Invention Grant
US08672023B2 Apparatus and method for completing wells using slurry containing a shape-memory material particles
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使用含有形状记忆材料颗粒的浆料完成孔的装置和方法
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for completing wells using slurry containing a shape-memory material particles
- Patent Title (中): 使用含有形状记忆材料颗粒的浆料完成孔的装置和方法
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Application No.: US13074594Application Date: 2011-03-29
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Publication No.: US08672023B2Publication Date: 2014-03-18
- Inventor: Edward J. O'Malley
- Applicant: Edward J. O'Malley
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Main IPC: E21B43/04
- IPC: E21B43/04 ; E21B43/08
Abstract:
In aspects, the present disclosure provides a method of performing a wellbore operation, which in one embodiment includes supplying a mixture containing a fluid and shape memory particles of a first size into a selected region in the wellbore, retaining the shape memory particles of the first size in the selected region while expelling the fluid from the selected region, and activating the shape memory particles retained in the selected region to cause them to expand to attain a second shape to fill the selected region with shape memory particles having the second shape.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120247761A1 Apparatus and Method for Completing Wells Using Slurry Containing a Shape-Memory Material Particles Public/Granted day:2012-10-04
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