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Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025

Filed:

Jan. 18, 2021
Applicant:

Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Michael Linley Fripp, Carrollton, TX (US);

Joachim Pihl, Sandefjord, NO;

Arpana Verma, Coppell, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 33/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 33/1208 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided is a method for setting a downhole tool, and a downhole localized heater. The method, in at least one aspect, includes positioning a downhole tool within a wellbore, the downhole tool including expandable metal configured to expand in response to hydrolysis, and positioning a downhole localized heater within the wellbore, the downhole localized heater being proximate the expandable metal. The method additionally includes subjecting the expandable metal to a wellbore fluid to expand the expandable metal into contact with one or more surfaces while activating the downhole localized heater to create a temperature spike and accelerate an expansion of the expandable metal.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Fripp, Michael. (2025). Heaters to accelerate setting of expandable metal (U.S. Patent No. 12345115). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12345115

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