial expansion of the expandable tubular member 125 further causes the sealing members, 130a, 130b, and 130c, to engage the preexisting wellbore casing 210. In this manner, the radially expanded tubular member 125, the tubular support member 120, and the tubular member 140 are coupled to the preexisting wellbore casing. Furthermore, in this manner, a fluidic seal is provided between the radially expanded tubular member 125 and the preexisting wellbore casing 210.
As illustrated in Fig. 6, once the radial expansion of the expandable tubular member 125 has been completed, the tubular support member 105, the tubular expansion cone 110, and the tubular shoe 115 are removed from the wellbore 200. In particular, the external flange 115c of the tubular shoe 115 engages the internal flange 11 Od of the tubular expansion cone 110 thereby permitting the tubular shoe to be removed from the wellbore 200.
In a preferred embodiment, the apparatus 100, and method of operating the apparatus, is provided substantially as disclosed in one or more of the following: U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 09/454,139 issued to U.S. Patent No. 6,497,289, U.S.
Patent Application Serial No. 09/502,350 issued to U.S. Patent No. 6,823,937, U.S.
Patent Application Serial No. 09/440,338 issued to U.S. Patent No. 6,328,113, U.S.
Patent Application Serial No. 09/512,895 issued to U.S. Patent No. 6,568,471; U.S.
Patent Application Serial No. 09/511,941 issued to U.S. Patent No. 6,575,240, U.S.
Patent Application Serial No. 09/588,946 issued to U.S. Patent No. 6,557,640, U.S.
Patent Application Serial No. 09/559,122 issued to U.S. Patent No. 6,604,763, U.S.
Patent Application Serial No. 09/969,922 issued to U.S. Patent No. 6,634,431, and PCT
Patent Application Serial No. PCT/US00/18635 published as International Publication No.
WO-01/04535.
It is understood that variations may be made in the foregoing without departing from the scope of the invention. For example, the apparatus 100 may be used to form and/or repair, for example, a wellbore casing, a pipeline, or a structural support.
Furthermore, the burst discs 115ea and 115 fa maybe replaced with conventional pressure relief valves.
Although illustrative embodiments of the invention have been shown and described, a wide range of modification, changes and substitution is contemplated in the foregoing disclosure. In some instances, some features of the present invention may be employed without a corresponding use of the other features. Accordingly, it is appropriate that the appended claims be construed broadly and in a manner consistent with the scope of the invention.
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1. A method of coupling a radially expandable tubular member to a preexisting structure, comprising:
positioning the tubular member within the preexisting structure;
injecting fluidic materials into the tubular member;
sensing the operating pressure of the fluidic materials;
radially expanding and plastically deforming the tubular member into contact with the preexisting structure when the sensed operating pressure exceeds a predetermined amount;
radially expanding and plastically deforming the tubular member using a tubular expansion cone when the sensed operating pressure exceeds the predetermined amount; and movably coupling a tubular shoe to the tubular expansion cone.
positioning the tubular member within the preexisting structure;
injecting fluidic materials into the tubular member;
sensing the operating pressure of the fluidic materials;
radially expanding and plastically deforming the tubular member into contact with the preexisting structure when the sensed operating pressure exceeds a predetermined amount;
radially expanding and plastically deforming the tubular member using a tubular expansion cone when the sensed operating pressure exceeds the predetermined amount; and movably coupling a tubular shoe to the tubular expansion cone.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein sensing the operating pressure includes:
sensing the operating pressure of the fluidic materials within the tubular member.
sensing the operating pressure of the fluidic materials within the tubular member.
3. An apparatus for coupling a radially expandable tubular member to a preexisting structure, comprising:
a tubular support member including a first passage;
a tubular expansion cone coupled to the tubular support member defining a second passage and including an internal flange;
a tubular shoe movably received within the second passage of the tubular expansion cone defining one or more radial passages and a valveable passage fluidicly coupled to the first passage and including an external flange for engaging the internal flange;
one or more pressure relief valves positioned in corresponding ones of the radial passages; and an expandable tubular member movably coupled to the tubular expansion cone.
a tubular support member including a first passage;
a tubular expansion cone coupled to the tubular support member defining a second passage and including an internal flange;
a tubular shoe movably received within the second passage of the tubular expansion cone defining one or more radial passages and a valveable passage fluidicly coupled to the first passage and including an external flange for engaging the internal flange;
one or more pressure relief valves positioned in corresponding ones of the radial passages; and an expandable tubular member movably coupled to the tubular expansion cone.
