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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2022
Applicant:
Conocophillips Company, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
David D. Hearn, Houston, TX (US);
Casey Hirschmann, Houston, TX (US);
Randall S. Shafer, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01H 6/46 (2018.01); A01H 5/10 (2018.01); C09K 8/42 (2006.01); E21B 33/13 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01H 6/4684 (2018.05); A01H 5/10 (2013.01); C09K 8/42 (2013.01); E21B 33/13 (2013.01);
Abstract
A composition for a plug for use in wellbores undergoing plugging and abandonment operations, as well as plugs made with the composition, wherein the composition includes a first molten metal produced by igniting nano-thermite clusters of <500 nm average diameter admixed with a second molten metal that is produced by melting the wellbore's production tubing and casing.