Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Variable density element retainer for use downhole
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Application No.: US16626602Application Date: 2019-02-05
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Publication No.: US11459847B2Publication Date: 2022-10-04
- Inventor: Christopher Michael Pelto
- 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: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2019/016636 WO 20190205
- International Announcement: WO2020/162883 WO 20200813
- Main IPC: E21B33/12
- IPC: E21B33/12 ; B22F3/105 ; B33Y10/00 ; B33Y80/00

Abstract:
A single structure usable as a backup shoe or element retainer in a packer assembly for sealing a wellbore can be fabricated using an additive manufacturing process. The single structure can have a high-density region and a low-density region having a density that is lower than the high-density region. The low-density region can be deformable to retain a position of another component downhole in a wellbore, such as an elastomeric element useable to expand to create the packer seal within the annulus of the wellbore. The high-density region can include a ribbed-structure to reduce circumferential force applied to the single structure.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210293113A1 VARIABLE DENSITY ELEMENT RETAINER FOR USE DOWNHOLE Public/Granted day:2021-09-23
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