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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025

Filed:

Jun. 21, 2023
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Luke William Holderman, Singapore, SG;

Brandon Thomas Least, Carrollton, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 33/12 (2006.01); E21B 33/128 (2006.01); E21B 33/14 (2006.01); E21B 33/16 (2006.01); E21B 34/14 (2006.01); F16K 3/02 (2006.01); F16K 3/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 33/1208 (2013.01); E21B 33/1285 (2013.01); E21B 33/14 (2013.01); E21B 33/16 (2013.01); E21B 34/14 (2013.01); F16K 3/0236 (2013.01); F16K 3/265 (2013.01); E21B 2200/01 (2020.05); E21B 2200/06 (2020.05);
Abstract

Provided, in at least one aspect, is a valve, a method for sealing, and a related well system. The valve, in one aspect, includes a housing, and a sliding sleeve disposed in the housing and defining an annular flow path between the sliding sleeve and the housing, the sliding sleeve configured to move from a closed positioned closing the annular flow path to an open position opening the flow path. The valve, in at least one other aspect, further includes a plug member positioned within the annular flow path, the plug member comprising a metal configured to expand in response to hydrolysis to seal the annular flow path.


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