Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fluid plugs as downhole sealing devices and systems and methods including the same
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Application No.: US14437161Application Date: 2013-11-18
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Publication No.: US10024131B2Publication Date: 2018-07-17
- Inventor: Randy C. Tolman , Timothy G. Benish , Geoffrey Steiner
- Applicant: Randy C. Tolman , Timothy G. Benish , Geoffrey Steiner
- Applicant Address: US TX Spring
- Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
- Current Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Spring
- Agency: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company—Law Department
- International Application: PCT/US2013/070606 WO 20131118
- International Announcement: WO2014/099207 WO 20140626
- Main IPC: E21B33/128
- IPC: E21B33/128 ; E21B43/25 ; E21B33/124 ; E21B33/138 ; E21B33/134 ; E21B43/11 ; E21B33/12 ; E21B43/119 ; E21B43/14

Abstract:
Fluid plugs as downhole sealing devices and methods include providing a stimulating fluid to a casing conduit that is defined by the production casing to stimulate a portion of a subterranean formation within which the production casing extends. The methods further may include providing a sealing fluid to the casing conduit, providing a sealing device to the casing conduit, and flowing the sealing fluid and the sealing device to a perforated section of the production casing. The methods further may include locating the sealing device on a perforation, generating a fluid plug within the perforated section of the production casing by increasing a viscosity of the sealing fluid, and retaining the sealing device proximate the perforation with the fluid plug.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150292293A1 Fluid Plugs as Downhole Sealing Devices and Systems and Methods Including the Same Public/Granted day:2015-10-15
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