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US 2022/0178221 A1Published application
Fluid Barriers For Dissolvable Plugs
AssigneeHalliburton Energy Services, Inc.
InventorsSamuel Jason Lewis, Paul Joseph Jones, Lonnie Carl Helms
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and apparatuses of the present disclosure generally relate to dissolvable plugs for separating fluids in a wellbore. A dissolvable plug includes a first end comprising a first fluid barrier. The first fluid barrier includes a polymer film. The dissolvable plug also includes a second end opposite to the first end. The second end comprises a second fluid barrier. The second fluid barrier comprises a polymer film. The dissolvable plug includes a solid structure made of a sand and salt mixture.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- contacting a first end of a salt plug with an emulsion of rubber in water;
- evaporating a solvent of the emulsion;
- and
- precipitating polymer particles from the emulsion to form a film on the first end of the salt plug.
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A method comprising:
- contacting a first end of a salt plug with an emulsion of rubber in water;
- evaporating a solvent of the emulsion;
- precipitating polymer particles from the emulsion to form a film on the first end;
- contacting a second end of the salt plug with the emulsion of rubber in water;
- evaporating the solvent of the emulsion;
- and
- precipitating polymer particles from the emulsion to form a film on the second end.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.