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Plugging devices and deployment in subterranean wells

  • US 10,513,902 B2
  • Filed: 10/05/2017
  • Issued: 12/24/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of plugging an opening in a subterranean well, the method comprising:

  • deploying a plugging device into the well, the plugging device including a body, and an outer material enveloping the body, wherein the outer material comprises one of the group consisting of a wrapper and a bag, and wherein the one of the group consisting of the wrapper and the bag is formed of one of the group consisting of a fabric, a mesh, a net and a gauze; and

    conveying the plugging device by fluid flow into engagement with the opening, the body preventing the plugging device from extruding through the opening, and the outer material blocking the fluid flow between the body and the opening.

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