Patents Assigned to WELLBORE INTEGRITY SOLUTIONS
  • Patent number: 12540527
    Abstract: A method of sealing leaks in oil and gas wells includes: removing a portion of an inner casing string within a wellbore to access an annulus associated with an area of fluid leakage; filling a first portion of the annulus with a first metal alloy to form a first metal alloy layer; filling a second portion of the annulus with cement to form a cement layer over the first metal alloy layer; and filling a third portion of the annulus with a second metal alloy to form a second metal alloy layer over the cement layer. The first metal alloy layer, the cement layer, and the second metal alloy layer together seal the annulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2025
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2026
    Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Wellbore Integrity Solutions
    Inventors: Zahrah Marhoon, Amjad Alshaarawi, Abdallah A. Kubaisi, Jafar S. Alzaid, David Shearer, Shantanu Swadi
  • Patent number: 12473797
    Abstract: A method of repairing wellbores includes setting a plug to isolate a wellbore flowpath within a plurality of concentric casing strings, milling a window through a radially innermost casing string of the plurality of concentric casing strings, via a casing milling tool, and radially outward towards one of a plurality of cement columns, cleaning out one of plurality of a cement columns between two of the concentric casing strings to expand the window radially, inserting a solid eutectic alloy into the wellbore flowpath above the plug, heating the solid eutectic alloy, via a heater inserted within the wellbore flowpath, to melt the eutectic alloy and allow the melted eutectic alloy to flow into the window, solidifying the melted eutectic alloy to form a solidified eutectic plug within the window, and drilling out the solidified eutectic plug to restore the wellbore flowpath through the eutectic plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2025
    Assignees: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, WELLBORE INTEGRITY SOLUTIONS
    Inventors: Zahrah Al Marhoon, Amjad Alshaarawi, Abdallah A. Alkubaisi, Jafar S. Alzaid, Khalil E. Mohamed, Thomas Heinold, Peter Egbe, Alessandro Antonio Gallelli, Songlin Zhong, David Shearer
  • Publication number: 20250320790
    Abstract: A method of repairing wellbores includes setting a plug to isolate a wellbore flowpath within a plurality of concentric casing strings, milling a window through a radially innermost casing string of the plurality of concentric casing strings, via a casing milling tool, and radially outward towards one of a plurality of cement columns, cleaning out one of plurality of a cement columns between two of the concentric casing strings to expand the window radially, inserting a solid eutectic alloy into the wellbore flowpath above the plug, heating the solid eutectic alloy, via a heater inserted within the wellbore flowpath, to melt the eutectic alloy and allow the melted eutectic alloy to flow into the window, solidifying the melted eutectic alloy to form a solidified eutectic plug within the window, and drilling out the solidified eutectic plug to restore the wellbore flowpath through the eutectic plug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2024
    Publication date: October 16, 2025
    Applicants: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, WELLBORE INTEGRITY SOLUTIONS
    Inventors: Zahrah AL MARHOON, Amjad ALSHAARAWI, Abdallah A. ALKUBAISI, Jafar S. ALZAID, Khalil E. MOHAMED, Thomas HEINOLD, Peter EGBE, Alessandro Antonio GALLELLI, Songlin ZHONG, David SHEARER