Annular isolators for expandable tubulars in wellbores
US6854522B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 23, 2002 |
| Grant date | Feb 15, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 23, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
- CPC primaryE21B43/108
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
The present disclosure addressed apparatus and methods for forming an annular isolator in a borehole after installation of production tubing. Annular seal means are carried in or on production tubing as it is run into a borehole. In conjunction with expansion of the tubing, the seal is deployed to form an annular isolator. An inflatable element carried on the tubing may be inflated with a fluid carried in the tubing and forced into the inflatable element during expansion of the tubing. Reactive chemicals may be carried in the tubing and injected into the annulus to react with each other and ambient fluids to increase in volume and harden into an annular seal. An elastomeric sleeve, ring or band carried on the tubing may be expanded into contact with a borehole wall and may have its radial dimension increased in conjunction with tubing expansion to form an annular isolator.
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