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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2022
Welltec A/s, Allerød, DK;
Christian Krüger, Allerød, DK;
WELLTEC A/S, Allerød, DK;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a wireline plug system for setting a permanent plug in a well for plugging and abandonment, comprising a wireline pumping tool comprising a pump powered from surface via a wireline, the pump comprising a pump inlet and a pump outlet, the wireline pumping tool having a first end connected to the wireline and a second end, a plugging and abandonment plug comprising a first plug end and an opening in the first plug end, and an engagement tool for releasably connecting the plug to the wireline pumping tool, the engagement tool having a through-bore fluidly connecting the opening in the first plug end with the pump outlet, wherein the plugging and abandonment plug comprises a tubular metal part and an expandable metal sleeve surrounding and connected to an outer face of the tubular metal part, the tubular metal part having an expansion aperture fluidly connecting an inside of the tubular metal part and a cavity between the expandable metal sleeve and the tubular metal part. The invention also relates to a wireline plug setting method for setting a permanent plug in a well for plugging and abandonment on the wireline.