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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2015
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Michael Linley Fripp, Carrollton, TX (US);
Zachary William Walton, Carrollton, TX (US);
Charles Timothy Smith, McKinney, TX (US);
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Downhole tools and methods and systems associated therewith, wherein the downhole tools comprise a body and at least one sealing element comprising an aqueous-degradable thermoplastic rubber copolymer composed of a thermoplastic component and a rubber component. The thermoplastic component is present in an amount of about 5% to about 95% by weight of the aqueous-degradable thermoplastic rubber copolymer, and at least a portion of the sealing element hydrolytically degrades when exposed to an aqueous fluid.