US 12,241,018 B2
High thermal coefficient slurry compositions and methods therefor
Piotr D. Moncarz, Palo Alto, CA (US); Daniel Bour, Granite Falls, WA (US); Gerald Fuller, Palo Alto, CA (US); Walter Kolbe, Palo Alto, CA (US); and Freddie Lynne Sabins, Spring, TX (US)
Assigned to XGS Energy, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed by XGS Energy, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 26, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/786,371.
Application 18/786,371 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2023/061251, filed on Jan. 25, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/305,639, filed on Feb. 1, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0400884 A1, Dec. 5, 2024
Int. Cl. C09K 8/504 (2006.01); E21B 33/14 (2006.01)
CPC C09K 8/5045 (2013.01) [E21B 33/14 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
19. A method of reducing loss of thermal conductivity of a non-cementitious high-thermal conductivity composition in a wellbore, comprising:
providing in situ water to the non-cementitious high-thermal conductivity composition, wherein the non-cementitious high-thermal conductivity composition has compacted or settled at a target location and does not exhibit hardening or curing;
wherein the water is provided through an annular space between a casing of a closed loop circuit and a well wall or well casing; and
wherein the water is provided in an amount sufficient to reduce loss of thermal conductivity of the non-cementitious high-thermal conductivity composition relative to a time of placement of the non-cementitious high-thermal conductivity composition.