Patent ID: 8245789

Claim:
A method for connecting tubular sections on a well platform, the method comprising: providing a crimping assembly; providing first and second tubular sections, the second tubular section having a disconnection ring disposed thereabout and threadably releasable therefrom; suspending the first tubular section from the well platform; threadably engaging the second tubular section with the first tubular section forming a coupled joint; locating a sleeve over the coupled joint, wherein a first portion of the sleeve is disposed about the first tubular section and a second portion of the sleeve is disposed about the second tubular section by aligning a mating profile of the sleeve with a mating profile of the disconnection ring; crimping the second portion of the sleeve with the crimping assembly to connect the sleeve to the disconnection ring; and crimping the first portion of the sleeve with the crimping assembly to connect the sleeve to the first tubular section.