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Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2023

Filed:

Apr. 20, 2021
Applicant:

Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;

Inventors:

Feras Hamid Rowaihy, Dhahran, SA;

Ahmed A. Al Sulaiman, Dammam, SA;

Suresh Jacob, Dhahran, SA;

Ayman Almohsin, Doha, SA;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/112 (2006.01); E21B 33/124 (2006.01); E21B 43/12 (2006.01); E21B 43/119 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/112 (2013.01); E21B 33/1243 (2013.01); E21B 43/12 (2013.01); E21B 43/119 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for shutting off a wet interval of a wellbore includes producing hydrocarbons from a hydrocarbon bearing subterranean formation through a production string installed in the wellbore, identifying the wet interval of the wellbore, perforating the production string in the wet interval using an explosive-free punch tool to produce a plurality of openings in the production string, isolating the production string in the wet interval, treating the wet interval with a sealing composition injected through the plurality of openings into an annulus of the wellbore in the wet interval, and restoring a fluid flow path through the production string in the wet interval. The restored fluid flow path through the wet interval enables continued production of hydrocarbons from downhole intervals, while the sealing composition cured in the annulus provides a barrier to prevent fluid flow from the wet interval into the production string.


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