US 12,129,754 B2
Tracer-embedded degradable articles, method of manufacture, and use thereof for downhole applications
Sankaran Murugesan, Katy, TX (US); Radhika Suresh, Sugar Land, TX (US); Todd C. Jackson, Houston, TX (US); and Anil Sadana, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLC, Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC, Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Mar. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/177,919.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/316,126, filed on Mar. 3, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0279771 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. E21B 47/11 (2012.01); E21B 49/08 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 47/11 (2020.05) [E21B 49/088 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tracer-embedded degradable article comprising:
a degradable metallic carrier; and
a tracer disposed in the degradable metallic carrier,
wherein the tracer comprises an upconverting particle that has a host material, and a dopant,
the upconverting particle has a particle size of about 0.1 micron to about 500 microns, and
the tracer is disposed uniformly throughout the metallic carrier.