Liner hanger having expandable sleeve
AssigneeHalliburton Energy Services, Inc.
InventorsJalpan Piyush Dave, Atharv Abhijit Naik, Nithin Kumar Gupta Dachepally
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Abstract
A variety of methods and apparatus are disclosed, including, an expandable liner hanger and deploying an expandable liner hanger. The expandable liner includes an expandable sealing sleeve attached to a body of the expandable liner hanger to engage a casing in a wellbore to form a seal between the expandable liner hanger and the casing, the expandable sealing sleeve having hollow members to receive fluid from the wellbore to expand the expandable sealing sleeve.
Claims18
An expandable liner hanger comprising:
- a raised portion as a sealing element to engage a casing in a wellbore to form a first seal between the expandable liner hanger and the casing;
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- an expandable sealing sleeve attached to a body of the expandable liner hanger to engage the casing to form a second seal between the expandable liner hanger and the casing, the expandable sealing sleeve comprising hollow members to receive fluid from the wellbore to expand the expandable sealing sleeve, wherein the hollow members receiving the fluid pressurizes the expandable sealing sleeve to expand the expandable sealing sleeve, and wherein the expandable sealing sleeve comprises a microchannel to receive the fluid into an interior volume of the hollow members.
An expandable liner hanger comprising:
- a raised portion as a sealing element to engage a casing in a wellbore to form a first seal between the expandable liner hanger and the casing;
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- an expandable sealing sleeve attached to a body of the expandable liner hanger to engage the casing to form a second seal between the expandable liner hanger and the casing, the expandable sealing sleeve comprising hollow members to receive fluid from the wellbore to expand the expandable sealing sleeve, wherein the expandable sealing sleeve comprises three-dimensional (3D) printed material.
An expandable liner hanger comprising an expandable sealing sleeve attached to a body of the expandable liner hanger to engage a casing in a wellbore to form a seal between the expandable liner hanger and the casing, the expandable sealing sleeve comprising hollow members to receive fluid from the wellbore to expand the expandable sealing sleeve, wherein the expandable sealing sleeve is attached to an outer diameter (OD) surface of the body, wherein the expandable sealing sleeve comprises a microchannel to receive the fluid, and wherein the seal comprises a metal-to-metal (MTM) seal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.