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Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2022

Filed:

Jul. 16, 2019
Applicant:

Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Christopher Michael Pelto, Garland, TX (US);

Stephen Michael Greci, Little Elm, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 33/134 (2006.01); E21B 33/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 33/134 (2013.01); E21B 33/1212 (2013.01); E21B 2200/01 (2020.05);
Abstract

Methods for forming a seal in a wellbore. An example method includes positioning an expandable metal sealing element in the wellbore; wherein the expandable metal sealing element comprises a composite material of expandable metal and a reinforcement material. The expandable metal forms a matrix and the reinforcement material is distributed within the matrix. The method further includes contacting the expandable metal sealing element with a fluid that reacts with the expandable metal to produce a reaction product having a volume greater than the expandable metal.


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