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US 2003/0150617 A1Published application
Multilateral junction and method for installing multilateral junctions
AssigneeBaker Hughes Incorporated
InventorJohn L. Baugh
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Abstract
A multilateral junction comprises a primary leg and one or more lateral legs. Each end of the primary leg and each lateral leg has an inflatable element therein. A method for installing a multilateral junction includes running a deformed junction to depth and serially or collectively inflating an inflatable element in each leg of said junction to reform said junction.
Claims12
A multilateral junction comprising:
- a primary leg having one end and another end;
- one or more lateral legs adjoining said primary leg between said one end and said another end;
- and
- an inflatable element in each of said one end of said primary leg, said another end of said primary leg and in each of said one or more lateral legs.
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A method for deploying a multilateral junction comprising:
- running a deformed junction to depth;
- and
- inflating individual inflatable elements in each leg of said junction to undeform said junction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.