Rotating and Translating Shunt Tube Assembly
AssigneeHalliburton Energy Services, Inc.
InventorsStephen Michael Greci, Jean Marc Lopez
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Abstract
A tubular assembly comprises a wellbore tubular, at least one shunt tube, and a coupling assembly configured to rotatably couple the at least one shunt tube to the wellbore tubular. A method of coupling the tubular assemblies comprises coupling a first wellbore tubular to a second wellbore tubular, wherein a first shunt tube is coupled to the first wellbore tubular, rotating a second shunt tube about the second wellbore tubular that is coupled to the first wellbore tubular until the second shunt tube is substantially aligned with the first shunt tube, and coupling the first shunt tube to the second shunt tube.
Claims20
A tubular assembly comprising:
- a wellbore tubular;
- at least one shunt tube;
- and
- a coupling assembly configured to rotatably couple the at least one shunt tube to the wellbore tubular.
A method comprising:
- coupling a first wellbore tubular to a second wellbore tubular, wherein a first shunt tube is coupled to the first wellbore tubular;
- rotating a second shunt tube about the second wellbore tubular that is coupled to the first wellbore tubular until the second shunt tube is substantially aligned with the first shunt tube;
- and
- coupling the first shunt tube to the second shunt tube.
A method comprising:
- coupling a shunt tube to a coupling assembly;
- and
- rotatably coupling the coupling assembly to a wellbore tubular.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.