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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2020
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Pranay Asthana, Carrollton, TX (US);
Christian Alexander Jelly, Carrollton, TX (US);
David Joe Steele, Carrollton, TX (US);
Michael Linley Fripp, Carrollton, TX (US);
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Provided is an interval control valve. The interval control valve, in one aspect, includes a tubular housing, the tubular housing having one or more openings extending there through, and a sliding sleeve positioned within the tubular, the sliding sleeve configured to move between a closed position closing a fluid path between the one or more opening and an interior of the tubular housing, and an open position opening the fluid path between the one or more openings and the interior of the tubular housing. The interval control valve according to this aspect additionally includes a tubular overlapping with the sliding sleeve, the sliding sleeve and the tubular defining an overlapping space, and an expanded metal joint located in at least a portion of the overlapping space, the expanded metal joint comprising a metal that has expanded in response to hydrolysis.