US 6,695,012 B1
Lubricant coating for expandable tubular membersGeneral
US 6,695,012 B1
Lubricant coating for expandable tubular members
Tech Center:
3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Medical Devices/Processes
Examiner:
Patrick Brinson
Art Unit:
3752 Fluid Handling and Dispensing
Agent:
Inventors:
Lev Ring; Andrei Gregory Filippov; Mike Cowan; Bill Dean
Assignee:
Priority:
10/12/99
Filed:
10/05/00
Granted:
02/24/04
Expiration:
10/12/19
Abstract
A lubricant coating (240) for expandable tubulars (215). The interior surfaces of the expandable tubulars are coated with the lubricant coating (240). The expandable tubulars (215) are then placed within a preexisting structure (205). The expandable tubulars are then radially expanded into contact with the preexisting structure.