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US 12,326,056 · App. 18/175,323 · Granted Jun 10, 2025

Downhole well integrity reconstruction in the hydrocarbon industry

Inventors: Mohammad Aljubran (Dammam, SA); Hussain AlBahrani (Al Qatif, SA); Sameeh Issa Batarseh (Dhahran, SA); Timothy E. Moellendick (Dhahran, SA)
Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
E21B29/10E21B33/12E21B47/002E21B47/113E21B47/117E21B47/26G01V1/48G01V2210/6163
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Patent No.
US 12,326,056
App. No.
18/175,323
Granted
Jun 10, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure describes methods and systems for downhole well integrity reconstruction in a hydrocarbon reservoir. One method for downhole well integrity reconstruction in a hydrocarbon reservoir includes: positioning, a laser head at a first subterranean location, wherein the laser head is attached to a tubular inside of a wellbore; directing, by the laser head, a laser beam towards a leak on the wellbore; and sealing the leak using the laser beam.

Claims (9)

1. An in-situ 3-dimensional (3D) laser head, comprising:

a reflector that is attached to a tubular inside of a wellbore engaged in a drilling operation;

two protectors attached to the tubular inside of the wellbore; and

a focused lens positioned between the two protectors, wherein the reflector is configured to reflect a laser beam towards the focused lens, and the reflector and the focused lens are vertically displaceable and rotatable to direct the laser beam, as a divergent beam, towards a cased hole leak on the wellbore, and wherein the laser beam is configured to generate a corresponding level of temperature at the cased hole leak according to a rock type of a formation at the cased hole leak.

2. The in-situ 3D laser head of claim 1 , further comprising an insulated cable that protects optical fibers, and wherein the optical fibers conduct the laser beam.

3. The in-situ 3D laser head of claim 1 , wherein each of the two protectors is at least one of a knife or a guard.

4. The in-situ 3D laser head of claim 1 , wherein the rock type is sandstone, and the corresponding level of temperature is at about 1400 degrees.

5. The in-situ 3D laser head of claim 1 , wherein the rock type is limestone, and the corresponding level of temperature is at about 1100 degrees.

6. The in-situ 3D laser head of claim 1 , wherein the rock type is clay, and the corresponding level of temperature is at about 1300 degrees.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2023
From: ALJUBRAN, MOHAMMAD; ALBAHRANI, HUSSAIN; BATARSEH, SAMEEH ISSA; MOELLENDICK, TIMOTHY E.
To: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
Reel/Frame 062836/0111 →
Continuity (3)
Division 17165679 · Feb 2, 2021
Division 15900427 · Feb 20, 2018
Related Publication 20230203904A1 · Jun 29, 2023
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