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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2012
Applicants:
Kristian Solhaug, Stavanger, NO;
Kurtis W. Price, Cypress, TX (US);
Ronald L. Hinkie, Marlow, OK (US);
Inventors:
Kristian Solhaug, Stavanger, NO;
Kurtis W. Price, Cypress, TX (US);
Ronald L. Hinkie, Marlow, OK (US);
Assignee:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 33/12 (2006.01); E21B 23/06 (2006.01); E21B 33/128 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 33/128 (2013.01); E21B 23/06 (2013.01); E21B 33/1208 (2013.01);
Abstract
A swellable packer for use with a subterranean well can include a swellable seal having a circumferentially extending recess formed on a surface of the seal. Another swellable packer can include a swellable seal having a helically extending recess formed in the seal. A method of constructing a swellable packer can include forming a circumferentially extending recess on a surface of a swellable seal.