EP4242284A3
Two-material p&a plug
Abstract
A plug for Plug and Abandonment (P&A) operations and methods of use are described. The plug comprises a bismuth-based alloy and resin, allowing for sealing of an oil well using two different mechanisms with a shorter plug.

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Numbers
- Publication
- 4242284
- Application
- 231893314
Titles3
- German
- P&A-STECKER AUS ZWEI MATERIALIEN
- English
- TWO-MATERIAL P&A PLUG
- French
- FICHE P&A EN DEUX MATÉRIAUX
Classification
- CPC, 6
- E21B33/134
- E21B33/1208
- C09K8/426
- C09K8/44
- E21B33/13
- C09K8/42
- IPC, 3
- C09K8 44
- C09K8 42
- E21B33 134
Designated states38
- Contracting states, 38
- Albania
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Switzerland
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Germany
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Spain
- Finland
- France
- United Kingdom
- Greece
- Croatia
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Iceland
- Italy
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Latvia
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- Monaco
- North Macedonia
- Malta
- Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Serbia
- Sweden
- Slovenia
- Slovakia
- San Marino
- Türkiye