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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2024
Aramco Services Company, Houston, TX (US);
Thomas Hillman, Missouri City, TX (US);
Christopher Powell, Houston, TX (US);
SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran, SA;
Abstract
Systems and methods for forming and using a pressure housing to protect a downhole tool in a wellbore include machining an initial syntactic foam body into a pressure housing structure and post-curing the pressure housing structure in a programmable oven at a time-temperature program to produce a post-cured syntactic foam structure. Methods for protecting a downhole tool in a wellbore include containing the downhole tool in a post-cured syntactic foam structure, placing the structure in the wellbore and using the downhole tool contained in the post-cured syntactic foam structure in the wellbore, floating the post-cured syntactic foam structure containing the downhole to a surface location, and retrieving the post-cured syntactic foam structure containing the downhole tool. Systems for protecting a downhole tool in a wellbore include a post-cured syntactic foam structure positioned in the wellbore and a downhole tool pressure sealed within the post-cured syntactic foam structure.