US 11,834,923 B2
High pressure swellable packer
Caleb Kelley, Houston, TX (US); and John Thurston, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to TAM INTERNATIONAL, INC., Houston, TX (US)
Filed by TAM INTERNATIONAL, INC., Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Feb. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/169,506.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/311,371, filed on Feb. 17, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0258050 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. E21B 33/12 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 33/1212 (2013.01) 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A packer comprising:
a tubular mandrel;
a first end cap, the first end cap coupled to the mandrel;
a backup mechanism coupled to the first end cap;
a swellable elastomeric body positioned about the mandrel abutting the first end cap, the swellable elastomeric body positioned at least partially between the mandrel and the backup mechanism; and
a band formed of swellable elastomeric material positioned radially outside the backup mechanism.