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Title: Apparatus and method for sealing perforated well casing

Abstract

Perforations and other openings in well casings, liners and other conduits may be substantially blocked or sealed to prevent fluid flow between the casing or liner interior and an earth formation by placing a radially expansible sleeve adjacent the perforations or openings and urging the sleeve into forcible engagement with the casing or inner wall using an explosive charge. An apparatus including a radially contracted sleeve formed by a coiled plate member or a tubular member having flutes defined by external and internal folds, may be deployed into a well casing or liner through a production or injection tubing string and on the end of a flexible cable or coilable tubing. An explosive charge disposed on the apparatus and within the sleeve may be detonated to urge the sleeve into forcible engagement with the casing inner wall. 17 figs.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
458575
Patent Number(s):
5613557
Application Number:
PAN: 8-448,108
Assignee:
Atlantic Richfield Co., Los Angeles, CA (United States)
DOE Contract Number:  
AC04-94AL85000
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 25 Mar 1997
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
02 PETROLEUM; WELL CASINGS; SEALS; PERFORATION; FLOW BLOCKAGE; LINERS; EXPLOSIVE FORMING; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT

Citation Formats

Blount, C G, Benham, R A, Brock, J L, Emerson, J A, Ferguson, K R, Scheve, D F, Schmidt, J H, Schuler, K W, and Stanton, P L. Apparatus and method for sealing perforated well casing. United States: N. p., 1997. Web.
Blount, C G, Benham, R A, Brock, J L, Emerson, J A, Ferguson, K R, Scheve, D F, Schmidt, J H, Schuler, K W, & Stanton, P L. Apparatus and method for sealing perforated well casing. United States.
Blount, C G, Benham, R A, Brock, J L, Emerson, J A, Ferguson, K R, Scheve, D F, Schmidt, J H, Schuler, K W, and Stanton, P L. Tue . "Apparatus and method for sealing perforated well casing". United States.
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abstractNote = {Perforations and other openings in well casings, liners and other conduits may be substantially blocked or sealed to prevent fluid flow between the casing or liner interior and an earth formation by placing a radially expansible sleeve adjacent the perforations or openings and urging the sleeve into forcible engagement with the casing or inner wall using an explosive charge. An apparatus including a radially contracted sleeve formed by a coiled plate member or a tubular member having flutes defined by external and internal folds, may be deployed into a well casing or liner through a production or injection tubing string and on the end of a flexible cable or coilable tubing. An explosive charge disposed on the apparatus and within the sleeve may be detonated to urge the sleeve into forcible engagement with the casing inner wall. 17 figs.},
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year = {Tue Mar 25 00:00:00 EST 1997},
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