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:
- 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.
@article{osti_458575,
title = {Apparatus and method for sealing perforated well casing},
author = {Blount, C G and Benham, R A and Brock, J L and Emerson, J A and Ferguson, K R and Scheve, D F and Schmidt, J H and Schuler, K W and Stanton, P L},
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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