Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Degradable downhole tools comprising magnesium alloys
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Application No.: US14783479Application Date: 2015-06-30
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Publication No.: US09702029B2Publication Date: 2017-07-11
- Inventor: Michael Linley Fripp , Zachary William Walton
- 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: McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2015/038573 WO 20150630
- International Announcement: WO2016/032619 WO 20160303
- Main IPC: E21B29/02
- IPC: E21B29/02 ; C22C23/02 ; E21B33/134 ; E21B41/00 ; C22C23/04 ; E21B33/12 ; E21B23/01 ; E21B34/06 ; E21B43/116 ; E21B43/25 ; E21B43/26

Abstract:
Downhole tools having at least one component made of a doped magnesium alloy solid solution that at least partially degrades in the presence of an electrolyte, wherein the doped magnesium alloy is selected from the group consisting of a doped MG magnesium alloy, a doped WE magnesium alloy, a doped AZ magnesium alloy, a doped ZK magnesium alloy, a doped AM magnesium alloy, and any combination thereof.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160230494A1 DEGRADABLE DOWNHOLE TOOLS COMPRISING MAGNESIUM ALLOYS Public/Granted day:2016-08-11
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