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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2004
Bernadette Craster, Waterbeach, GB;
Roger Card, Houston, TX (US);
Ashley Johnson, Milton, GB;
Paul Way, Hauxton, GB;
Hemant Ladva, Cambridge, GB;
Jonathan Phipps, Lower Cambourne, GB;
Geoffrey Maitland, Whittlesford, GB;
Paul Reid, St. Neots, GB;
Bernadette Craster, Waterbeach, GB;
Roger Card, Houston, TX (US);
Ashley Johnson, Milton, GB;
Paul Way, Hauxton, GB;
Hemant Ladva, Cambridge, GB;
Jonathan Phipps, Lower Cambourne, GB;
Geoffrey Maitland, Whittlesford, GB;
Paul Reid, St. Neots, GB;
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Abstract
The invention concerns a system or a method for maintaining zonal isolation in a wellbore. According to the invention, the system comprises, at a specific location along said wellbore, a sealing element, said sealing element being able to deform both during and after placement and is maintained after placement under compression through a pressurizing fluid or by confinement in a volume.