Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Expandable metal slurry for wellbore isolation and sealing
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Application No.: US17120946Application Date: 2020-12-14
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Publication No.: US11572496B2Publication Date: 2023-02-07
- Inventor: Michael Linley Fripp , Paul Joseph Jones , Stephen Michael Greci
- 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
- Main IPC: C09K8/48
- IPC: C09K8/48 ; E21B33/14 ; C09K8/42

Abstract:
A method includes providing an expandable metal slurry downhole in a wellbore. The expandable metal slurry includes granules of an expandable metal material suspended or dispersed in a fluid. Further, the method includes positioning the expandable metal slurry within the wellbore such that the granules of the expandable metal material in the expandable metal slurry are activatable to expand and form a seal within the wellbore.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220186104A1 EXPANDABLE METAL SLURRY FOR WELLBORE ISOLATION AND SEALING Public/Granted day:2022-06-16
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