Molten Metal Technology Sees 300 Downhole Deployments - Society of Petroleum Engineers

One of the newest ways to plug and abandon wells and patch casing leaks involves an alloy that flows like water.

A metal alloy that has water-like viscosity in its molten state and then rapidly solidifies into a gas-tight seal recently achieved its 300th downhole deployment. This is according to a new announcem… [+4531 chars]

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