US Patent Issued to Schlumberger Technology on Sept. 30 for "Repairing micro annulus for self-healing cements" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,930, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Repairing micro annulus for self-healing cements" was invented by Bipin Jain (Sugar Land, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are methods of treating cement leaks in a hydrocarbon well. The methods include detecting a leak in a cement structure of the well, in response to detection of the leak, flowing a stimulus fluid containing hydrocarbon species into the well in contact with the cement structure, and monitoring flow of the stimulus fluid to observe closure of a leakage pathway of the cement structure."

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