Shell Oil Comapny

John Alexander Gordon Dewar

Andrei Gregory Filippov

Scott Anthony Benzie

Erik Kerst Cornelissen

Martin Gerard Rene Bosma

Paul Dirk Schilte

A method of sealing a space in a wellbore formed in an earth formation comprises inserting a plurality of swellable particles into the space by pumping them in a carrier fluid, the particles being susceptible to swelling upon contact with a selected fluid, and inducing the selected fluid to contact the swelleable particles whereby the swelleable particles swell so as to form a body of swollen particles in the space.

Method of sealing an annular space in a wellbore

A method of creating a borehole in an earth formation is provided. The method involves the steps of drilling a section of the borehole and lowering an expandable tubular element into the borehole whereby a lower portion of the tubular element extends into the drilled borehole section, radially expanding the lower portion of the tubular element so as to form a casing in the drilled borehole section, and separating an upper portion of the tubular element from the lower portion so as to allow the separated upper portion to be moved relative to the lower portion.

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John Alexander Gordon Dewar