4. A system for coupling a radially expandable tubular member to a preexisting structure, comprising:
means for positioning the tubular member within the preexisting structure;
means for injecting fluidic materials into the tubular member;
means for sensing the operating pressure of the fluidic materials;
means for radially expanding the tubular member into contact with the preexisting structure when the sensed operating pressure exceeds a predetermined amount;
means for radially expanding and plastically deforming the tubular member using a tubular expansion cone when the sensed operating pressure exceeds the predetermined amount; and means for movably coupling a tubular shoe to the tubular expansion cone.
means for positioning the tubular member within the preexisting structure;
means for injecting fluidic materials into the tubular member;
means for sensing the operating pressure of the fluidic materials;
means for radially expanding the tubular member into contact with the preexisting structure when the sensed operating pressure exceeds a predetermined amount;
means for radially expanding and plastically deforming the tubular member using a tubular expansion cone when the sensed operating pressure exceeds the predetermined amount; and means for movably coupling a tubular shoe to the tubular expansion cone.
5. The system of claim 4, wherein the means for sensing the operating pressure includes:
means for sensing the operating pressure of the fluidic materials within the tubular member.
means for sensing the operating pressure of the fluidic materials within the tubular member.
6. A method of coupling a radially expandable tubular member to a preexisting structure, comprising:
positioning the tubular member within the preexisting structure;
injecting fluidic materials into the tubular member;
sensing the operating pressure of the fluidic materials;
radially expanding and plastically deforming the tubular member into contact with the preexisting structure when the sensed operating pressure exceeds a predetermined amount;
radially expanding and plastically deforming the tubular member by using the operating pressure to displace an expansion member in the longitudinal direction relative to the tubular member when the sensed operating pressure exceeds the predetermined amount;
and limiting an operating pressure driven longitudinal displacement of the expansion member by exerting the operating pressure on a member movably carried by the expansion member.
positioning the tubular member within the preexisting structure;
injecting fluidic materials into the tubular member;
sensing the operating pressure of the fluidic materials;
radially expanding and plastically deforming the tubular member into contact with the preexisting structure when the sensed operating pressure exceeds a predetermined amount;
radially expanding and plastically deforming the tubular member by using the operating pressure to displace an expansion member in the longitudinal direction relative to the tubular member when the sensed operating pressure exceeds the predetermined amount;
and limiting an operating pressure driven longitudinal displacement of the expansion member by exerting the operating pressure on a member movably carried by the expansion member.
7. A system for coupling a radially expandable tubular member to a preexisting structure, comprising:
means for positioning the tubular member within the preexisting structure;
means for injecting fluidic materials into the tubular member;
means for sensing the operating pressure of the fluidic materials;
means for radially expanding the tubular member into contact with the preexisting structure when the sensed operating pressure exceeds a predetermined amount;
means for radially expanding and plastically deforming the tubular member by using the operating pressure to displace an expansion member in the longitudinal direction relative to the tubular member when the sensed operating pressure exceeds the predetermined amount; and means for utilizing the operating pressure to exert a force on the expansion member in a manner limiting an available operating pressure-driven displacement thereof in the longitudinal direction.
means for positioning the tubular member within the preexisting structure;
means for injecting fluidic materials into the tubular member;
means for sensing the operating pressure of the fluidic materials;
means for radially expanding the tubular member into contact with the preexisting structure when the sensed operating pressure exceeds a predetermined amount;
means for radially expanding and plastically deforming the tubular member by using the operating pressure to displace an expansion member in the longitudinal direction relative to the tubular member when the sensed operating pressure exceeds the predetermined amount; and means for utilizing the operating pressure to exert a force on the expansion member in a manner limiting an available operating pressure-driven displacement thereof in the longitudinal direction.
8. An apparatus for coupling a radially expandable tubular member to a preexisting structure, comprising:
a support member; and an expansion device movably coupled to the support member comprising:
one or more expansion surfaces adapted to be displaced in the longitudinal direction relative to the support member for engaging and radially expanding and plastically deforming the expandable tubular member; and one or more pressure sensing elements coupled to the expansion surfaces for controlling the longitudinal displacement of the expansion surfaces as a function of the sensed operating pressure within the expandable tubular member.
a support member; and an expansion device movably coupled to the support member comprising:
one or more expansion surfaces adapted to be displaced in the longitudinal direction relative to the support member for engaging and radially expanding and plastically deforming the expandable tubular member; and one or more pressure sensing elements coupled to the expansion surfaces for controlling the longitudinal displacement of the expansion surfaces as a function of the sensed operating pressure within the expandable tubular member.
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