US3199588A
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Formation plugging method
Assignee: Sinclair Research Inc
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Filing: 1961-10-31
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Granted: 1965-08-10
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Expires: 1981-10-31
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Don R Holbert
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 03:03
CPC Classifications
C; C09; C09K; C09K8/00; C09K8/50; C09K8/504; C09K8/506; C09K8/508; C09K8/5083; C08; C08F; C08F20/00; C08F20/02; C08F20/52; C08F20/54; C08F20/60
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
141 words
A PROCESS FOR SELECTIVELY PLUGGINNG AN OIL-BEARING, SUBTERRANEAN, HIGH-PERMEABILITY AREA WHICH EXTENDS BETWEEN AND COMMUNICATES WITH FIRST AND SECOND WELL BORES SPACED APART FROM EACH OTHER, WHICH COMPRISES INTRODUCING CATALYZED RESIN-FORMING MATERIAL INTO SAID FIRST BORE AND THROUGH THE HIGH-PERMEABILITY AREA TO A POSITION AT LEAST ABOUT 60 PERCENT OF THE DISTANCE TO SAID SECOND BORE AT WHICH POSITION THE CATALYZED RESIN-FORMING AMTERIAL SETS TO PLUG SAID HIGH-PERMEABILITY AREA, AND PUMPING AT AN INCREASED PRESSURE FROM SAID FIRST BORE AN AMOUNT OF CATALYZED RESIN-FORMING MATERIAL INTO THE HIGH-PERMEABILITY AREA, SAID LATTER CATALYZED RESIN-FORMING MATERIAL BEING PUMPED AGAINST THE RESISTANCE OF PREVIOUSLY SET CATALYZED RESIN-FORMING MATERIAL, TO REGRESSIVELY PLUG THE HIGH-PERMEABILITY AREA FROM SAID POSITION TO A POSITION IN SAID AREA IN THE VICINITY OF SAID FIRST BORE, THEREBY PLUBBING AT LEAST ABOUT 60 PERCENT OF THE LENGTH OF THE HIGH-PERMEABILITY AREA.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
141 words
A PROCESS FOR SELECTIVELY PLUGGINNG AN OIL-BEARING, SUBTERRANEAN, HIGH-PERMEABILITY AREA WHICH EXTENDS BETWEEN AND COMMUNICATES WITH FIRST AND SECOND WELL BORES SPACED APART FROM EACH OTHER, WHICH COMPRISES INTRODUCING CATALYZED RESIN-FORMING MATERIAL INTO SAID FIRST BORE AND THROUGH THE HIGH-PERMEABILITY AREA TO A POSITION AT LEAST ABOUT 60 PERCENT OF THE DISTANCE TO SAID SECOND BORE AT WHICH POSITION THE CATALYZED RESIN-FORMING AMTERIAL SETS TO PLUG SAID HIGH-PERMEABILITY AREA, AND PUMPING AT AN INCREASED PRESSURE FROM SAID FIRST BORE AN AMOUNT OF CATALYZED RESIN-FORMING MATERIAL INTO THE HIGH-PERMEABILITY AREA, SAID LATTER CATALYZED RESIN-FORMING MATERIAL BEING PUMPED AGAINST THE RESISTANCE OF PREVIOUSLY SET CATALYZED RESIN-FORMING MATERIAL, TO REGRESSIVELY PLUG THE HIGH-PERMEABILITY AREA FROM SAID POSITION TO A POSITION IN SAID AREA IN THE VICINITY OF SAID FIRST BORE, THEREBY PLUBBING AT LEAST ABOUT 60 PERCENT OF THE LENGTH OF THE HIGH-PERMEABILITY AREA.
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