Cantor Colburn LLP
Downhole gap sealing element and method
A downhole sealing element includes, a malleable member having at least one closed wall cavity therein positionable downhole in a gap defined between downhole members, and a chemical disposed within the at least one closed wall cavity. The malleable member is deformable to fill variations in a dimension of the gap and the chemical is reactive to form a nonflowable element.
Baker Hughes Incorporated
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E21B E21B
inventional inventional
Richard Y. Tianping
Xu Huang