Patent ID: 7114970

Claim:
A tubular for assembly with a second substantially identical tubular to form a string of tubulars, comprising: a tubular body having a wall and a main axial bore through the body, the body having a male axial end and a female axial end, the male end configured to mate with a female axial end of the second tubular and the female end configured to mate with a male axial end of the second tubular; a plurality of conductors, each conductor axially extending between the male end and the female end; a male connector (MC) disposed in the male end, the MC electrically coupled to each conductor and configured to mate with a female connector (FC) of the second tubular to provide electrical communication between the conductors and respective conductors of the second tubular; and an FC disposed in the female end, the FC electrically coupled to each conductor, and configured to mate with an MC of the second tubular to provide electrical communication between the conductors and respective conductors of the second tubular, wherein: the MC comprises a metal sealing surface configured to mate with a metal sealing surface of the FC of the second tubular and the FC comprises a metal sealing surface configured to mate with a metal sealing surface of the MC of the second tubular, the metal sealing surfaces, when mated, providing metal to metal seals between electrical components (ECs) of the connectors and main axial bores of the body and a body of the second tubular, and the MC further comprises a nose having the metal sealing surface disposed thereon and the FC further comprises a shoulder having an elastomer seal disposed thereon and the metal sealing surface such that, when the MC mates with the FC of the second tubular, the nose will compress the elastomer seal until the metal sealing surfaces mate and vice versa when the FC mates with the MC of the second tubular.