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Method for treating well bore within a subterranean formation

US8215393B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 6, 2009
Grant dateJul 10, 2012
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Expiry dateSep 7, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE21B43/025
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

The invention discloses a method of creating a polymerized composition in a well bore: providing a polymerizable composition made of a polymerization initiator and a monomer polymerizable by frontal polymerization; introducing the polymerizable composition into the wellbore; exposing the polymerizable composition to a trigger to activate the frontal polymerization; and creating the polymerized composition.

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