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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2023
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Mathusan Mahendran, Singapore, SG;
Cem Sonat, Singapore, SG;
Nithin Kumar Gupta Dachepally, Singapore, SG;
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A variety of methods/systems/apparatus/compositions are disclosed, including, in one embodiment, a downhole tool (for use in a borehole) having a mandrel, a sealing element including metal particles disposed about the mandrel, and a piston to move a containment component of the downhole tool in an axial direction to move the metal particles in the axial direction, thereby displacing the metal particles in a radial direction toward a borehole wall to expand the sealing element in the radial direction to form a seal between the downhole tool and the borehole wall.