Patent ID: 8627704

Claim:
A method of forming a control line protector suitable for protecting a control line at an exterior surface of a protruding joint in a downhole tubing string, comprising: loading a metal sheet into a press die tool; stamping the metal sheet with the press die tool in a single stamping stroke to form the control line protector as a single unitary piece, including: stamping the metal sheet in the single stamping stroke to form an integral rectangular guard section for completely covering a surface of the control line from an inside diameter of a well; stamping the metal sheet in the single stamping stroke to form a first rectangular end piece and a second rectangular end piece both integrally attached to the guard section to securingly engage a shape of the tubing string; and stamping the metal sheet in the single stamping stroke to form a contour profile in the integral rectangular guard section and the first and second rectangular end pieces, the contour profile matching a degree of protrusion of the joint.