IP Library Granted Patent US 11,492,866
Granted Patent B2
US 11,492,866 · App. 15/262,643 · Granted Nov 8, 2022

Downhole tools containing ductile cementing materials

Inventors: Rostyslav Dolog (Houston, TX); Oleg A. Mazyar (Katy, TX); Juan Carlos Flores Perez (The Woodlands, TX); Valery N. Khabashesku (Houston, TX)
Assignee: BAKER HUGHES HOLDINGS LLC
E21B33/12C04B28/04C04B28/06C04B28/14C04B28/18
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Patent No.
US 11,492,866
App. No.
15/262,643
Granted
Nov 8, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A downhole tool for controlling the flow of a fluid in a wellbore includes a component that comprises: a cementitious material; an aggregate; and a ductility modifying agent comprising one or more of the following: an ionomer; a functionalized filler; the functionalized filler comprising one or more of the following: functionalized carbon; functionalized clay; functionalized silica; functionalized alumina; functionalized zirconia; functionalized titanium dioxide; functionalized silsesquioxane; functionalized halloysite; or functionalized boron nitride; a metallic fiber; or a polymeric fiber.

Claims (36)

1. A downhole tool for controlling the flow of a fluid in a wellbore, the downhole tool including a component, the component comprising:

about 15 wt. % to about 50 wt. % of a cementitious material;

about 20 wt. % to about 60 wt. % of an aggregate comprising sand, gravel, silica, slag, recycled concrete, glass spheres, limestone, feldspar, crushed stone, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing; and

about 0.1 wt. % to about 10 wt. % of a ductility modifying agent, based on the total weight of the component;

wherein

the ductility modifying agent comprises a metal fiber and an ionomer;

the ionomer comprises a polymer backbone formed from an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid; and

the component is a molded component made from a composition comprising the cementitious material, the aggregate; and the ductility modifying agent.

2. The downhole tool of claim 1 , wherein the metal fiber comprises steel fiber or iron fiber.

3. The downhole tool of claim 1 , wherein the cementitious material comprises one or more of the following: Portland cement; pozzolan cement; gypsum cement;

high alumina content cement; silica cement; or high alkalinity cement.

4. The downhole tool of claim 1 , wherein the component further comprises one or more of the following: wollastonite; silica flour; silica fume; fly ash;

calcium carbonate; barite; hematite; ilemite; siderite; hydroxyapatite; fluorapatite; or chlorapatite.

5. The downhole tool of claim 1 , wherein the component comprises:

about 0.1 to about 8 wt. % of the metal fiber;

about 15 to about 50 wt. % of the cementitious material; and

about 20 to about 60 wt % of the aggregate, each based on the total weight of the component.

6. The downhole tool of claim 1 ,

wherein the downhole tool is a frac plug or a bridge plug.

7. The downhole tool of claim 1 , wherein the component comprises about 25 to about 40 wt. % of a cementitious material, about 5 wt. % to about 12 wt. % of silica fume, about 5 wt. % to about 15 wt. % of quartz powder, about 30 wt. % to about 45 wt. % of sand, about 0.5 wt. % to about 7 wt. % of a metal fiber, and about 0.1 wt. % to about 5 wt. % of a superplasticizer, each based on the total weight of the component.

8. The downhole tool of claim 1 , wherein the component is a frustoconical member; and the downhole tool further comprises:

an annular body having a flow passage therethrough;

a seal member carried on the annular body and configured to engage a portion of the frustoconical member; and

a bottom sub disposed about the annular body, and

wherein the frustoconical member is disposed about the annular body.

9. The downhole tool of claim 1 , wherein the component is a bottom sub;

and the downhole tool further comprises:

an annular body having a flow passage therethrough;

a frustoconical member disposed about the annular body;

a seal member carried on the annular body and configured to engage a portion of the frustoconical member; and

the bottom sub is disposed about the annular body.

10. The downhole tool of claim 1 , wherein the component further comprises an aqueous carrier in an amount of about 0.1 to about 30 wt % based on total weight of the component.

11. The downhole tool of claim 1 , wherein all solid particles in the component have a particle size of less than about 100 microns.

12. The downhole tool of claim 1 , wherein the component has a compressive strength of about 5 ksi to about 150 ksi.

13. The downhole tool of claim 1 , wherein the component has a compressive strength of about 20 ksi to about 60 ksi.

14. The downhole tool of claim 1 , wherein the component is a frustoconical member.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 29, 2022
From: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
To: BAKER HUGHES HOLDINGS LLC
Reel/Frame 059824/0234 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 24, 2022
From: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
To: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
Reel/Frame 059695/0930 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 12, 2016
From: DOLOG, ROSTYSLAV; MAZYAR, OLEG A.; PEREZ, JUAN CARLOS FLORES; KHABASHESKU, VALERY N.
To: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 039703/0374 →
Continuity (1)
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