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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2018
Applicant:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Michael Linley Fripp, Carrolton, TX (US);
Stephen Michael Greci, Little Elm, TX (US);
Abdel Hamid R. Abeidoh, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 33/12 (2006.01); E21B 33/127 (2006.01); E21B 23/06 (2006.01); E21B 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 33/1212 (2013.01); E21B 33/1277 (2013.01); E21B 23/00 (2013.01); E21B 23/06 (2013.01); E21B 33/12 (2013.01); E21B 33/127 (2013.01); E21B 33/1208 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for forming a seal in a wellbore that includes positioning a swell packer that comprises a swellable metal sealing element in the wellbore; wherein a porous layer is disposed about the swellable metal sealing element. The method also includes exposing the swellable metal sealing element to a downhole fluid; allowing or causing to allow the swellable metal sealing element to produce particles; and accumulating the particles within a first annulus formed between the porous layer and the tubular.