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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
May. 09, 2011
Applicant:
Robert E. Hermes, White Rock, NM (US);
Inventor:
Robert E. Hermes, White Rock, NM (US);
Assignee:
Los Alamos National Security, LLC, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 33/06 (2006.01); E21B 33/13 (2006.01); E21B 43/12 (2006.01); C09K 8/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The uncontrolled flow of fluid from an oil or gas well may be reduced or stopped by injecting a composition including 2-cyanoacrylate ester monomer into the fluid stream. Injection of the monomer results in a rapid, perhaps instantaneous, polymerization of the monomer within the flow stream of the fluid. This polymerization results in formation of a solid plug that reduces or stops the flow of additional fluid from the well.