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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2024
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Fahad M. Meshal, Khobar, SA;
Abiola Onikoyi, Khurais, SA;
Mohammad A. Al-Otaibi, Khobar, SA;
Khaled Al-Sunnary, Dammam, SA;
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to methods and systems for temporarily sealing a leak between flanges of a pipeline. The disclosed systems comprise a flexible tube, a sealant fluid, and a gas-release assembly. The flexible tube comprises a tube material impermeable to the sealant fluid, and the sealant fluid comprises viscoelastic properties that allow it to be pressurized to create a seal and stop or reduce the leak. The disclosed methods comprise pressurizing the sealant fluid in the flexible tube, concurrently removing a gas trapped inside the system using the gas-release assembly, and expanding the flexible tube comprising the pressurized sealant fluid to fill the flange gap between the flanges, and thereby stop or reduce the leak between the flanges.
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