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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2018
Applicant:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Michael Linley Fripp, Carrollton, TX (US);
Geir Gjelstad, Dallas, TX (US);
Zachary William Walton, Carrollton, TX (US);
Assignee:
HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J 15/06 (2006.01); E21B 33/12 (2006.01); C09K 8/516 (2006.01); E21B 33/128 (2006.01); F16J 15/3284 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 33/1208 (2013.01); C09K 8/516 (2013.01); E21B 33/128 (2013.01); F16J 15/068 (2013.01); E21B 2200/01 (2020.05); F16J 15/3284 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sealing apparatus includes a swellable metal. The swellable metal, when exposed to a fluid, is transitionable from an initial configuration having an initial volume to an expanded configuration having an increased volume. The swellable metal, upon transitioning to the expanded configuration in an annulus of a fluid channel, forms a seal against a surface of the fluid channel such that fluid communication across the swellable metal in the annulus is at least partially restricted.