- A Return to Production: Subsea Packer Leak Remediation with Pressure Activated Sealant
Society of Petroleum Engineers
SPE-210607-MS. Presented at the 2022 SPE Subsea Well Intervention Symposium in Galveston, TX. Austin T. Burgess, Seal-Tite Intenational; Colin Hosli, Kevin Whittaker, Shell Exploration & Production Company. - Remediation of Casing and Microannulus Cement Leaks Utilizing Pressure Activated Sealant
Solution Mining Research Institute
Presented at the 2019 SMRI Fall Conference in Berlin, Germany. Austin Burgess, Barry Ellis, Gary Webb, Vernon Chagnard, Theo Rijper, Seal-Tite International. - Use of Pressure Activated Sealants to Cure Leaks in Subsea Wells – A Case Study in Campos Basin
Society of Petroleum Engineers
SPE 96432. Presented at the 2005 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition in Dallas, TX, October 2005. Valdo F. Rodrigues, SPE, Gualter G. Gonçalves, Petroleo Brasileiro S. A; David W. Rusch, Joaquim L. Videira, Seal-Tite International. - Restoring Wellbore Integrity. A Case Study
Solution Mining Research Institute
Presented at the 2005 SMRI Fall Conference in Nancy, France, October 2005. David W. Rusch, Seal-Tite International; Matt Slezak, PB Energy Storage Services, Inc. - Internal Repair of Pipeline Leaks Using Pressure-Activated Sealant
Society of Petroleum Engineers
SPE 91400. Presented at the 2004 SPE Eastern Regional Meeting in Charleston, West Virginia, September 2004. David W. Rusch, SPE and Michael Romano, SPE / Seal-Tite International - Microannulus Leaks Repaired with Pressure-Activated Sealant
Society of Petroleum Engineers
SPE 91399. Presented at the 2004 SPE Eastern Regional Meeting in Charleston, West Virginia, September 2004. David W. Rusch, SPE / Seal-Tite International; Fred Sabins, SPE / Cementing Solutions, Inc.; and John Aslakson, SPE / W&T Offshore, Inc. - Annulus Communications Eliminated Using Pressure Activated Sealant
Solution Mining Research Institute
Presented at the 2005 SMRI Spring Conference in Syracuse, New York, April 2005. David W. Rusch, Seal-Tite International; Matt Slezak, PB Energy Storage Services, Inc. - Subsea Leaks Cured with Pressure-Activated Sealant
Society of Petroleum Engineers
SPE 88566. Presented at the 2004 SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition in Perth, Australia, October 2004. David W. Rusch, Seal-Tite International. - New Workover and Completion Technology Utilized in Bass Strait
Society of Petroleum Engineers
SPE 64400. Presented at the 2000 SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition in Brisbane, Australia, October 2000. M.L. Eaton, A.G. Barry and S. Schoemaker Esso Australia Pty Ltd. - • Leak-Sealant in Hydraulic Systems Minimizes Maintenance Costs in Offshore Wells
Society of Petroleum Engineers
SPE 59026. Presented at the 2000 SPE International Petroleum Conference and Exhibition, in Villahermosa, Mexico, February 2000. Miguel A. Mendoza, and Javier Hernandez/PEMEX, and David W. Rusch/Seal-Tite International - • Use of Pressure-Activated Sealants to Cure Sources of Casing Pressure
Society of Petroleum Engineers
SPE 55996. Presented at the 1999 SPE Western Regional Meeting, in Anchorage, Alaska, May 1999. David W. Rusch, SPE, and Barry C. Ellis, Seal-Tite, LLC
Industry Publications and Articles
- Pressure-Activated Sealant Technology
A Cost-Effective Alternative to Conventional Leak Repair Methods.
“SPE Technical Bulletin, Italian Section – March 2006Maintaining wellbore integrity is an ongoing process within the oil and gas industry. Leaks occur. The conventional method of repair is to mobilize a workover rig, at considerable cost and potential harm to personnel and environment. What is needed is a method of repairing leaking wellbore equipment and control systems in-situ without the need of mobilizing expensive and risky intervention operations. Pressure-activated sealant technology is such a method” … - Pressure activated sealant repairs drilling riser leak
Roustabout Magazine – April 2006
“The leak was repaired and the client was able to complete drilling operations over the next 30 days with no further riser-related downtime” … - Company Finds Cure for Downhole Leaks without Expensive Workover Operations
Offshore Source – April 2006
“Barry Ellis, founder and managing director of Seal-Tite® International, worked as a problem-well specialist for one of the world’s major oil companies. During his fieldwork in Libya, Malaysia and the Gulf of Mexico, Ellis saw a need for a method of curing downhole leaks without having to perform expensive workover operations” … - Case History #1185 – Tubing Leak
Roustabout Magazine – August 2006
“Seal-Tite® was contacted by a major oil company in the German Sector of the North Sea & was informed that diagnostic work determined that a leak existed in the tubing hanger to tubing pup joint Fox thread connection. It was also noted that a slightly abnormal torque curve was seen during make-up of this connection” … - Pressure-activated sealants are finding increasing use as a method for curing downhole leaks
Merchant Oil & Gas Technology – Autumn 2006
“The technique involves using a pressure-activated fluid additive that polymerises into a flexible solid upon contact with the leak site. The sealants are unique in that a sustained pressure drop through a leak site causes the sealant fluid to polymerise into a flexible solid seal. The sealant remains fluid until exposed to a pressure differential” …