Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.

Peter C Dagenais

Michael Linley Fripp

Stephen Michael Greci

James Dan Vick, Jr

Richard Decena Ornelaz

Xiaoguang Allan Zhong

Abdel Hamid R Abeidoh

Abdel Hamid Abeidoh

Disclosed embodiments include a packer. The packer includes a fluid bypass positioned along a longitudinal axis of the packer. The fluid bypass provides a fluid flow path between a downhole location and an uphole location from the packer. Additionally, the packer includes a sealing element positioned around the fluid bypass that is elastically deformable to expand in a direction radially outward from the longitudinal axis when the sealing element experiences axial compression. The sealing element includes at least one elastomeric seal reinforcer molded into the elastomeric seal.

System to control swab off while running a packer device

A method can include applying a magnetic field to a well screen, thereby varying sizes of pores via which fluid flows through the well screen. A well screen can include a magnetic shape memory material having a dimension which changes in response to application of a magnetic field. Restriction to flow through the well screen can vary in response to the change in dimension of the magnetic shape memory material.

Varying pore size in a well screen

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The Colony, TX, United States of America

Peter C Dagenais