Wellbore liner system

US6547006B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Weatherford/Lamb, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Marc Kuck · Houston, US
• Thomas F. Bailey · Houston, US
• Monte Ira Johnson · Diemelstraße, US
• Robert E. Robertson · Tomball, US
• Andrew Arthur Barry · Missouri City, US
• Thurman James Carter · Houston, US
• William A. Blizzard, Jr. · Houston, US
• Teme Forrest Singleton · Covington, US
• John D. Roberts · Spring, US
• William Alan Spielman · Diemelstraße, US
• David M. Haugen · League City, US
• Guy L. McClung, III · Spring, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 5, 2000
• Grant date: Apr 15, 2003
• Expiry date: Jun 5, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC E): Fixed Constructions
• CPC primary: E21B41/0042
• WIPO field: Civil engineering
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

Wellbore apparatus has been invented which, in at least certain aspects, includes a wellbore apparatus having a tubular member with a top end, a bottom end, a hollow portion, and a window therethrough, a sleeve positioned within the hollow portion of the tubular member, the sleeve having a top end and a bottom end, a diverter apparatus within or outside the tubular member amd, optionally, below the bottom end of the sleeve, the sleeve movable so that the diverter, and the diverter directs the sleeve to the window and through the window into a bore extending beyond the window, and the window having an edge therearound to which the top end of the sleeve is weldable to sealingly secure the sleeve at the window.