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公开(公告)号:US12152461B2
公开(公告)日:2024-11-26
申请号:US17829970
申请日:2022-06-01
Applicant: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
Inventor: Dan Mueller , Geir Ove Titlestad , David D. Hearn , Curtis G. Blount , Rick D. Watts , Randall S. Shafer , Dale R. Doherty
Abstract: Method of plugging a hydrocarbon well by a through-tubing technique are described. The method allows the tubing to be left in place. Only a short (
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公开(公告)号:US11441384B2
公开(公告)日:2022-09-13
申请号:US16999802
申请日:2020-08-21
Applicant: ConocoPhillips Company
Inventor: David D. Hearn , Casey Hirschmann , Randall S. Shafer , Stewart M. Robertson , Dan Mueller
IPC: E21B33/13 , E21B29/10 , E21B29/02 , H01L25/065 , H01L25/00 , H01L27/11556 , H01L27/11565 , H01L27/1157 , H01L27/11573 , H01L27/11582 , E21B33/12 , E21B36/00 , H01L23/00
Abstract: This disclosure describes a device and method of sealing perforations on a well casing inside a subterranean well. The device comprises a generally cylindrical sleeve having an open top and a closed bottom; a heater located inside the sleeve, the heater comprising a thermite mixture; an ignition mechanism that ignites the thermite mixture upon actuation; and a string connected to the heater ignition and detachably engages the sleeve. The method comprises lowering a body of meltable plugging material into the well casing near the perforations; lowering the plugging device into the well casing immediately on top of the body of meltable plugging material; melting the meltable plugging material by igniting the thermite thereby transferring heat to the body of meltable plugging material; forcing the molten plugging material into the perforations by pushing the plugging tool further downhole; cooling the plugging tool and the plugging material until the plugging material solidifies; disengaging the tubing string from the sleeve and retrieving the tubing string with the heater; and removing the sleeve and bismuth remaining in the well casing, but not in the perforations.
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公开(公告)号:US10760374B2
公开(公告)日:2020-09-01
申请号:US15706071
申请日:2017-09-15
Applicant: ConocoPhillips Company
Inventor: David D. Hearn , Casey Hirschmann , Randall S. Shafer , Stewart M. Robertson , Dan Mueller
Abstract: This disclosure describes a device and method of sealing perforations on a well casing inside a subterranean well. The device comprises a generally cylindrical sleeve having a open top and a closed bottom; a heater located inside the sleeve, the heater comprising a thermite mixture; an ignition mechanism that ignites the thermite mixture upon actuation; and a string connected to the heater ignition and detachably engages the sleeve. The method comprises lowering a body of meltable plugging material into the well casing near the perforations; lowering the plugging device into the well casing immediately on top of the body of meltable plugging material; melting the meltable plugging material by igniting the thermite thereby transferring heat to the body of meltable plugging material; forcing the molten plugging material into the perforations by pushing the plugging tool further downhole; cooling the plugging tool and the plugging material until the plugging material solidifies; disengaging the tubing string from the sleeve and retrieving the tubing string with the heater; and removing the sleeve and bismuth remaining in the well casing, but not in the perforations.
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公开(公告)号:US12129735B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-29
申请号:US17834826
申请日:2022-06-07
Applicant: ConocoPhillips Company
Inventor: David D. Hearn , Casey Hirschmann , Randall S. Shafer , Stewart M. Robertson , Dan Mueller
IPC: E21B33/13 , E21B29/02 , E21B29/10 , E21B33/12 , E21B36/00 , H01L25/00 , H01L25/065 , H10B41/27 , H10B43/10 , H10B43/27 , H10B43/35 , H10B43/40 , H01L23/00
CPC classification number: E21B33/13 , E21B29/02 , E21B29/10 , E21B33/12 , E21B36/008 , H01L25/0657 , H01L25/50 , H10B41/27 , H10B43/10 , H10B43/27 , H10B43/35 , H10B43/40 , H01L24/05 , H01L2224/0401
Abstract: This disclosure describes a device and method of sealing perforations on a well casing inside a subterranean well. The device comprises a generally cylindrical sleeve having an open top and a closed bottom; a heater located inside the sleeve, the heater comprising a thermite mixture; an ignition mechanism that ignites the thermite mixture upon actuation; and a string connected to the heater ignition and detachably engages the sleeve. The method comprises lowering a body of meltable plugging material into the well casing near the perforations; lowering the plugging device into the well casing immediately on top of the body of meltable plugging material; melting the meltable plugging material by igniting the thermite thereby transferring heat to the body of meltable plugging material; forcing the molten plugging material into the perforations by pushing the plugging tool further downhole; cooling the plugging tool and the plugging material until the plugging material solidifies; disengaging the tubing string from the sleeve and retrieving the tubing string with the heater; and removing the sleeve and bismuth remaining in the well casing, but not in the perforations.
