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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. 29, 2026

Filed:

Jun. 28, 2025
Applicants:

Cnpc Usa Corporation, Houston, TX (US);

Beijing Huamei, Inc., Beijing, CN;

China National Petroleum Corporation, Beijing, CN;

Inventors:

Lei Zhao, Houston, TX (US);

Jiaxiang Ren, Houston, TX (US);

Timothy Ryan Dunne, Houston, TX (US);

Yu Liu, Beijing, CN;

Kwami Roberts, Houston, TX (US);

Peng Cheng, Houston, TX (US);

Assignees:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 33/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 33/1212 (2013.01);
Abstract

The patent application discloses an in-situ swellable composition suitable for use in subterranean wells. The swellable packer may comprise a swellable sealing element and a geopolymer. The swellable sealing element may comprise a metal, metal alloy, or a combination thereof. The swellable metal sealing element may be configured to react with a brine to form a metal hydroxide reaction product which forms a permanent seal with an adjacent surface.


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