Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sealing an undesirable formation zone in the wall of a wellbore
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Application No.: US16058071Application Date: 2018-08-08
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Publication No.: US10280705B2Publication Date: 2019-05-07
- Inventor: Alwaleed Abdullah Al-Gouhi , Nabil S. Alkhanaifer
- Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Applicant Address: SA Dhahran
- Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Current Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Current Assignee Address: SA Dhahran
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: E21B23/06
- IPC: E21B23/06 ; E21B33/12 ; E21B33/127 ; E21B33/138 ; E21B34/10

Abstract:
An inflating container filled with formation plugging fluid is deployed at the target zone by a rigless apparatus. The inflating container can be in valved fluid communication with an explosive filled container, the explosive being ignited using a firing mechanism that is attached to the explosive filled container. The explosion expands gases in the explosive filled container which pass into the inflation container and displace the formation plugging fluid into the balloon sections and through the weakened portions of the central balloon to penetrate the walls of the target zone. The expanded central balloon is melted by the heat of the chemical reaction and a portion adheres to the formation wall thereby sealing the undesirable target zone; thereafter, the remaining balloon sections are deflated or ruptured to permit the apparatus to be withdrawn through the production tubing.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180347309A1 SEALING AN UNDESIRABLE FORMATION ZONE IN THE WALL OF A WELLBORE Public/Granted day:2018-12-06
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