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公开(公告)号:US11480026B2
公开(公告)日:2022-10-25
申请号:US17075897
申请日:2020-10-21
Applicant: ConocoPhillips Company
Inventor: David D. Hearn , Casey Hirschmann , Randall S. Shafer
Abstract: A composition and methods for setting a plug for well bores undergoing plugging and abandonment operations is described. Methods of setting the plug are also described include placing a blocking device below the plug location and creating a void space above the blocking device; placing a heat resistant base plate above the blocking device and introducing nano-thermite clusters and expandable bismuth alloy pellets into the void space; igniting the thermite and cooling the melted alloy to form a permanent plug in the void space.
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公开(公告)号:US11377925B2
公开(公告)日:2022-07-05
申请号:US16175090
申请日:2018-10-30
Applicant: ConocoPhillips Company
Inventor: Dan Mueller , Geir Ove Titlestad , David D. Hearn , Curtis G. Blount , Rick D. Watts , Randall S. Shafer , Dale R. Doherty
Abstract: Method of plugging a hydrocarbon well by a through-tubing technique are described. The method allows the tubing to be left in place. Only a short (
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公开(公告)号:US12010970B2
公开(公告)日:2024-06-18
申请号:US17934202
申请日:2022-09-22
Applicant: ConocoPhillips Company
Inventor: David D. Hearn , Casey Hirschmann , Randall S. Shafer
CPC classification number: A01H6/4684 , A01H5/10 , C09K8/42 , E21B33/13
Abstract: A composition for a plug for use in wellbores undergoing plugging and abandonment operations, as well as plugs made with the composition, wherein the composition includes a first molten metal produced by igniting nano-thermite clusters of
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公开(公告)号:US20180148991A1
公开(公告)日:2018-05-31
申请号:US15706071
申请日:2017-09-15
Applicant: ConocoPhillips Company
Inventor: David D. Hearn , Casey HIRSCHMANN , Randall S. Shafer , Stewart M. ROBERTSON , Dan MUELLER
Abstract: This disclosure describes a device and method of sealing perforations on a well casing inside a subterranean well. The device comprises a generally cylindrical sleeve having a open top and a closed bottom; a heater located inside the sleeve, the heater comprising a thermite mixture; an ignition mechanism that ignites the thermite mixture upon actuation; and a string connected to the heater ignition and detachably engages the sleeve. The method comprises lowering a body of meltable plugging material into the well casing near the perforations; lowering the plugging device into the well casing immediately on top of the body of meltable plugging material; melting the meltable plugging material by igniting the thermite thereby transferring heat to the body of meltable plugging material; forcing the molten plugging material into the perforations by pushing the plugging tool further downhole; cooling the plugging tool and the plugging material until the plugging material solidifies; disengaging the tubing string from the sleeve and retrieving the tubing string with the heater; and removing the sleeve and bismuth remaining in the well casing, but not in the perforations.
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公开(公告)号:US20180094504A1
公开(公告)日:2018-04-05
申请号:US15705513
申请日:2017-09-15
Applicant: ConocoPhillips Company
Inventor: David D. Hearn , Casey HIRSCHMANN , Randall S. Shafer
IPC: E21B33/13
Abstract: A composition for a plug for wellbores undergoing plugging and abandonment operations is described. Methods of setting the plug are also described.
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