Method for predicting behavior of a degradable device, downhole system and test mass
AssigneeBaker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
InventorsAaron Edward Young, Ricardo Arturo Barker Gomez
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Abstract
A method of predicting behavior or a degradable device of a borehole tool when deployed downhole including introducing a test mass of material identical to the material of the degradable device to the same general location and at a time near to when the degradable device is deployed, removing the test mass from downhole, determining characteristics related to degradation of the test mass, and predicting degradation behavior of the degradable device based on the determined characteristics.
Claims18
A method of predicting behavior or a degradable device of a borehole tool when deployed downhole comprising:
- introducing a test mass of material identical to the material of the degradable device to the same general location and at a time near to when the degradable device is deployed;
- removing the test mass from downhole;
- determining characteristics related to degradation of the test mass;
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- predicting degradation behavior of the degradable device based on the determined characteristics.
A downhole system comprising:
- a degradable device made of a degradable material configured to be deployed downhole in a borehole tool;
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- a test mass of material identical to the material of the degradable device configured to be run downhole to the same general location and at a time near to when the degradable device is deployed, the test mass being retrievable from downhole for analysis of degradation of the test mass for use in predicting degradation behavior of the degradable device.
A test mass comprising material identical to a material of a degradable device, the test mass being configured to be run downhole to the same general location to where and a time near to when the degradable device is to be positioned, the test mass being configured to be more easily retrieved from downhole than the degradable device after being exposed to an environment similar to or the same as the environment the degradable device is exposed to while downhole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.