US 11,939,834 B2
Methods of completing a well and apparatus therefor
Brock W. Watson, Sadler, TX (US); and Gary P. Funkhouser, Moore, OK (US)
Assigned to THRU TUBING SOLUTIONS, INC., Newcastle, OK (US)
Filed by THRU TUBING SOLUTIONS, INC., Newcastle, OK (US)
Filed on Apr. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/721,685.
Application 17/721,685 is a division of application No. 16/238,800, filed on Jan. 3, 2019, granted, now 11,333,000.
Application 16/238,800 is a division of application No. 15/837,502, filed on Dec. 11, 2017, granted, now 10,927,639, issued on Feb. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/433,459, filed on Dec. 13, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0235622 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. E21B 33/13 (2006.01); C04B 40/00 (2006.01); C09K 8/42 (2006.01); C09K 8/516 (2006.01); E21B 23/00 (2006.01); E21B 33/12 (2006.01); E21B 33/134 (2006.01); E21B 43/26 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 33/13 (2013.01) [C04B 40/0092 (2013.01); C09K 8/426 (2013.01); C09K 8/516 (2013.01); E21B 23/00 (2013.01); E21B 33/1208 (2013.01); E21B 33/134 (2013.01); C09K 2208/08 (2013.01); E21B 43/26 (2013.01); E21B 2200/06 (2020.05)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A plugging device for use in a subterranean well, the plugging device comprising:
at least one body configured to engage an opening in the well and block fluid flow through the opening; and
multiple fibers extending outwardly from the at least one body, the fibers comprising staple fibers or filaments formed into yarn, in which the plugging device is configured to be conveyed by fluid flow into engagement with the opening, and in which the at least one body is too large to pass through the opening.