Wells – Packers or plugs – With expanding anchor
Patent
1998-05-22
2000-08-15
Schoeppel, Roger
Wells
Packers or plugs
With expanding anchor
166217, 166387, 166196, E21B 3312
Patent
active
061021172
ABSTRACT:
A packer apparatus for sealing between a tubing string and a casing in a wellbore is disclosed. The packer apparatus includes a seal assembly disposed about a packer mandrel. Upper and lower seal wedges are disposed about the packer mandrel above and below the seal assembly and may be inserted between the seal assembly and the packer mandrel to radially expand the seal assembly into engagement with the casing. The seal assembly includes an expandable elastomeric seal element having anti-extrusion bridge elements disposed in recesses at the upper and lower ends thereof. The anti-extrusion elements form an almost complete circle and thus are arcuately shaped having first and second ends with a gap therebetween. The anti-extrusion bridge elements are preferably automatically radially retractable elements so that when the seal wedges are removed from between the seal assembly and the packer mandrel, the automatically radially retractable anti-extrusion elements will apply a radially inwardly directed force sufficient to cause the seal assembly to radially retract and close around the packer mandrel.
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Stepp Lee Wayne
Swor Loren C.
Winslow Donald W.
Christian Stephen R.
Halliburton Energy Service,s Inc.
Rahhal Anthony L.
Schoeppel Roger
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