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An injection spool for use in the injection of a fluid, for example a slurry of drilling cuttings, into a subsea wellhead assembly has an outer housing having a central bore therethrough. The housing has a first end for connection to a wellhead assembly such that the central bore of the housing is a

An injection spool for use in the injection of a fluid, for example a slurry of drilling cuttings, into a subsea wellhead assembly has an outer housing having a central bore therethrough. The housing has a first end for connection to a wellhead assembly such that the central bore of the housing is aligned with the central bore of the wellhead assembly. An inner housing, for example an isolation sleeve, having a central bore therethrough is disposed within the central bore in the outer housing, whereby a cavity is formed between the inner housing and the outer housing. A port in the outer housing has an opening into the cavity between the inner housing and the outer housing, through which a fluid may be injected. The inner housing has a portion extending from within the outer housing beyond the first end of the outer housing for forming a cavity within a wellhead assembly to which the injection spool is connected. The cavity thus formed connects the cavity in the injection spool with an annular cavity defined by adjacent casings present in the wellhead assembly. In this way, a fluid injected into the injection spool through the port in the housing flows into an annulus between two casings in the well, from which it can be injected into an underground formation.

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An injection spool for use in the injection of a fluid, for example a slurry of drilling cuttings, into a subsea wellhead assembly has an outer housing having a central bore therethrough. The housing has a first end for connection to a wellhead assembly such that the central bore of the housing is a

An injection spool for use in the injection of a fluid, for example a slurry of drilling cuttings, into a subsea wellhead assembly has an outer housing having a central bore therethrough. The housing has a first end for connection to a wellhead assembly such that the central bore of the housing is aligned with the central bore of the wellhead assembly. An inner housing, for example an isolation sleeve, having a central bore therethrough is disposed within the central bore in the outer housing, whereby a cavity is formed between the inner housing and the outer housing. A port in the outer housing has an opening into the cavity between the inner housing and the outer housing, through which a fluid may be injected. The inner housing has a portion extending from within the outer housing beyond the first end of the outer housing for forming a cavity within a wellhead assembly to which the injection spool is connected. The cavity thus formed connects the cavity in the injection spool with an annular cavity defined by adjacent casings present in the wellhead assembly. In this way, a fluid injected into the injection spool through the port in the housing flows into an annulus between two casings in the well, from which it can be injected into an underground formation. face defined thereat faces said dispenser; vii.) a first reciprocating roll over tool including a curvature on a bottom interior surface thereof which corresponds to said rounded edge of said platen; and viii.) a second reciprocating roll over tool including a curvature defined on a bottom interior surface thereof which corresponds to said rounded edge of said platen, such that said second roll over tool slides toward said platen so as to sandwich said second free end therebetween and complete the formation of a loop thereby; c.) cutting said feedstock to form said feedstock extension; d.) dispensing said adhesive on at least one of said free ends; e.) bringing said free ends adjacent one another so as to adheringly secure said free ends to one another and form a joint thereat; f.) performing a cold forming operation on said joint to fixture said free ends and strengthen said joint thereby; and g.) performing a hot forming operation on said joint to improve said joint's aesthetic appearance. 2. The adhesive assembly method of claim 1 wherein a duration of said cold forming step ranges from about 3 to about 6 seconds. 3. The adhesive assembly method of claim 1 wherein said hot forming step is performed at a temperature at or between about 250° F. to about 400° F. 4. The adhesive assembly method of claim 3 wherein a duration of said hot forming step ranges from about 1 to about 3 seconds. 5. The adhesive assembly method of claim 1 wherein said feedstock includes an elastomeric core having a circumferential sheath of polymeric fibers disposed therearound. 6. The adhesive assembly method of claim 5 wherein said polymeric fibers are selected from the group of materials consisting of polypropylene and nylon. 7. The adhesive assembly method of claim 1 wherein said adhesive is selected from the group of adhesives consisting of cyanoacrylates. 8. The adhesive assembly method of claim 1 wherein each of said dispenser, said reciprocating members, said cutting tool and said roll over tools is pneumatically actuated. 9. The adhesive assembly method of claim 1 wherein each of said dispenser, said reciprocating members, said cutting tool and said roll over tools is controlled by any one of a programmable logic controller, PC based controller or other means of executing machine logic. 10. An apparatus for manufacturing at least one elastic hair fastener assembly having an adhesively secured joint thereon, said apparatus comprising: a.) at least one feed track for guiding a quantity of textile feedstock from an initial loading position to a subsequent staging position, wherein in said staging position, said feedstock overlays said feed track such that a face defined at a first free end of said feedstock lies adjacent a stop, said stop protruding normally from a planar surface of said feed track; b.) at least a first vertically reciprocating member that imparts motion to said first free end such that said face lies substantially within a plane normal to the plane in which said face was positioned in said staging position; c.) a vertically reciprocating adhesive dispenser having a chamber for retention of a flowable adhesive therein and an adhesive applicator depending therefrom which regulates the flow of said adhesive therethrough and thereby releases the adhesive in a predetermined desired quantity onto a substrate; d.) a vertically reciprocating platen having generally rounded edges therearound so as to angularly urge said feedstock thereabout and initiate formation of the fastener loop, said platen being in parallel alignment with said feed track so as to sandwich said feedstock therebetween and maintain tension of said feedstock; e.) a vertically reciprocating cutter element supporting a cutting blade thereupon wherein said cutting element disposes said blade through an aperture in said feed track, said aperture being located at a predetermined position so that said blade cuts said feedstock to form a feedstock extension