Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Downhole tools comprising aqueous-degradable sealing elements
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Application No.: US14439892Application Date: 2014-07-07
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Publication No.: US10240427B2Publication Date: 2019-03-26
- Inventor: Zachary Ryan Murphree , Michael Linley Fripp , Zachary William Walton , Charles Timothy Smith
- Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: McGuireWoods LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2014/045535 WO 20140707
- International Announcement: WO2016/007119 WO 20160114
- Main IPC: E21B33/12
- IPC: E21B33/12 ; E21B33/128 ; E21B43/26 ; E21B29/02 ; E21B33/129 ; C08K5/092

Abstract:
The present disclosure generally relates to downhole tools comprising aqueous-degradable sealing elements and, more specifically, to downhole tools comprising a body and an aqueous-degradable sealing element, wherein at least a portion of the body is also degradable upon exposure to a wellbore environment. A downhole tool that includes a body, wherein at least a portion of the body is degradable when exposed to a wellbore environment; and at least one aqueous-degradable sealing element composed of an aqueous-degradable elastomer, wherein the aqueous-degradable sealing element degrades when exposed to an aqueous fluid in the wellbore environment.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160290090A1 DOWNHOLE TOOLS COMPRISING AQUEOUS-DEGRADABLE SEALING ELEMENTS Public/Granted day:2016-10-06
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