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US 10,480,279 B2Granted
Method of sealing a well
AssigneeStatoil Petroleum AS
InventorsPål Viggo Hemmingsen, Gjermund Grimsbo, Alastair Buchanan
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Abstract
A method of sealing a well comprises creating one or more openings in a tubing installed in a wellbore, in a location for a well seal; using a wireline to locate a stinger in that location; setting the stinger in that location; and forming a seal in the well in that location, by injecting sealant through said stinger.
Claims12
A method of sealing a well comprising:
- creating one or more openings in a tubing installed in a wellbore in a location for a well seal;
- using a wireline to locate a stinger in said location;
- setting the stinger in said location by hanging the stinger from said tubing using a wireline attachment tool;
- removing the wireline and the wireline attachment tool from the wellbore;
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- after said step of removing, forming a seal in the well in said location by injecting sealant through said stinger such that the sealant flows upwardly around the stinger.
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