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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2008
Applicants:
Nikhil Shindgikar, Paris, FR;
Jesse Lee, Paris, FR;
Inventors:
Nikhil Shindgikar, Paris, FR;
Jesse Lee, Paris, FR;
Assignee:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/035 (2006.01); C09K 8/487 (2006.01); E21B 33/13 (2006.01); E21B 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system for curing lost circulation is made of fibers and a material able to stick fibers in a network when activated. Such activation can be temperature or pH change or both. The fibers can be metallic amorphous fibers, metallic non-amorphous fibers, glass fibers, carbon fibers, polymeric fibers and combinations thereof. The material can be a fiber coating or an additional material, for example polyvinyl alcohol, polyurethane and heat activated epoxy resin.