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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2016
Sankaran Murugesan, Katy, TX (US);
Oleg A. Mazyar, Katy, TX (US);
Valery N. Khabashesku, Houston, TX (US);
Sankaran Murugesan, Katy, TX (US);
Oleg A. Mazyar, Katy, TX (US);
Valery N. Khabashesku, Houston, TX (US);
BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method of installing a downhole device comprises introducing a downhole device into a wellbore, the downhole device comprising a substrate and a shape memory polymer in a deformed state disposed on the substrate; combining a modified activation material in the form of a powder, a hydrogel, an xerogel, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing with a carrier to provide an activation fluid; introducing the activation fluid into the wellbore; releasing an activation agent in a liquid form from the modified activation material; and contacting the shape memory polymer in the deformed state with the released activation agent in an amount effective to deploy the shape memory polymer.