Degradable wellbore isolation devices with varying fabrication methods
Downhole tools, methods, and systems of use thereof, the downhole tool comprising a wellbore isolation device that provides a plurality of components including one or more first components and one or more second components, wherein at least the first and second one or more components are made of a degradable metal material that degrades when exposed to a wellbore environment, and wherein the one or more first components is fabricated by a first fabrication method and the one or more second components is fabricated by a second fabrication method.
1. A downhole tool, comprising:
a wellbore isolation device that provides a plurality of components including one or more first components and one or more second components, wherein the wellbore isolation device is a frac plug, a bridge plug, a wellbore packer, a wiper plug, a cement plug, a basepipe plug, a sand screen plug, an inflow control device plug, an autonomous inflow control device plug, a tubing section, or a tubing string,
wherein at least the first and second one or more components are made of a degradable metal material that degrades when exposed to a wellbore environment,
wherein the first and second one or more components are made of the same degradable metal material,
wherein the degradable metal material is an alloy selected from the group consisting of a magnesium alloy, an aluminum alloy, and any combination thereof,
wherein the one or more first components is fabricated by a first fabrication method selected from the group consisting of casting, forging, extruding, stamping, sintering, molding, rolling, pressing, printing, and any combination thereof, the one or more second components is fabricated by a second fabrication method selected from a different fabrication method of the group consisting of casting, forging, extruding, stamping, sintering, molding, rolling, pressing, printing, and any combination thereof, and the second fabrication method is different from the first fabrication method, and wherein the one or more first components degrades at a first degradation rate and the one or more second components degrades at a second degradation rate that is slower than the first degradation rate.
2. The downhole tool of claim 1 , wherein the alloy further comprises a dopant selected from the group consisting of iron, copper, nickel, gallium, carbon, tungsten, and any combination thereof.
3. The downhole tool of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of components includes a mandrel, a mule shoe, and an anchoring mechanism that is actuatable to anchor the wellbore isolation device within a wellbore,
wherein the one or more first components includes the mandrel, and the one or more second components includes the mule shoe.
4. The downhole tool of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of components includes a mandrel, a mule shoe, and an anchoring mechanism that is actuatable to anchor the wellbore isolation device within a wellbore,
wherein the one or more first components includes the mandrel, and the one or more second components includes the mule shoe, and
wherein the first fabrication method is extruding and the second fabrication method is casting.
5. The downhole tool of claim 1 , wherein the degradable metal material has an average dissolution rate of greater than about 0.01 milligrams per square centimeter per hour at 93° C. in a 15% potassium chloride solution.
6. A method, comprising:
introducing a wellbore isolation device into a wellbore, the wellbore isolation device providing a plurality of components including one or more first components and one or more second components, wherein the wellbore isolation device is a frac plug, a bridge plug, a wellbore packer, a wiper plug, a cement plug, a basepipe plug, a sand screen plug, an inflow control device plug, an autonomous inflow control device plug, a tubing section, or a tubing string,
wherein at least the first and second one or more components are made of a degradable metal material that degrades when exposed to a wellbore environment,
wherein the first and second one or more components are made of the same degradable metal material,
wherein the degradable metal material is an alloy selected from the group consisting of a magnesium alloy, an aluminum alloy, and any combination thereof,
wherein the one or more first components is fabricated by a first fabrication method selected from the group consisting of casting, forging, extruding, stamping, sintering, molding, rolling, pressing, printing, and any combination thereof, the one or more second components is fabricated by a second fabrication method selected from a different fabrication method of the group consisting of casting, forging, extruding, stamping, sintering, molding, rolling, pressing, printing, and any combination thereof, and the second fabrication method is different from the first fabrication method, and wherein the one or more first components degrades at a first degradation rate and the one or more second components degrades at a second degradation rate that is slower than the first degradation rate;
anchoring the wellbore isolation device within the wellbore at a target location; performing at least one downhole operation;
degrading the one or more first components and the one or more second components.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the alloy further comprises a dopant selected from the group consisting of iron, copper, nickel, gallium, carbon, tungsten, and any combination thereof.
8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the plurality of components includes a mandrel, a mule shoe, and an anchoring mechanism that is actuatable to anchor the wellbore isolation device within a wellbore,
wherein the one or more first components includes the mandrel, and the one or more second components includes the mule shoe.
9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the plurality of components includes a mandrel, a mule shoe, and an anchoring mechanism that is actuatable to anchor the wellbore isolation device within a wellbore,
wherein the one or more first components includes the mandrel, and the one or more second components includes the mule shoe, and
wherein the first fabrication method is extruding and the second fabrication method is casting.
10. A system comprising:
a tool string connected to a derrick and extending through a surface into a wellbore in a subterranean formation; and
a wellbore isolation device that provides a plurality of components including one or more first components and one or more second components, wherein the wellbore isolation device is a frac plug, a bridge plug, a wellbore packer, a wiper plug, a cement plug, a basepipe plug, a sand screen plug, an inflow control device plug, an autonomous inflow control device plug, a tubing section, or a tubing string,
wherein at least the first and second one or more components are made of a degradable metal material that degrades when exposed to a wellbore environment,
wherein the first and second one or more components are made of the same degradable metal material,
wherein the degradable metal material is an alloy selected from the group consisting of a magnesium alloy, an aluminum alloy, and any combination thereof,
wherein the one or more first components is fabricated by a first fabrication method selected from the group consisting of casting, forging, extruding, stamping, sintering, molding, rolling, pressing, printing, and any combination thereof, the one or more second components is fabricated by a second fabrication method selected from a different fabrication method of the group consisting of casting, forging, extruding, stamping, sintering, molding, rolling, pressing, printing, and any combination thereof, and the second fabrication method is different from the first fabrication method, and wherein the one or more first components degrades at a first degradation rate and the one or more second components degrades at a second degradation rate that is slower than the first degradation rate.
11. The downhole tool of claim 1 , wherein the first fabrication method includes extruding and the second fabrication method includes casting.