Connector

A connector for securing an inner tubular to an outer tubular, the connector comprising:

• an inner gripper comprising an inner gripper inner surface and an inner gripper outer surface;
• an outer gripper comprising an outer gripper inner surface and an outer gripper outer surface;
• and a wedge comprising a wedge inner surface and a wedge outer surface;
• wherein the connector is configured to be located in an annulus between the inner tubular and the outer tubular, and to be moveable from a collapsed configuration wherein the inner tubular can move relative to the outer tubular, to an expanded configuration wherein the inner tubular is secured by the connector to the outer tubular,
• wherein the wedge is configured to be driven between and moveable relative to the inner gripper outer surface and the outer gripper inner surface such that movement of the wedge causes movement of the inner gripper inner surface radially inwards and/or movement of the outer gripper outer surface radially outwards, thereby moving the connector from the collapsed configuration towards the expanded configuration,
• wherein one of the outer gripper and the inner gripper comprises at least one guide pin and the other of the outer gripper and the inner gripper comprises at least one guide groove or hole,
• and wherein the at least one guide pin and the at least one guide groove or hole are registered such that the at least one guide pin is at least partially within the at least one guide groove or hole when the connector is in both the collapsed and the expanded configurations,
• the at least one guide pin being registered with and at least partially within the at least one guide groove or hole to ensure that the inner gripper and the outer gripper are aligned and/or the outer gripper stays centred in the guide groove or hole in both the collapsed configuration and the expanded configuration.