US 12,448,873 B1
Puddle job with delayed setting of resin
Paul J. Jones, Houston, TX (US); Ernst Rudolf Man Schnell, Houston, TX (US); and Lonnie Carl Helms, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Jun. 6, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/735,390.
Int. Cl. E21B 43/10 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 43/10 (2013.01) [E21B 2200/04 (2020.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of securing a liner in a wellbore comprising:
installing a liner into the wellbore, wherein the liner comprises at least a first joint and a second joint;
introducing a resin into the wellbore, wherein the resin is in liquid form after introduction into the wellbore and prior to being contacted with an initiator;
installing the second joint of liner into the wellbore after the liquid resin has been introduced into the wellbore, wherein the first joint of liner displaces some or all of the liquid resin up into at least a portion of an annulus located between a wellbore wall and an outside of the liner; and
contacting the liquid resin with the initiator during or after displacement of the liquid resin by the first joint of liner, wherein contact with the initiator causes the resin to set, wherein:
the initiator is in a solid form and is coated onto an outside of a portion of the liner; or
the initiator is in liquid form and further comprising an injection tool for dispensing the liquid initiator into the annulus.