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US07934552B2 Method and apparatus for well casing repair and plugging utilizing molten metal 有权
井套管修复和利用熔融金属堵塞的方法和装置

  • Patent Title: Method and apparatus for well casing repair and plugging utilizing molten metal
  • Patent Title (中): 井套管修复和利用熔融金属堵塞的方法和装置
  • Application No.: US11516847
    Application Date: 2006-09-06
  • Publication No.: US07934552B2
    Publication Date: 2011-05-03
  • Inventor: Thomas La Rovere
  • Applicant: Thomas La Rovere
  • Main IPC: E21B29/10
  • IPC: E21B29/10
Method and apparatus for well casing repair and plugging utilizing molten metal
Abstract:
Method and apparatus used to deploy and process eutectic metal alloy material into an oil, gas or water well for the purpose to plug and seal selected downhole casing leaks. The apparatus includes a power control unit located at surface and a downhole tool that is lowered into the well by standard wireline cable. The downhole tool delivers the necessary quantity of metal alloy, forms the required temporary bridge plug support for containing the molten alloy, melts the alloy by means of electric heating, heats the surrounding wellbore formation, squeezes the molten alloy through the perforations and recovers any excess alloy for subsequent recycling.
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