Downhole flow inhibition tool and method of unplugging a seat
AssigneeBaker Hughes, A Ge Company, LLC
InventorsMichael H. Johnson, Zhiyue Xu
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Abstract
A downhole flow inhibition tool includes at least a first component and a mating component at least a portion of one of the first component and the mating component is dissolvable in a target environment to reduce flow inhibition upon dissolution of the at least a portion.
Claims9
Downhole flow inhibition tool comprising at least a first component and a mating component at least a portion of one of the first component and the mating component being dissolvable in a target environment to reduce flow inhibition upon dissolution of the at least a portion of the one of the first component and the mating component, wherein the first component of the downhole tool is made of a powder metal compact including a plurality of substantially contiguous coated particles forming a substantially-continuous, cellular nanomatrix material.
A method of unplugging a seat, comprising:
- dissolving at least a surface defined by a shell surrounding a core of a plug seated against the seat;
- unseating the plug from the seat;
- dimensioning the core to fit through the seat without necessarily dissolving the core;
- passing the core through the seat;
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- dissolving the core after it has passed through the seat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.