Wells – Processes – Placing or shifting well part
Reexamination Certificate
2011-08-30
2011-08-30
Thompson, Kenneth (Department: 3676)
Wells
Processes
Placing or shifting well part
C166S179000, C166S077200
Reexamination Certificate
active
08006773
ABSTRACT:
A swellable packer construction for continuous or segmented tubing. A method of constructing a swellable packer on a continuous tubular string includes the steps of: attaching a swellable seal material to the tubular string to thereby form the packer; and then wrapping the tubular string with the packer on a spool. A swellable packer includes a tubular body portion for incorporation into a tubular string, and a seal material wrapped about the body portion, the seal material being swellable in response to contact with a fluid. A method of constructing a swellable packer for a tubular string includes the steps of: wrapping a seal material about a tubular body portion to thereby form the packer; and then swelling the seal material in response to contact with a fluid. A continuous tubular string includes a seal material attached to a body portion of the tubular string to thereby form a swellable packer; and the packer wrapped with the tubular string on a spool.
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Courville Perry W.
Kalman Mark
Halliburton Energy Service,s Inc.
Smith Marlin R.
Thompson Kenneth
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